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REPORT OF THE 



No. 3 



of land asked for; at the same time I regret that all the young pine on these limits 

 should find its way to the saw instead of becoming the property of the Crown. 



I was much gratified to note the rapidity of growth in the young pine through 

 the Pembroke Lumber Company's limits recently acquired by the Government. A 

 few years hence no one will doubt the wisdom of that purchase. I sincerely hope 

 more of that section will be bought and the fine young growth protected. Nature 

 is doing a great work through these depleted sections, and if only protected, 

 splendid young pine forests will be handed down to the next generation. 



We have built five new shelter houses during the past year, all good substantial 

 buildings ; two of these are on the west side, one south of the Grand Trunk railway, 

 and one at Big Tea lake. At Kiosh-ko-qui we have built a large frame storehouse 

 and workshop, this being our main point on the new (Canadian Northern) railway 

 I have also arranged with the railway company to allow us to put in a phone here 



stand of young pine, PeLawawa limit, acquired from Pembroke Lumber Company 



Algonquin Provincial Park. 



and tap their phone line, the oJily expense being the phone. This will give our 

 men phone connectioii between North Bay and Pembroke. At Grand lake we have 

 built a good frame sheltcT- ; this too is on the line of the Canadian Northern Railway 

 at a station called Achray, giving us good buildings at Coristine, Brent and 

 Achray. A daily train is now being run over this line, a mixed train of freight 

 and passenger between Pembroke and North Bay remaining over night at Brent. 

 There are nine stations in the park. 



During the past year we have completed the Government phone line from 

 Tainy lake to Kearney, a distance of sixteen miles. At this point we connect with 

 the Bell Telephone Company, and now have a well-equipped line from Whitney 

 to Kearney, sixty-one miles. We hope to get a good revenue from this line in the 

 future. The Boll line at present is overloaded between Orillia and Toronto, and 

 they co]i';ne our service, except upon Government business to points between Orillia 



