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Reasonable opportunity is afforded those who desire to repossess their 

 holdings after the expiration of the redemption period. Owners of properties 

 subject to this Act are beginning to better appreciate its purpose and essential 

 nature and it is not expected that forfeitures will be so numerous in future 

 although where unpaid arrears accumulate the forfeiture clause of the Act will 

 be invoked. 



SUMMER RESORT LANDS 



With returning prosperity, interest in Ontario's Summer Resort possibilities 

 shows a sharp increase, the total area involved in the fiscal period including an 

 increase of about 35% over that of the previous fiscal year. 



Perhaps no country is so singularly fortunate as to contain such large 

 areas so admirably adapted to the purposes of the vacationist and the Depart- 

 ment is keenly aware of the possibilities for direct revenue from this source as 

 well as its influence on general development throughout these sections in the 

 bush and lake area. 



The closest co-operation is given to the Department of Game and Fisheries 

 in granting privileges on Crown Lands to vacationists in order that no effort 

 may be lost to maintain game and fish life which provide a large part of the 

 attraction to the visitor. 



As the operation of commercial tourist camps is now subject to certain 

 regulations involving the payment of an annual fee for outfitters licenses, etc. 

 issued by the Department of Game and Fisheries, it is now possible to check 

 up on concerns to assure proper sanitary conveniences and satisfactory 

 accommodation for the travelling public. 



PROVINCIAL PARKS 



The highway through Algonquin Park from headquarters to Whitney 

 Village was completed during the year but considerable grading and gravelling 

 is still required. This entire highway has opened to the travelling public 

 one of the many paradises of Ontario and thousands of tourists have already 

 enjoyed a new-found pleasure in the attractive features of nature's great 

 playgrounds. 



Old trails and portages to a distance of fifty-two miles have been cleared 

 and eleven miles of new trails opened. The Park boundaries were improved 

 and almost the entire boundaries are now well defined. 



Five lakes were restocked with eighty-five thousand lake trout, in co- 

 operation with the Department of Game and Fisheries, and there was an 

 increase of five hundred in the sale of angling licenses over last season. 



The winter was favourable for fur-bearing animals, and they are increasing 

 at a normal rate. One of the ten elk recently added to the Park wandered 

 out of the Park and has disappeared but the others are seen from time to time 

 by rangers and tourists. 



