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The report refers brietlv to the Gati- neau contract and, as for the Ottawa and St. Lawrence situation. says with equal brevity, "Power rights and pros- pective developments were under inves- tigation and progress was made." Several new municipalities entered into contract with the Commission dur- ing the year. Some forty contracts for the sale of power to industries and tttteen other customers Were completed, some of these being for large blocks of power. There were a large number of new townships which completed rural power contracts with the Commission. "Progress Was Maier.' The report points out that for the first time in the history of the Com- mission. damage was done to a Hydro line by an aeroplane hired from the owner for taxi service. The report also stated that con- struction work on rural Dower lines has continued very actively during the year, necessitating the seeuritw of line loca- tions on various highwavs and other roads. A number of engineering projects now under way are mentioned in the report, including the manning out of power sites on the South Muskoka River of the Georgian Bay system and reconnaissance surveys which have been made on the Mississatti and Montreal Rivers. 7 _ Marked progress has been made preparatory to the. devclonment of storage for the retaliation of the flow of the Trent River. The t1nal result of these studies is expected to provide the conservation of flood water flow:; for use during the period of minimum "run-OCC' (ilillilll MILLION TREES The report Ideals u length with the Government's reforestation policy. Last year the work of distributing trees was the most extensive in the department's history. '7,000,000 being sent throughout the Province. _ -- The heed of "precautionary meas- urei" in dealing with the timber wealth of the Province is emphasized in the annual report of the Ontario Depart- ment of Lands and Forests. tabled in the Legislature yesterday afternoon by Hon. William Finiayson. Lands and Forests Depart- ment Stresses Need of 'Precautionary Measures' There is particular mention of the survey of the timber wealth of the Province, and the finding that "there are large sections of the Province in the Southern and Northern districts which are decreed by nature to pro- duce nothing but a crop of timber. Such sections should inevitably be withheld from further futile attempts at farming. and should be fenced for the reproduction of a timber crop." Throughout the past year 110,541.68 acres of Crown lands were sold by the Province tor agriculture, townsite, tourists and various other purposes. The sales amounted to $207,476.25, on which was collected the sum of $144,673.46. This acreage is 24,321 acres in excess of the previous year. SAKchlau' , "Bvéa at St" ONTARIO HOUSE . A CLOSES UP SHOP; WORK REVIEWED The second session of Ontario's Seven- teenth Legislature. which closed yes- terday amid the. usual bombardment ot papers, books, and what-have-you trom the Press Gallery. was a comparatively dull one. Last year there was the Liquor Control Act to scrap over. This year there was no contentious legisla- tion of such dimensions. although the thrice ill-starred Hawkers and Peddlers Bill caused a lot of heated argument before the Private Bills Committee, even if it got no distance at all in the House proper Provided Fireworks. Baltot Inquiry, Flavelle hp. pointment Features . of Session RESEARCH FOUNDATION One of the main features of the ses- sion was Liberal Leader Sinclair's "wan- dering ballots" revelation, which even- tually had to be taken out of the hands ot the Privileges and Elections Com- mittee, because of partisan play in the ranks ot that body, and transferred to a Royal Commission for a solution. While this inquiry undoubtedly provided the most fireworks ot the session, Pre- mier Ferguson's announcement of Sir Joseph Plavelle's acceptance of the chairmanship of the Research Founda- tion which the Province will establish, in conjunction with Ontario manufac- turing interests, carried with it, per- haps, more actual importance than any- thing else during the_sitting. - - Considerable legislation with far- reaching effects went through this ses- sion. In this category can be placed Attorney -General Price's Security Frauds Prevention Act. and its com- panion measures, an act to amend the Companies Act and the Companies In- formation Act: Hon. Lincoln Goldie's Hospital Act amendment, and Premier Ferguson's Research Foundation and Training of Apprentices Acts. No Fish.Commisslon. ' Nothing "stoctling" came from the Public Accounts inquiry. the greater portion of Liberal Leader Sinclair's ex- amination of witnesses in this connec- tion having to do with expenditures on the new East Block of the Parliament Buildings. While the Government fail- ed to appoint a Commission to inves- tigate the tish and game resources ot the Province, as expected of it. sports- men have some satisfaction in know- ing that it may come later. after bio- logical studies 11OW beinu' undertaken by the Department of Game and Fish- eries are completed. Other features of the sessions were Provincial Treasurer Monteith's an- nouncement of a balanced Budget and n surplus of $359,000 for the ttsteal year ended. and the forecast of another sur- plus for the current year: the Govern- ment's express intention of strengthen- ing "movie" censorship regulationti; the House's emphatic rejection of the prin- ciple of "beer-by-the-elass": the Homes endorsation ot the Govern- rnent's policy to conduct a, survey of Emma's ondorsation ot the Govern- rnent's pansy to conduct a survey of Cnet situation infom- fnrmulatitw anv old-age .pensions scheme; and the prompttvercs with which the Govern- ment authorized a Royal Commission inquiry into the Hollinger Mine dis- aster. V WRIGHT MAY REMAIN ON TWO COMMISSIONS Before the Legislature shut up shop yesterday afternoon. Russell Nesbitt, Conservative member' for Bracondale, moped the amendment to the City of Toronto bill. which permits P. W. Ellis and George Wright to continue as members of both the cltv Hvdro Com- mission and the T.T.C. One of Legislature's Last Acts Is Implementing of Premier's Assurance Where, a week ago, the Private Bills Committee declined. in effect, to allow Mr. Wright to continue in his dual role, the House yesterday passed the amendment without dissent. Passing ot the amendment merely implements Premier Perquson's assur- ance to the city in regard to the Widely discussed "ripper" clause in the Power Commission Act of last session. That the net operating surplus for the year was 8229.103; that revenue from angling licenses was $172,327, or more than accruing from license fees and royalties in connection with commercial fish. ing; that 1.379 "resident" moose licenses 21,111 "resident" deer li- censes and 2,237 "non-resident" hunting licenses were taken out; that fur farm licenses issued total- led 986; that 1.041 timber wolves, 4,414 brush wolves and 59 pups were destroyed. with a consequent bounty payment ot M2.970: that 723 convictions were resristered un- der the Game and Fisheries Act. with a. collection ot fines amount- ine to $9.035. The annual report of the Ontario Department of Game and Fisheries, as presented to the Lezislature yes- terday. shows. among other things: Ontario's legislators called an end to their 1928 business activities at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The House will prorogue Tuesday after- noon, April 3. With only the "swank" of prorogation left to com- plete the turning of another page in legislative history, the great majority of members - at least those representing distant electoral districts-are by now either home, or well on their way there. fish and Game Data It's All Over