lU EEPORT OF THE No. 3 



Advancement of Settlement and Colonization: 



Wages $4,174 95 



Land, New Liskeard Farm 10,500 00 



Supplies, stock and equipment 3,506 57 



18,181 52 



Creamery at Neiv Liskeard: 



Wages $787 69 



Contracts 8,853 00 



Supplies and equipment 5,984 17 



— 15,624 86 



Seed Orain: 



Postage and expenses $31 50 



Returned Soldiers' and Sailors' Land Settlement Act — 

 Montcith and Kapuskasing: 



W. G. Nixon, Superintendent, salary $743 57 



Wages 40,027 14 



Contracts 14,109 20 



Construction of training school, settlers' houses, 

 dormitories, store and quarters, railway 

 siding, mill, etc., equipment and supplies 83,932 14 



Settlers' Loan Department: 



Dane, P., Commissioner, salary $5,000 00 



Kennedy, W. K. P., Accountant, salary 2,500 00 



Crawford, G., Stenographer, salary 682 33 



Taylor, "N., Stenographer, salary 252 00 



Chester, Thos., Supervisor, salary 496 00 



138,812 05 

 $658,143 2(5 



Net amount of loans issued $360,078 88 



Expenses 1,722 78 



$8,930 33 

 361,801 66 



Note. — Repayments of principal, interest, etc., $6,893.34. 



370,731 99 

 $1,028,875 25 



Arthur B. D. Bbuoe, 



Secretary and Acco-untant. 



Special Warrant Accounth. 



Administered by the Northern Development Branch. 



bxpenditxtre to 31st octobeu, 1917. 



$60,000 00— Order-in-Council dated 30th > September, 1916: — 



Erection of log houses at Toronto and Ottawa 



Exhibitions $3,970 73 



Free seed grain for seeding down burnt lands.. 8,751 16 



Settlers' relief stores 122 19 



Settlers' cattle fed and looked after during 



winter 1916-1917 14,268 10 



Settlers' team account, distributing lumber and 



supplies to settlers burnt out 1,072 68 



Cement sidewalks 876 68 



$29,061 54 



1,500 00— Part of Order-in-Council, 10th October, 1916— 



Erection of schools at Matheson and Porquis 



Junction 1,484 92 



1,500 00— Order-in-Council dated 24th January, 1917 — 



Seeding down roads and vacant land 465 16 



25,000 00— Order-in-Council dated 20t]i February, 1917— 



Purchase of cattle and other live stock 



Cost of cattle purchased (220 head, including 



calves) and expenses in connection therewith $19,867 70 



Cost of rams purchased (15) 400 00 



20,267 70 



