iv Preface, 



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

 United Kingdom, uliof^e names and addresses are as follows: — Mr. 

 John Dyke, IT). Water Street, Liverpool; Mr. Thomas Grahame, 

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

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

 G. Stuart, Xetliy Bridge, Jnverne.ss; and Mr. G. Ijeary, William 

 Street, Kilk''nny. Copies may also be obtained from the steamship 

 agents, who -ire to be found in every village. 



As the land regulations of the different Provinc<^s 

 Land are frequently referred to in the Reports, they 



JUijulationA 4 are quoted in detail in the following paragraphs ; 



vmnoua I'r nces. but tl ey are, of course, subject to alteiation from 



time to time : — 



jjlftward Island — The available uncultivated and vacant Government 

 lanu . wimated at about 4;i,000 acreg. These consist of forest himU of medium 

 quality, the very best having, of course, b3en taken up by the tenants in the first 

 instance, and their price averages abont 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. 



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

 ungranted Government lands, a considerable quantity cT which is barren ami 

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

 to i>00 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 stil! 

 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 jE-t 

 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 within three years. 

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

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

 years. Within two years a honse in ft. by 20 ft. muRt be built, and tAvo acres of 

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

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

 made for not more than 20D acres of Crown lands without conditions of settlement. 

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

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



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

 They are to be purchased from the Government, and are paid for in the following 

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

 .sale, and the remainder in four equal yfc?rly instalments, bearing interest at 

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

 from 20 cents to 60 cents per acre (15d. to 2.s. S'^d. stg.). The purchaser is reqtiired 

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

 to occupy it within two years. He roust 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. Th(^ farts 

 of the Province of Quebec now inviting colonisation are the Lake St. John District; 

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

 Townships; the Lower St. Lawrence; and Gaspe. 



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

 under 18 years of age, can obtain a grant of 200 acres; and a sinjile man ever 

 18 years of age, or a married man having no cl.ildren under 18 residing with him, 

 can obtain a grant ot 100 acres. This land is mostly covered with forest, and is 

 situate in the northern and north-western f>arts of the province. Such a person 

 may also purcha.«« an additional 100 acres at 50 cents per acre, cash. 1 he 

 settlement duties are— To have 15 acres on each grant cleared and under crop at the 



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