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mortgages and encumbrances, should not be aggravated by blindly, encouraging 

 in large numbers those with little or no means to "take the jump" into some 

 farming venture or pioneer undertaking. 



SUMMER RESORT LANDS 



Toronto, February 12th, 1935. 



A perusal of Appendix No. 13 will show the parcels of mainland and 

 islands sold and patented during the year. A sale for tourist or summer 

 home purposes is made subject to the condition of erecting a building having 

 a minimum value of $500, this requirement being an inducement to the pur- 

 chaser to make an investment other than merely acquiring a piece of land. 

 A limited time of 18 months is permitted the purchaser to put up his building. 

 Interest in a reasonably substantial and permanent structure means the annual 

 return of the holder to enjoy the attractiveness of his surroundings. Annual 

 visitation makes for the stability of those upon whom the summer visitor 

 depends for his staple supplies and encourages others to take up and invest 

 in property in the same zone. 



While regular sales have in the past been permitted in certain areas, 

 and in other instances only leases or licenses have been issued, it is considered 

 in the public interest that the public lands of the Crown, when taken or acquired 

 along rivers and lakes within timbered zones, pulp concessions or licensed areas 

 for tourist, hunting, camping and various purposes other than for actual 

 farming, should be disposed of on a lease or license tenure whereby the holder 

 may be required to pay an annual rental to the Crown, this rental being con- 

 sidered ordinary revenue. Only by appraising the value of our hinterland on 

 the basis of an annual increment, and duly collecting same as and when oppor- 

 tunity affords, can we hope in respect of this natural resource to assist in 

 building up an ordinary revenue which alone can conduce towards a balanced 

 budget. 



Already in our parks and other sections we have hundreds of parcels 

 held only under lease, and extensive investments have been made in the way 

 of substantial structures and other improvements, and this fact is an answer 

 to those who argue that the leasing of a parcel for summer purposes will not 

 encourage the erection of homes. 



With the extension of our lateral and trunk road system and the com- 

 pletion of our Trans-Canada Highway an added impetus will be given to the 

 selection of lands along the highways for summer homes and other purposes, 

 and a careful scrutiny of all such applications is necessary to determine the 

 best method of disposition. 



PROVINCIAL PARKS 



Algonquin Park 



During the year considerable improvements were made in the erection 

 of new buildings, repairing of others, dismantling old buildings, locating and 

 clearing new trails, roads and portages, as well as the erection of telephone 



