1921-22 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS 129 



the urgent need of telephonic connection with the outside world, not only for 

 the important part it would play in case of forest fires, but the hundreds of 

 visitors to Mowat Lodge would be very thankful for the convenience. Mr. 

 Eraser volunteered to cut, haul out and stand the poles if the Department 

 would run the wires. This arrangement appeared satisfactory and the line was 

 completed on October 2nd, 1922, at a cost of less than one hundred dollars to 

 the Department. 



From Rock Lake Station to Menwahtay the old wire, which had been in 

 use for some ten years, was taken down and replaced with new No. 9 wire. 



It is advisable that arrangements should be made with the telephone sub- 

 scribers, so that the Department may collect the regular annual rental on each 

 'phone in addition to the tolls on long distance calls. 



A great many new applications were received during the past year for 

 camping and cottage sites. The revenue received in rentals and accompanying 

 new applications, amounted to $1,562.67. 



Received from rental of team of horses, $112.50. 



It is a well-known fact that there are persons who visit the park ever>' 

 summer for the purpose of collecting eggs, and a regulation should be enacted 

 forbidding the taking or destroying of any nest or eggs of game birds, insecti- 

 vorous or song birds, without a permit from the Minister of Lands and Forests. 



I am very sorry to report the sudden death of Ranger Henry Foy, who 

 died in Eganville, May 2nd, 1922. 



I am also very sorry to report a fatal accident which occurred at Whitney, 

 June 4th, 1922. Jos. Davis, a young aviator, went out in a small motor boat 

 to guide one of the new big planes to anchorage. Misjudging the distance, he 

 approached too close and the wash of the plane upset the boat, throwing Davis 

 into the Lake. Davis left a wife and four small children. 



Game and Predatory Animals. 



Notwithstanding the perpetual menace of the timber wolf, the deer are 

 everywhere abundant. 



The rangers have had a large measure of success in the destruction of pre- 

 datory animals. In addition to the increase of big game, the valuable fur- 

 bearing animals, such as beaver, fisher marten, mink and otter are increasing 

 in the park. 



Algonquin Park is serving well one of the great purposes for which it was 

 created. A wonderful fountain of wild life which overflows its invisible bound- 

 aries to the benefit of the border hunters and trappers. 



Revenues. 



The Department of Lands and Forests is not, nor has it been, receiving 

 the revenue from Provincial Parks to which it is entitled. Many sources of 

 revenue remain untouched and in order to secure the control which is necessary 

 to the proper administration of the park, regulations should be enacted to 

 govern and license every business now carried on, or which may be introduced 

 in the future. In this connection I am mentioning the sources from which 

 revenue is derived at the present time, viz. : 



Resident Fishing License. 



Non-resident Fishing License. 



Guides' License — (should be two dollars instead of one). 



9 L.F. 



