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covering an area of 34,123 acres were duly approved. The privilege of buying 

 an additional area adjacent to a homestead for pasturing fuel or cropping purposes 

 was exercised by 140 locatees. 



Although in Appendix No. 14 practically all the Free Grant townships appear 

 for the purposes of maintaining a detailed reference according to agencies and 

 districts a perusal of same will show that in some no locations were effected and 

 in others but few. This is due to the fact that many of the areas involved have 

 been in the market for a long period and all the desirable land therein has been 

 acquired. 



Checking up delinquents with a view to ascertaining the extent of their 

 settlement requirements resulted in the cancellation of 425 persons whose locations 

 in a number of instances had been allowed years ago. 



The remarks under the previous heading " Sales " in respect of the future 

 of settlement apply with equal force to Free Homesteading. 



A list of the islands sold in Free Grant territory appears in Appendix 14. 



Patents, Leases, Licenses. 



Instruments to the number of 1,394 were issued through the Patents Office, 

 an increase of 43 over the year ending 31st October, 1918. 



Of the total 850 covered settlers' patents, 68 veteran grants and 377 mining 

 grants and leases. The remaining 190 consisted of Crown Leases, Licenses of 

 Occupation, Pine Patents and Orders-in-Council. 



In addition to the entry of all such documents the Patents Office is required 

 to prepare references, make daily searches respecting old grants, record new ones 

 and to regularly mark and maintain the office maps showing all transactions as 

 indicated in the instruments issued in accordance with Appendix 8. 



Military Grants. 



Under the Veteran Land Act, 1 Edward VII, Cap. 6, and amendments thereto, 

 there have been issued 13,998 certificates, and although the time for receiving 

 applications for these grants expired on the 30th September, 1908, there are still 

 letters being received from men who were entitled to this grant, but claim that 

 they have only now become aware of the fact. These applications, therefore, could 

 not now be accepted and no forms of applications have been sent out. 



During the past year there have been located 45 of these certificates covering 

 7,189 acres in the townships open for veterans, making in all a total of 8,329 

 certificates thus located. 



In six cases the certificates have been surrendered and applied in payment 

 of lands purchased from the Crown, covering in all 960 acres, making a total of 

 791 that have thus been applied. 



There were three certificates surrendered to the Crown for the $50.00 com- 

 mutation money, making a total of 3,263 certificates surrendered in this manner. 



During the year there have been issued. 34 patents for lands located by 

 veterans, and in all 7,371 have thus been disposed of. 



The total number of certificates that have, therefore, been disposed of is 

 12,383, leaving 1,615 that are still outstanding. 



During the year 16 veteran locations, covering 2,549 acres, were cancelled 

 for the non-performance of the settlement duties to which they became subject 

 on account of being assigned before patent was issued. 



