REPORT OF THE No. 4 



As the bulk of the good agricultural land in Southern Ontario has passed 

 from the Crown, the new transactions are for the most part in Northern Ontario, 

 with the Districts of Sudbury, Cochrane, Temiskaming, Thunder Bay and 

 Rainy River active. 



Patents to the number of 548 were granted, while 31 Crown Leases were 

 issued and 128 Licenses of Occupation recorded. Some 244 Assignments 

 were admitted and 395 Sales and Locations cancelled. Crown Leases to the 

 number of 16 and Licenses of Occupation to the number of 54 were forfeited 

 for non-fulfillment of contidions. 



Returned soldiers' free locations totalled 40, while 19 who had formerly 

 obligated themselves to perform certain settlement duties failed in the attempt 

 and had their holdings cancelled. 



RELIEF LAND SETTLEMENT 



In the Annual Report of the Department for the fiscal year ending October 

 31st, 1934 more or less complete figures were given as to number and distribu- 

 tion of personnel and stock, with relative comment on progress to date and 

 possibilities for the future. 



Since October 31st, 1934 fourteen additional settlers have returned to 

 their former municipalities or abandoned the plan. The reasons given include 

 ill-health, re-employment, location of other land and domestic trouble. A 

 number of these are again on relief. 



The number remaining on the land at the close of the fiscal year on March 

 31st, 1935 is 485. 



Christmas cheer and comforts were supplied by church and other organ- 

 izations, and in a few cases these were delivered to the settlers by the donors 

 themselves during the Christmas season. 



A number of the settlers have made sufficient improvement to their hold- 

 ings to indicate the probability that they will in the near future qualify for the 

 issue of Crown Patent which will automatically make them absolute owners 

 of not only the property and buildings, but of stock and equipment purchased 

 by the Relief Land Settlement Committee for them as well. 



The distribution of settlers remaining as at March 31st, 1935 is as follows: 



Number of 



Supervisor District Families 



Sprague, F. A Cochrane 82 



Masse, Joseph Kapuskasing 60 



Hough, J. A Matheson 101 



Fryer, J. L Monetville 10 



Jewell, A New Liskeard-Englehart 62 



Russell, J. \V Thunder Bay 143 



Miscellaneous 27 



Total 485 



