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n £ j . Jam ua.v\j 2. O than that of previous revisions Enlarge Mental Hospital. and it is hoped that publication During the past year, the De-- Wwill take place during the current partment of Health has made a year. special effort to reduce the rav-- , Refers to Hydro Contracts. a'f;sdof'tuberr'ulosis. and has pro-- ( During the session of 1935, the | :'0: ofsu;:'p(:rt..fo; tl\l]\e construe» _ Legislature enacted that certain > sunatoria in Northern and Co Eastern Ontario. Plans for in-- Elmnm between the Hydro-- creased accommodation for men-- * ectric Power Commission and tal patients are under review. The / * certain _ companies -- generating department will sponsor legisl: | ° f $ gislas | power in the Province of Quebec tion to curtail the use of codeine, | were void and unenforceable. The \ phenobarbital and other habit. Government is convinced of the | forming drugs. ts justice of this measure and is de-- | In addition to the legisiation termined that the will of the already _ mentioned, _ certain Legislature shall not be thwarted changes of an administrative na-- % and the benefits lost to the power ture will be made in the Corpora-- users of the Province. Accord-- tion Tax Act and Succession Duty ingly, legislation will be intro-- Act. The latter will also be ameond-- duced with a view to making ef, ed so that contributions to charit-- fective the purpose of the Leogis-- able, educational and religious lature as already expressed. institutions shall be: exempted The Commission has continued when rates for duty are fixed. its expansion of service to rural Amendments will also be madeo to areas with 810 miles of line con-- the Companies Act, Game and structed, or under construction, Fisheries Act, Municipal Act, Min-- in 1936, and lowering the farm ing Act, Beach Protection Act, service charge from 82 to $1. Natural Gas Act, Motor Vehicles Marked reductions in the costs of Act, and for various other pur-- power have also been of material poses,. benefit to industry and power The public accounts for the | users generally in the Province. fiscal vear ending March 31 last | have been issued, and the esti-- To Modernize Highways. mates for the year immediately Amaigamation of the Depart-- ahead will shortly be presented ment of Northern Development to_you. | with the Department of High-- In conclusion T trust that under | ways during the past year will the guidance of Divine Providence permit of more economical ad-- your labors will be fruitful and ministration. _ A _ comprehensive will enhance the public welfare. | program of construction and re-- | construction is being prepared for | this year. The objects of th's | program will be to modernize | highways in the older and more densely travelled portions of the Province; to eliminate as rapidly | as possible, dangerous level cross-- | ings; to meet the growing nceds | for settlers' roads and paved _ roads in the northern part of the _ Province; to co--operate with the ; ' Dominion Government in the con-- | * struction of roads leading to min-- / ing regions which have hitherto ; * been practically inaccessible and : s to co--operate to the fullest pos-- | sible extent with all counties and . townships in the continued im-- provement of their roads. Schools Improved. The activities of the Depart/ ment of Educstion have been di-- rected during the past year chiefly to the improvement of the in-- + struction being provided in both elementary and secondary schools. Methods employed in the training : of teachers have been modified, : with a view to providing them | with a wider experience in teach-- ! « ing before receiving certificates. : Changes in the courses of study are contemplated, which may be expected to provide opportunities for the better adjustment of the -- subjects of study to the capabili-- ties and interests of the students. .« Figures indicate a 15 per cent. increase in tourist traffic, with k. prospects for a continued in-- crease this year, from which j ' many classes of our people bene-- fit immediately, The Game and Fisheries Department has done much to foster this lucrative | ; traffic by restocking our lakes and streams and stimulating in-- | terest in the conservation of wild life. Another trout--rearing sta-- % tion is approaching completion : near North Bay, and other sta-- | tions are being enlarged and im-- | proved. It is of interest to note | that in 1936 more non--resident y hunting and angling licenses wore issued than in the peak year of * 1929. P