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reported to be valuable chiefly for mines, minerals or timber, are 

 also withheld ir..m >ale for agricultural purposes. 



Nearly all tin- lands now open arc snhjeet to timber 



license. which aiithori/es the holder of the license to cut pine anl 



other kinds of timlKT. After a lot has 1 ilarK -old. ho\\- 



. it drops from the licen-c all kinds of timber except pine, ami 



the purchaser ha- the right to cut and use Mich pine tier- a- max be 



*>ar\ for building or fencing on his land, and ma\ al-o cut and 



disuse of all trees that he requires to remove in the actual pr 



tearing the land for cultivation. The pine tree- 90 cut and 

 disposed of are subject to the ordinary timber dues. Although the 

 timlKT other than pine is dropped from timber licence, after 

 of the land is carried out. the purcha-er i- not entitled to cut and 

 dispose of any kind of timlKT until lie has gone into actual hmni 

 fide residence <n the land, resided thereon continuously for Six 

 months, built a habitable hon-e [6 \ 20 feet, and cleared and put 

 uniler cultivation two acres at least. 



In certain sections settlement duties by proxy are permitted, but 

 the requirements as regards clearance, improvements, etc.. are 

 practically double those called for in ordinan 



At the expiry of three years from the date of -ale. and upon 

 payment in full of the purchase money and interest and proof of the 

 completion of the settlement duties required by the regulations, the 

 purchaser is entitled to a patent for his land. 



I*ands which are thus open for sale are in the districts of 

 Xipissing. Sudbury. Algoma. Rainy River, and Timi-kaming. 



Free Grants and Homesteads. 



Public lands which have been surveyed and are considered suit- 



able for settlement and cultivation, and not valuable chiefly for 



minerals or pine timber, may be appropriated as Free Grants: and 



such lands may be located in any of the Districts above mentioned. 



t Timiskaming and Patricia. 



Although no fees are charged bv the Department, or allowed to 

 the land agents for locating, yet. if required to prerare the nece--ar\ 

 affidavit*, the Agent may make a reasonable charge for so 



Who may Locate and the Quantity. 



nerally speaking, all the lands Ivine north of the Mattawa and 

 a- far west a- Manitoba are surveyed into townshii. subdivided 

 into -rrtioiix and quarter section-, or into lot- of [60 or .}-'" 

 each, and the locatee. whether he be a single man over eighteen. 



