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together in quaint frontier disorder, with the aroma of the forest still clinging 

 about it, brought down and planted on the doorstep of Toronto, affording the 

 public an opportunity to catch a breath of the pine, the spruce and the balsam. 

 It is wonderful." 



Dr. Powell said: "Why do the teachers neglect this exhibit? Here the 

 children can receive object lessons in one visit, which are a hundred times more 

 impressive, more lasting and more interesting than can be derived from books 

 in six months' study." 



Part of the exhibit were live bears and beavers, a family of Canada red 

 deer, fisher, porcupine, foxes and raccoons, together with silver and golden 

 pheasants, Lady Amhersts, Reeves and English pheasants. There were trees 

 of twenty inches in diameter cut down by the industrious beaver; traps used 

 only in Algonquin Park for capturing wild animals alive without injury; great 

 grey timber wolf skins; Indian guides making birch-bark canoes and a squaw 

 lacing snow-shoes. Cones and pine needles were used to typify the floor of 

 the forest. 



The whole exhibit proved interesting and educative and should be repro- 

 duced annually along improved lines to impress visitors from all parts of the 

 world and our own people with the wealth of our natural rresources. 



(For the reports on the parks by the Superintendents, see Appendices 

 41, 42 and 43.) 



Colonization Roads. 



The sum of $506,180.80 was spent on this service, of which $420,467.53 

 was spent in organized municipalities, the balance being devoted to unorganized 

 municipalities. The class of work covered the construction and repair of roads, 

 and bridges, and the purchase of road machinery. The Branch carried on the 

 work of inspecting and surveying new road sites and of mapping old roads 

 down, the importance of which work has been minimized in the past. It is 

 proposed to continue the surveying and mapping of roads that adequate records 

 may be had of the roads built and reliable data as to the roads which the Branch 

 contemplates constructing. 



For details of the work carried on and expenditures made, see Appendix 

 No. 44, page 129.) 



Northern Development Branch. 



The expenditures carried on by this Branch under statutory authority 

 of the Northern and North-western Ontario Development Act totalled 

 $1,612,522.37, of which over 85 per cent, was spent in the making of roads and 

 bridges. The balance was used to carry on the advancement of s'^ttlement and 

 colonization, under which assistance to settlers was granted in the way of 

 purchasing hay, oats, seed grain and cattle. Creameries were assisted and 

 advances or loans made to settlers through the Settlers' Loan Commissioner. 



(For detailed information in connection with the work done see Appendices 

 Nos. 45 and 46, pages 152 — 203 inclusive.) 



(For full information in connection with the Settlers' Loan Accounts, 

 see Appendix No. 47, page 204.) 



