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confirmed, are as follows, petitions of the Municipalities of : County of Bruce, 

 Township of Cartwright, Township of Wainfleet. 



Detailed summary and description of the several surveys aforesaid will be 

 found in Appendices 15 to 40 inclusive. 



Paeks. 



Prior to the establishment of the Department of Mines, the provincial parks 

 were under the supervision of the Deputy Minister of Mines, but these were re- 

 tained by the Department of Lands and Forests and are subject to its jurisdiction. 



Eondeau Provincial Park, which had been subject to the direction of the 

 Department of Public Works and Highways was transferred to the Department 

 of Lands and Forests by Order-in-Council, May 4th, 1920, so that the three out- 

 standing parks, namely, Quetico, Algonquin and Eondeau, are now u^nder the 

 direction of the Minister of Lands and Forests. (For the reports on these parks 

 by the Superintendents, see Appendices 41, 42 and 49.) 



Colonization Eoads. 



At the last Session of the Legislative Assembly an Act was passed confirming 

 the transfer of this Branch from the Department of Public Works, ^v'hich took 

 place on March 1st, 1919. Power was also given under this Act to make grants 

 to municipalities in the Colonization Eoads area towards the purchase of road- 

 making machinery and materials and towards the salaries of township foremen 

 on road construction. 



An Annual Eeport as to the work of the Colonization Eoads Branch will be 

 found in Appendix No. 43, page 120. 



NoETHEEN Development Beanch. 



The regrettable death on June 12th, last, of Mr. J. F. Whitson, Commissioner 

 of the Branch since its inception, was one of the outstanding incidents of the year. 

 At his death the office of Commissioner was abolished and the operations of the 

 Branch placed in charge of Mr. C. H. Fullerton, Superintendent of the Coloniza- 

 tion Eoads Branch. 



The main feature of the season was the opening for traffic of the road from 

 .North Bay to Sault Ste. Marie, a gap of seventeen miles between Cutler and 

 Algoma Mills, having hitherto existed. 



The report of the Northern Development Branch is found in Appendix No. 

 44, page 144. ... 



Kapuskasing Colony. 



Under date the 21st of February, 1920, a Commission of Enquiry by Order- 

 in-Council was appointed to enquire into and report upon the administration, 

 management, conduct, discipline, etc., of this colony, and any other matters or 

 questions bearing -on same, to take evidence and collect information and to make 

 >uch report or recommendations as deemed abvisable. 



The Commission consisted of Messrs. W. F. Nickle, chairman ; John I. 

 McLaren and John Sharp and the report dated the 16th of March, 1920, was 

 printed in pamphlet form by order of Legislative Assembly of Ontario. This 

 report may be secured from the King's Printer. 



