1^ Trefttct, 



address ; or to any of the agents of the Canadian Government in the 

 United Kingdom, whose names and addresses are as follows:— Mr. 

 John Dyke, 15. Water Street, Liverpool; Mr. Thomas Grahame, 

 40, St. Enoch Square, Glasgow ; Mr. E. J. Wood, 79, Hagley Road, 

 Birmingliam; Mr. P. Fleming, 44, High Street, Dundee; Mr. W. 

 G. Stuart, Netliy Bridge, Inverness ; and Mr. G. Leary, William 

 Street, Kilkenny. Copies may also be obtained from the steamship 

 agent'', who are to be found in every village. 



As the land regulations of the different Provinces 

 Land, • are frequently referred to in the Reports, they 



Itefjnlations ill are quoted in detail in the following paragraphs; 



various Frovinces. but they are, of course, subject to alteration from 



time to time : — 



Prince Edzcard Island. — Tlie available uncultivated and vacant Government 

 land is estimated at about 45,000 acres. These consist of forest 'unds of medium 

 quality, the ver}' best having, of course, been taken up by the tenants iu the first 

 instance, and their price averages about one dollar per acre. Parties desiring to 

 settle ui)on them are allowed ten years to pay for their holdings, the purchase- 

 money to bear interest at 5 per cent, and to be payable in ten annnal instalments. 



iVovrt Scotia. — There are now in Nova Scotia about two millions of acres of 

 ungranted Government Innds, a considerable quantity of which is barren and 

 almost totally unfit for cultivation ; but there is some land in blocks of from 200 

 to 500 acres of really valuable land, and some of it the best in the province, and 

 quite accessible, being very near present settlements. The price of Crown lands 

 is $40 (4:8 sterling) per 100 acres. 



New Brunswick. — Crown lands, of which there are some 7,000,000 acres still 

 ungranted, may be acquired as follows : — (1.) Free grants of 100 acres, by settlers 

 over 18 years of age, on the condition of improving the land to the extent of £i 

 in three months ; building a house 16 ft. by 20 ft., and cultivating two acres within 

 one year ; and continuous residence and cultivation of 10 acres Avithin three years. 

 (2.) One hundred acres are given to any settler over 18 years of age who pays £\ 

 in cash, or does work on the public roads, &c.. equal to £2 per annum for three 

 years. Within two years a house Ifi ft. by 20 ft. must be built, and two acres of 

 land cleared. Continuous residence for three years from date of entry, and ten 

 acres cultivated in that time, is also required. (3.) Single applications may bo 

 made for not more than 20O acres of Crown lands without conditions of settleniient. 

 These are put up to public auction at an upset price of 4s. 2d. per acre ; purchase- 

 money to be paid at once ; cost of survey to be paid by purchaser. 



Quebec. — About 6,000,000 acres of Crown lands have been surveyed for sale. 

 They are to bo purchnsed from the Government, and are paid for in the following 

 manner: — One-fifth of the purchase-money is required to be paid the day of the 

 pale, and the remainder in four equal yearly instalments, bearing interest at 

 (> per cent. The prices at which the lands are sold are merely nominal, ranging 

 from 20 cents to 60 cents per acre (I5d. to 2h. 5id. stg.). The purchnser is reiiuired 

 to take possession of the land sold within six months of the date of the sale, and 

 to occupy it within two yenrs. He must clear, in the course of ten years, ten acres 

 for every hundred held by him, and erect a habitable house of the dimensions of 

 at least 16 ft. by 20 ft. The letters patent are issued free of charge. The. farts 

 of the Province of Qnebec now inviting coloTiisation are the Lake St. John Disti let ; 

 the valleys of the Saguenay, St. Maurice, and the Ottawa Rivers ; the Eastern 

 Townships; the Lower St. Lawrence; and Gaspe. 



Ontario. — Any head of a family, \Nhether male or female, having children 

 under 18 years of age, can obtain .a grant of 200 acres; and a sinfrle man over 

 18 years of ngc, or a married man having no children under 18 residing with him, 

 can obtain a grant of 100 acres. This land is mostly covered with fore?t, and is 

 situate in the northern and north-western parts of the province. Such a person 

 may also purchase an additional 100 acres at 50 cents per acre, cash, 'J he 

 settleraeut dnties are — To have 15 acres on each grant cleared and under crop at the 



