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The legislation of 1858, however, already referred to, gave these 

 grantees important mineral rights, equally with those receiving Crown 

 Land grants between 1826 and 1858. 



These notes may be closed by a reference to later legislation affect- 

 ing mineral rights. 



By Chapter 3 of the Acts of 1899, the Legislature gave the Governor 

 in-Council power to lease under such conditions as appeared proper, for 

 a term of years, for lumbering purposes, Crown lands not suitable for 

 farming purposes. 



Under this legislation a lease was made of all the ungranted lands 

 in the counties of Inverness and Victoria to a company undertaking to 

 put on foot extensive lumbering operations. 



In the lease the reservations of Chapter 16, Acts of 1892, already 

 referred to, as reserving all mines and minerals "excepting limestone, 

 plaster and building materials" are amended as follows : — " Reserving 

 all mines and minerals, mineral paints and oils, gypsum or plaster." 



As regards the lessees it is quite reasonable that they should agrees 

 to divest themselves of the gypsum and incidentally of the limestone and 

 building material as they received a most valuable franchise. The lease 

 of this tract estimated to contain 500,000 acres of land, stipulates that 

 the Crown can issue grants to bona fide settlers over any portion of it. 

 So that in any such grants in fee the reservations of 1892 quoted above 

 would apply. Presumably, however, the Governor-in-Council could 

 lease for working, as Crown minerals, any gypsum, limestone or build- 

 ing material, if not included in any fee simple grant applied for prior 

 to the issue of such lease for working. 



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