DIVISION of LANDS 

 Amendments to the Regulations, made under The Public Lands Act, which have been 

 in effect since May 1953, were made during the fiscal year under review as follows: 



Regulation 1 to bring it into line with regulations passed by the Department of Mines 

 respecting certain agricultural townships in the clay belt where surface and mineral rights 

 have been severed. 



Regulation 6 altering the residence requirements necessary preliminai*y to the granting 

 of patent and reducing the conditions determining eligibility to purchase - 



Regulation 7 amended to correct an error in the 1953 regulations. 



Regulation 8 extending to persons participating in military operations undertaken by 

 The United Nations to restore peace in Korea, the privilege of applying for free grants of 

 agricultural land. 



Regulation 11 altering the residence requirements necessary to qualify an applicant for 

 patent. 



Regulation 17 providing for the issuing of patent in certain circumstances without 

 application . 



Regulation 22 establishing the minimum size of islands which may be sold for private 

 and commercial recreational use. 



Regulation 25 increasing the price of recreational lands. 



Regulation 27 increasing the amount of deposit payable on purchase price and increasing 

 the time allowed to meet building conditions . 



Regulation 28 providing for the issuing of patent in certain circumstances without 

 application . 



Regulation 28a, which is an entirely new section, establishes the annual rental payable 

 and the amount of land allowed in certain types of land tenure permitted under authority of 

 license of occupation or land use permit . 



The above amendments became effective July 4, 1955. 



Under an Act cited as The Public Lands Amendment Act, 1955, one section of The 

 PubUc Lands Act was amended, being Section 61, Subsection 2, and a further amendment was 

 effected by adding Section 21a. 



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