REPORT OF THE 



No. 3 



The total area of Crown lands disposed of by sale and lease during the year 

 was 71,454.05 acres for a value of $80,366.61, as compared with 103,701.59 acres 

 sold and leased in 1917 for $80,345.43. The total collection on account of the 

 sales, leases, etc., was $199,810.90. (See Appendix No. 3, page 24.) 



Sales. 



Throughout the fiscal year ending 31st October, 1919, more inquiries were 

 received and answered than during any corresponding period since the outbreak of 









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the Great War. While all these did not result in actual sales it is gratifying to 

 observe that more purchasers acquired land during the past than the previous 

 year although the acreage involved is approximately the same. Appendix No. 15 

 is a compilation of all land sales and grants other than those occurring in Free 

 Grant Territory and from this may be ascertained in detail the transactions accord- 

 ing to townships, agencies and districts. It was necessary to cancel 208 sales for 

 failure of the purchasers to meet the prescribed conditions of settlement while 

 19 sales were restored for Just cause and 312 settlers, for various reasons, were 

 permitted to assign their interests to bona fide tillers of the soil. 



