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Certain large islands have been subdivided for summer resort purposes 

 and additional park lots were laid out at Rondeau Park and Presqu'ile Park. 



The town plot subdivisions of lands patented since 1910 have been approved 

 pursuant to R.S.O. 1910, chapter 34, as follows: 



Timmins Addition. South-east quarter of south half of lot 12, concession 

 3, Township of Tisdale, District of Cochrane. 



Timmins Addition. Part of broken lot 2, concession 2, Township of Mount- 

 joy, District of Cochrane. 



Hornepayne. Township of Wicksteed, District of Algoma. 



Kirkland Lake Addition. (Wright and Hargreaves subdivision) Township 

 of Teck, District of Timiskaming. 



Municipal Surveys. 



Pursuant to sections 15, 16 and 17 of the Surveys Act, petitions for the 

 re-survey of lines laid out under competent authority have been received from 

 the Corporations of the Municipalities of: 

 Township of Beckwith, 

 Township of Clinton, 



County of Lincoln (Townships of Niagara and Grantham). 

 Surveys performed and confirmed were: 

 Durie Street, City of Toronto, 



First Concession road allowance Township of Clinton. 

 Detailed reports of the several surveys will be found in Appendices 20 to 

 42 inclusive. 



Provincial Parks. 



More and more each year is emphasized the wisdom and foresight in segregat- 

 ing wild natural areas as forest preserves, playgrounds and sanctuaries for the 

 preservation of our forests, our game and fur-bearing animals. 



The Department in its effort to give the people a faint idea of the value of 

 Ontario's natural resources, installed the second annual display at the Canadian 

 National Exhibition, a photograph of which is reproduced and shown on page 132. 



The public showed its approval of the display by a record-breaking attend- 

 ance, the spaces surrounding the exhibit being packed with a dense throng of 

 interested spectators from early morning until closing time at night. 



A picturesque log cabin, typical of the forest ranger's home, snugly set 

 against a background of Ontario's natural forest trees, pine, spruce, balsam and 

 birch trees, mingled together into one harmonious picture. It was a section 

 of the great Northland's out-of-doors, rocks, trees and water, and wild animals, 

 grouped together in its quaint effect; in other words the out-doors from the 

 primeval Northland was brought down and installed indoors, affording the 

 multitude an opportunity to view and inhale the aroma of the wildwood and 

 greenwood. 



The public school teachers of the city embraced the opportunity to bring 

 the children to view these object lessons, many times more impressive 

 and more interesting than those derived from cold print. The beaver pond 

 proved a never-ending source of interest, the family of seven live beaver from 

 Algonquin Park, playing and chasing each other through and under the water, 

 and at meal time sitting up and holding a small birch stick between their fore- 

 paws, contentedly gnawing at their favourite food, the bark of poplar and birch. 



Part of the exhibit consisted of live deer, silver foxes, wild turkeys and 

 pheasants from the Rondeau Park preserve, and sections of trees cut down by 



