To His EXCELLENCY, VICTOR CHRISTIAN WILLIAM, DUKE OF DEVON- 

 SHIRE, MARQUIS OF HARTINGTON, EARL OF DEVONSHIRE, EARL 

 OF BURLINGTON, BARON CAVENDISH OF HARDWICKE, BARON 

 CAVENDISH OF KEIGHLEY, K.G., P.C., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., 

 ETC., ETC., GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA. 



MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY: 



The undersigned has the honour to lay before Your Excellency 

 the attached report on "Rural Planning and Development" in Canada, 

 by Thomas Adams, Town Planning Adviser to the Commission of 

 Conservation. 



Respectfully submitted 



CLIFFORD SIFTON 



Chairman 

 OTTAWA, August 31, 1917 



