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end of the fint five years, of which at least two acres arc to ho cleared annnally ; 

 to build a habitable house, at lea.st Ki feet by 20 feet in si/e : and to reside on 

 the land at least six months In each year. In the Raiuif River district, to the west 

 of Lake Superior, consisting of well-watered unclenr^'d land, free grant* are nia<le 

 of IGOacH'sto ahead of a fanuly 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 purchasing 80 acres a<lditional, at the rate of one 

 dollar per acre, ptiyable in four annual instalments. 



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 sole head of a family, or by any male who bos attained 

 the age of 18 years, on application to the local agent of Dominion lands, and on |>ay- 

 nient of an office fee of ^10. The gmnt of the patent is subject to the following 

 conditions having been Complied with : — 



By making entry and within six months thereafter eracting a habitable 

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

 upon it for at least six months in each year for the three next succeeding 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 1st following to perfect their entries by going into actual 

 residence. The only charge for a homestead of IGO acres is the entrance fee of $ 10. 

 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, are 

 demanded from the homesteader in each case, and when abandoned pre-emptions 

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

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

 stead entry the settler may also pur -base, subject to the approval of the Minister of 

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

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

 of a homesteader desiring to secure his patent within a shorter period than the 

 three years, lie Avill be permitted to purchase his homestead at the Government 

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

 least 12 months subsequent to date of entry, and has cultivated '60 acres thereof. 



The following diagram shows the manner in which the country is surveyed. 

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

 3G sections of one mile square each. These sections are subdivided into quarter- 

 sections of IGU acres each, more or less. 



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

 tinued since 1st January, 181X}. 



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



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