1916-17 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS AND MINES. Ill 



These roads, and iiiinieroiis other trunk roads, are constantly requiring repairs, 

 and the cost of maintenance in the future will be very considerable. The con- 

 struction of roads into the different farming sections has greatly assisted the settlers 

 in marketing their produce, and in many cases has increased the value of their 

 lands from $2.00 to .$o,00 per acre. The construction of new roads to the different 

 mining camps, constructed within the last six years, has added greatly to the 

 comfort of the miners and their families living and operating in the mining dis- 

 tricts. Perhaps the greatest benefit in the building of these roads is the o})por- 

 tunities it has given to the children in the rural districts of reaching schools. The 

 construction of the many trunk and other roads during the last six years has had 

 much to do in the opening up of the new agricultural districts along the Temiskam- 

 ing and Northern Ontario Railway, and its branches, and east and west from the 

 Town of Cochrane along the Canadian Government Railways (Grand Trunk 

 Pacific). 



Attached hereto are statements of expenditures for the year ending October 

 3l6t, 1917, in the various districts, and a summary of expenditures for tlie last 

 six years. 



I have the honour to be. Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



J. F. Whitson, 

 ! Commissioner. 



