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of two miles of his homestead, and continue to make his home within such 
radius for at least six months out of every twelve months for the three years 
next succeeding the date of homestead entry ; and shall within the first year 
from date of entry break and prepare for crop 10 acres of his homestead 
quarter section ; and shall within the second year crop the said 10 acres, and 
break and prepaie for crop 15 acres additional — makins; 25 acres ; and within 
the third year after the date of his homestead entry he shall crop the said 25 
acres, and break and prepare for crop 15 acres additional, so that within three 
years of the date of his homestead entry he shall have not less than 25 acres 
cropped ; and shall have erected on the land a habitable house in which he 
shall have lived during the three months next precedmg his application for 
homestead patent. 
" In the event of a homesteader desiring to secure his patent within a 
shorter period than the three years provided by law, he will be permitted to 
purchase his homestead on furnishing proof that he has resided on the land for 
at least twelve months subsequent to date of homer.tead entry, and, in case 
entry was made after the 25th da}- of May, 1883, has cultivated 30 acres 
thereof. 
"In the case of a homesteader being entitled to receive his homestead 
patent for land occupied by him for the full period of three years, he will, on 
production of a certificate to that effect from the Commissioner of Dominion 
Lands, be permitted to make a second entry. 
" Any homesteader may at the same time as he makes his homestead entrj", 
but not at a later date, should there be available land adjoming the homestead, 
enter an additional quarter section of and as a pre-emption on payment of an 
office fee of 21. 
" The pre-emption right entitles the homesteader, who obtains entry for a 
pre-emption, to purchase the land so pre-empted on becoming entitled to his 
homestead patent ; but should the homesteader fail to fulfil the homestead 
conditions he forfeits all claim to his pre-emption. 
" The price of pre-emptions, not included in Town Site Reserves, is 10s. an 
acre. Where land is north of the northerly limit of the land grant, along the 
main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and is not within 24 miles of any 
branch of that railway, or 12 miles of any other railway, pre-emptions may be 
obtained for 8s. per acre. 
For reasons already stated it is impossible at present to give 
any figures representing the acreage under cropping, or con- 
veying accurate information as to the average yields, in the 
districts of the North- West. Towards the close of last year, 
however, the Canadian Pacific Railway authorities sent out a 
large batch of queries to settlers in Manitoba and the North- West, 
with the intention of publishing the replies received, and, through 
the kindness of Mr. Alexander Begg, Canadian Pacific Railway, 
88, Cannon Street, London, E,C., 1 have been favoured with an 
advance copy of this publication, and propose to make use of 
some of the facts contained therein, which 1 have less hesitation 
in doing, inasmuch as I am quite satisfied as to the bond fide 
character of these replies, and I do not think they would have 
been any different had I sent out the questions myself. 
Most of the settlers in the North- West are poor, and a great 
many are forced to commence their operations with oxen only, 
being at first unable to afford horses. The tillage work of the 
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