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to the place which was formerly in dense darkness. It has not yet been placed 

 in all the cottages but probably in due time will.be. 



The total number of cottages at present on the Park number 130. A 

 number will be built this coming season. The lots are nearly all taken, so in 

 all probability a new survey will be made at an early date. 



As each year brings more visitors to Rondeau Park, the erection of a summer 

 hotel is one of the necessary requirements. Many are asking for such accommoda- 

 tion, and if this was provided it would fill a long-felt want. 



I have the honour to be, Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



Geo. Goldworthy, 

 Superintendent Rondeau Provincial Park. 

 The Honourable James Lyons, 



Minister of Lands and Forests, 



Parliament Buildings, 



Toronto, Ontario. 



Appendix No. 38 



Toronto, Ont., October 31st, 1923. 

 Honourable James Lyons, Minister of Lands and Forests, Ontario. 



Sir, — -I have the honour to submit herewith the report of the Colonization 

 Roads Branch of the Department of Lands and Forests for the fiscal year ending 

 October 31st, 1923. 



The report, as has been the custom for a number of years, is in tabulated 

 form, and shows the details of the work and the expenditures in the various 

 townships which were made directly by the Government, and also the grants 

 which were made to municipalities passing Colonization Roads By-laws. 



At the end of the statement is a summary or recapitulation of all the 

 expenditures made during the year. 



The total expenditure for the year was $827,855.98. Of this amount 

 $514,236.72 was expended directly by the Government upon roads and bridges 

 in three hundred and thirty-one different townships. The amount expended 

 upon inspection and miscellaneous services was $44,464.74, and the balance, 

 a sum of $269,154.52, was distributed as grants to one hundred and ninety-nine 

 municipalities, which had passed Colonization Roads By-laws. 



There is no doubt that the Colonization Roads Branch is playing an 

 important part in the development of the Province in that area where 

 assistance is given, in aiding agricultural, lumbering and, to some extent, mining 

 industries. 



The fostering of the tourist trade is not the least important of the functions 

 of this Branch. 



Attention has been given during the past fiscal year to the surveying and 

 locating of new roads, and of diversions from roads previously constructed. 



