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end of the first five years, of which at least two acres arc to be cleared amnally ; 

 to build a habitable house, at least 1(5 feet by 20 fo(*t in size ; and to reside on 

 the land nt least six months in each ye<ir. In the lininy River district, to the west 

 of Lake Superior, consisting of well-watered uncleared land, free grants are made 

 of ICO acres to ahead of a family having children under 18 years of age residing 

 with him (or her) ; and 120 acres to a single man over 18, or to a married man 

 not having children under 18 residing with him; each person obtaining a free 

 grant to have the privilege of purcliasing 80 acres additional, at the rate of one 

 dollar per acre, payable in four annual instalmenfs. 



Manitoba and North- West Territories. — Free grants of one quarter-section 

 (IGO acres) of surveyed agricultural land, not previously entered, may be obtained 

 by any person who is the solo head of a family, or by any male who has nitaincd 

 the age of 18 years, on application to the local agent of Dominion lauds, and on pay- 

 ment of an oflSce fee of $10. 'I'he grant of the patent is subject to the following 

 conditions having been complied with : — 



By making entry and within six months thereafter erecting a habitable 

 house and ccmmencing actual residence upon the land, and continuing to reside 

 upon it for at least six months in each year for the three uextsacceeding years, and 

 doing reasonable cultivation duties during that period. 



Persons making entry for homesteads on or after September 1st in any year 

 are allowed until June Ist following to perfect their entries by going into actual 

 residence. The only charge for a homestead of IGO acres is the entrance fee of 3 ' '^•• 

 In certain ca.^es forfeited pre-emptions and cancelled homesteads are available for 

 entry, but slightly additional fees, and value of improvements thereon, if any, arc 

 d'imanded from the homesteader in each cnse, and when abandoned pre-emptions 

 are taken up they are recjuired to perform specified conditions of settlement Full 

 information can be obtained from the local agents. In connection with his home- 

 stead entry the settler may also purchase, subject to the approval of the Minister of 

 the Interior, the quarter-section of the mme section, if available, adjoining his 

 homestead, at the Government price, v hich is at present $3 per acre. In the event 

 of a homestcailer desiring to secure lis patent within a shorter period than the 

 three years, he will be permitted t( purchase his homestead at the Government 

 price at the time, on furnishing proof that he has resided on the land for nt 

 least 12 months subsequent to date of entry, and has cultivated 80 acres thereof. 



The following diagmm shows the manner in which the Cfmntiy is surveyed. 

 It represents a township — that is, a tract of land six miles square, containing 

 36 sections of one mile square each. These sections are subdivided into quarter- 

 sections of IGO acres each, more or less. 





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The right of pre-emption has ceased to exist, having been altogether dlscon* 

 tiiiued since 1st January, 181)0. 



Infoniialiou respecting timber, mineral, coal, grazing and bay lands, may be 



