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to careful ground cruises followed by map preparation for permanent records. 

 Radio stations are operated in certain districts, largely for communication 

 between provincial posts as part of the forest fire protection organization, 

 although some stations are utilized to a large extent for commercial work. 



Reforestation. This embraces the various nursery stations throughout the 

 Province, the distribution of trees, the setting aside specific ardjs for experimental 

 and replanting purposes and in general all investigations and inspections of a 

 technical character that pertain to the welfare of the forest. 



Under the Surveyor-General 



Surveys and Plans. Provides for supervision over and responsibility for 

 all surveys made and plans prepared respecting Crown lands and resurveys 

 under Municipal Act; the recording of mining claims in unsurveyed territory is 

 closely linked up with and forms part of the duties of the officers. 



Water Powers and Dams. Under this heading comes the engineering 

 responsibility of reporting on power possibilities, issuing power leases, inspecting 

 sites for dams and investigating matters falling within the purview of the Lakes 

 and Rivers Improvement Act. 



Cartography and Drafting. All maps authorized by the Province are 

 prepared by the staff, and the plans and descriptions in respect thereof checked 

 and approved. 



Legislative Enactments 



During the session of 1930 the old Forest Fire Prevention Act was repealed 

 and a new one enacted. This was done to facilitate control of forest areas in 

 such a way as to eliminate as far as possible casual forest fire causes, to fully 

 equip accredited officers of the Crown with authority to direct, identify and 

 control those of the public who find it necessary for either business or pleasure 

 purposes. 



The Provincial Land Tax Act was primarily designed to cover those in 

 unorganized territory who did not contribute anything to the provincial revenue, 

 but were direct beneficiaries of general expenditures. It was not intended to 

 apply to those coming within the category of bona fide settlers. But due to mis- 

 understandings and misinterpretations of the Act certain doubts arose with 

 respect to those subject to exemption ,and to remove such doubts an amendment 

 of the Act was passed last session, and such amendment has operated success- 

 fully and without hardship in the enforcement of the Act. 



The Burlington Beach Act passed in the year 1907 created a Commission 

 with all the powers of municipal corporation, within certain limitations, to 

 administer Burlington Beach, at that time a mere sand bar with but few settlers 

 or even transient occupants. The tremendous growth of this summer rendezvous, 

 now one of the most important in the Province, demanded the exercise of 

 additional powers to those vested in the Commission. To provide, therefore, 

 for public services such as schools, waterworks, etc., and to more clearly define 

 the provisions of the original Act and the powers of the Commission thereunder, 

 a complete new Act known by the same name was passed during the last session. 



Indian Rights Ceded 



Under this heading reference was made in last year's report to the fact that 

 negotiations between Ontario and the Department of Indian Affairs had been 

 undertaken with a view to concluding a Treaty with the Indians inhabiting that 



