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The Temiskaming region, covering by that expression the country lying 

 between Haileybury and Cochrane, has had a considerable influx of settlers during 

 the past year. 



In the New Liskeard agency 239 settlers purchased 33,083 acres of land. In 

 the Englehart Agency 112 settlers purchased 17,246 acres of land. In the 

 Matheson Agency 385 settlers purchased 58,317 acres of land. In the Cochrane 

 Agency 285 settlers purchased 42,683 acres of land, and in the Hearst Agency, 

 recently opened, 63 settlers purchased 8,224 acres of land. Altogether in that 

 region 1,084 settlers purchased 158,553 acres of land. In other parts of the 

 Province 137 settlers purchased 18,130 acres of land. 



When the Transcontinental Eailway is in regular operation, a time table 

 established and reliable freightage at reasonable rates secured, people will move into 

 that country in large numbers. At present the country is handicapped by un- 

 certain communication and heavy charges. The progress of that country, too, 

 particularly in the Clay Belt, will measurably depend upon the developments that 

 take place there. The land, of course, is intended for actual settlers. The class 

 of people who will probably go in there will not be men of large capital and will 

 have to depend in the future on local markets for what they have to sell, whether it 

 be agricultural products or timber, and also for employment during the winter 

 season. The Abitibi Pulp and Paper Company is rapidly completing a develop- 

 ment which will give good markets and employment to a large number of people. 

 This company will liave a probable output of 250 tons of news print per day. 

 They intend erecting this summer 75 houses for their workmen, which will give 

 them altogether from 200 to 250 houses. They have laid out their town site and 

 are putting in sewers and a water system. It is expected that their mill will be 

 running some time in June and ready to turn out pulp commercially by the 1st 

 of July. They have taken out about 40,000 cords of pulpwood this winter and 

 when they are in full running order will require 90,000 cords for their paper mill. 

 It will be seen from this what an important industry they are creating, and it is 

 obvious how such a development will assist in opening up that region. 



The New Ontario Colonization Company is pressing forward their develop- 

 ment by the building of roads and the erection of houses, and are, in other ways, 

 making preparations to promote settlement on a considerable scale. 



The Department has advertised for sale another pulp concession situated on 

 the Metagami River on which development on a large scale is expected. Other 

 developments of a similar character may be expected in the near future, and as 

 soon as the Transcontinental is running and reasonable freights obtained, outside 

 buyers of pulpwood will come in and widen out the market for settlers' timber. 



The completion of the Algoma Central Eailway to Hearst on the line of the 

 Transcontinental will give a new outlet and inlet from Sault Ste. Marie and the 

 large pulp mills at that place will be purchasers along the line of the Transcontin- 

 ental of supplies for their mills. 



The Department is preparing the way for settlement by the construction of 

 roads which will enable settlers to get to their lands without delay or hardship. 

 There exists in the Clay Belt a vast region of enormous possibilities waiting for 

 proper facilities for travel to become densely settled with prosperous people. It 

 would be folly to attempt to bring large numbers into that region before it was 

 properly opened up by railway and markets and employment available. It is 

 better to make haste slowly than to have any setback later on. 



