CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Chapter I. Introductory 1 



Chapter II. Rural Population and Production in Can- 

 ada - 15 



Chapter III. Present Systems of Surveying and Plan- 

 ning Land in Rural Areas 45 



Chapter IV. Rural Transportation and Distribution 



— Railways and Highways 72 



Chapter V. Rural Problems that Arise in Connection 



with Land Development 102 



Chapter VI. Organization of Rural Life and Rural 



Industries 142 



Chapter VII. Government Policies and Land Develop- 

 ment 177 



Chapter VIII. Returned Soldiers and Land Settlement.... 207 



Chapter IX. Provincial Planning and Development 



Legislation 217 



Chapter X. Outline of Proposals and General Con- 

 clusions 236 



Appendices — 



A. Existing Methods of Making Surveys and Dividing 



Rural Lands. By H. L. Seymour, D.L.S., O.L.S., Etc. 253 



B. Colonization Operations of the Canadian Pacific 



Railway Company. By Allan Cameron, General 

 Superintendent of Lands, Can. Pac. Ry. Co 261 



C. The Manufacture of Munitions in Canada as a Per- 



manent Asset to Canadian Industry. By Colonel 

 David Carnegie, Member and Ordnance Adviser, 

 Imperial Munitions Board 263 



D. Economic Loss Caused by Neglect of Public Health. 



By Dr. Chas.J. Hastings, M.D., L.R.C.P.L, Toronto 266 



E. Land Settlement and After-war Employment Prob- 



lems. By J. H. T. Falk, Secretary Social Welfare 

 Commission, Winnipeg 26S 



