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British Honduras, of which, according to a late return, only 

 some ten thousand acres, or less than one-hundredth part, is, or 

 has been, under cultivation. The Crown lands are offered at 

 " not less than one dollar an acre ; " and private lands are no 

 doubt also available at moderate rates. 



Under an Ordinance, No. 8 of 1879, Crown lands in British 

 Honduras may be obtained from Government under the following 

 conditions : 



" Town lands shall be offered by public auction at an upset price to be 

 recommended by the Surveyor-General of Crown Lands, and approved by 

 the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and may be put up either by order of 

 the Lieutenant-Governor, or upon the application of some person who 

 shall at the time of making such application deposit 10 per cent, of the 

 upset price. Such deposits shall, if no advance on the upset price be made, 

 be considered as part payment on completion of purchase ; an amount 

 equal to 10 per cent, on the purchase -money shall be paid on the fall of 

 the hammer when lands are put up for sale by order of the Lieutenant- 

 Governor. In every case the balance shall be paid within thirty days from 

 the day of sale, and in default thereof the purchaser shall forfeit his 

 purchase-money and also all right of title to the land. 



" Bural or country lands shall be sold without auction at not less than 

 one dollar an acre ; and the minimum acreage of rural sections shall be 

 live acres, but any land so shut in by private lands or other bounds as not 

 to contain five acres, may be sold at such rate as the Lieutenant-Governor, 

 on the recommendation of the Surveyor-General of Crown Lands, may direct. 

 "It shall be lawful for the Lieutenant-Governor to issue licenses for five 

 years to persons desirous to occupy waste lands of the Crown, in sections 

 not less than fifty nor more than five hundred acres, for purposes of cultiva- 

 tion or improvement, at a yearly rent of 10 cents an acre, with right to 

 purchase* at any time during the tenancy, or such licenses may be renewed 

 by the Lieutenant-Governor. 



"A location ticket will be issued to persons authorised to occupy any 

 portion of Crown Lands, which will be exchanged for a grant on the block 

 of land being surveyed. No costs of survey will be charged, but a. uniform 

 fee of five dollars will be charged for every deed of grant, and a fee of one 

 dollar for recording the sam'\ 



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