certain offences under the Criminal Code relating to injury or damage to persons or pro- 

 perty, or under The Game and Fisheries Act while using or possessing a fire-arm for the 

 purpose of hunting. 



The Land Surveyors Act - Certain sections relating to procedural matters, 

 the term of apprenticeship, and the educational standing required, are amended. 



The Mining Act - Section 39a prohibits prospecting or staking out of mining 

 claims, or the development of mineral interests, or the working of mines in provincial pairks , 

 except as provided by the regulations made londer The Provincial Parks Act, 1954, 

 Section 56a invalidates any mining claim that is staked out during the time that a fire dis- 

 trict is closed under The Forest Fires Prevention Act, subject to certain exceptions 

 therein set out. 



The Provincial Land Tax Act - The maximum rate of tax that may be fixed 

 in respect of land in provincial parks is set at 4%, and a different rate may be fixed for 

 land in different provincial parks. Provision is made for fixing the valuation of pipe- 



lines for the purposes of the Act, 



The Provincial Parks Act, 1954 - The use or occupation of land in pro- 

 vincial parks for any purpose, including mining, is prohibited except as provided under 

 the Act or the regulations, and provision is made that the staker, recorded holder of a 

 mining claim, or the holder of a licence of occupation of a mining claim, does not ac- 

 quire any right in or to the surface rights. Provision is made for the seizure and 

 confiscation of articles used in violation of the Act or the regulations. 



The Public Lands Act - Provision is made to annul in whole or in part 

 original surveys, to lodge amended plans in the proper Registry or Land Titles office, 

 and to cajicel letters patent affected by an annulment and to issue letters patent in lieu 

 thereof containing a revised description. Provision is made empowering the 



Minister to issue a quit claim to a person in possession of land for more than sixty years. 



