“upatipn,
and improvement for agricultural
purposes, -

Full information concerning regu-

ations regarding pre-empilons 1s :||

given in Bulletin No. 1, Land Series,
"How to Pre-empt Land” copfes of
which can te obtained free of charge

by addredhing tha Department -of -

Lands, Victoria, BG., or, to any Gor-
ernment Agent. -

Recorts wiil. be granted covering.

only. land sujtable .for agricultural
purposes, and which. ia not . timber--
land, ie. carrying over 6,000" board
feet per: ‘Aare west of the Const Range

and 8,000 feet per acre east of | that.

Range. .
Applications for pre-emptions are
to be addrassed to tha Land Com-
misstoner of the Land Record'ng Di-
vision, in Which the land’applied for

is situated, and aré. made on printed --

forms, copiés of whith can be ob-
ed from the.Land Oominisstoner.
a pro-emantion must':be occupied for
five years: inj improvements’ made
to value of #0 per acre, including
clearing and cultivating at least five
acres, before a n. Grant can be
received, .

For more detailed information Boe

ithe Bultetin “How - to -Pre-empt 1

Land.” .
. PURGHASE

Applications are recatved for pur-
chase of vacant and unreserved
Crown lands, not being timberland,
for agricultural purposes; minimum
Uprice of first-class (arable) land is §5
per acre, an@ second-class (grazing)
‘and §2.50 per acre. Further infor-

-mation regar@ing purchase or leasa
‘of Crown iands fs given in ‘Bulletin
No. 10, Land Series, . “Parchage and
Leass of Crown Lands.”

Min, factory, or industrial otters on
timber lend, nat exceeding 40 acres,
may be purchaged of leased, the con-
ditions including payment of
stumpage. : :

HOMESITE LEASES

Unsurveyed areag, not exceeding 20
acres, may be lease€ as homesites,
conditional upon a dwelt: being
erected in the first year, title being

. obtainable after residence and im-
‘provement ‘conditions are fulfilled |
and land has been surveyed. .

LEASES oo

For grazing and industrial pur-
poses areas not exceeding 64 acres
may be Jeased by one person or a

Ga RAZI NG,

- Under the. Grazing Act,the Prov-
f ince is divided into grasing districts
m and the range administered under 1
“\? Grazing Commissioner. Annual
” grazing pertnits are issyved baseA on
numbers ranged, priority being given
to eatablished owners... Stock-owners :
may form associations for range
management. Free, or partially free,
permite are available for settlers,
head. and travellers, up to. ten.
ead.  ¢ :

Timber Sale X6605..
Sealed: tenders will be received by the
District Forester not later than noon on
the 10th day of October, 1924, for the
urchase of Licence X6605,: on ‘John
rown’ Creek, South: of: Moricetown,
C.R. 5, to-cut 10,000: Hemlock ties,
Two (2) years will be allowed for
removal of timber...
Further particulars of the Chief For-
ester, Victoria;. the District Forester,
' Prince Rupert,. B.C.

ir a 5 Be a uD me

The best bulb brown’ in : Hel
land. -Twported direct by tis,”

All varieties, :'Ptice your
order nowi i.

BOUQUETS . . WREATHS

| pert, were’ recent visitors, and
_ | proceeded through to the Naas
./on‘a hunting: trip.

|T. Baton, of the Hatehery staff,

.| Stuart Lakes, vt

TL fair. “ lonlhatie be ekahpege act

2 {for the piastimeck

: ‘i ‘aland: a
Olander and P.. we of: PKalum a racer ae Niptge: avd no-aid “bom? amet in|
to, aweite, thamselver as. bdlonging -in: that: class
1 imple: things which" ‘appeal to ‘the: heart.“ «When
we happenovn one.of: them inssome clearing; its -gos-.
Pr length h thrown about’ the.old: wheel's throat teheh

CUT FLOWERS | ee callie

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PROVINCE OF WESTERN | CANADA

WAS. PRODUCED MINERALS vaLuiD’ as FOLLOWS :— —
Placer Go Gold o,f asiccevceeze. rerertreed 76,962,208
Wd vesssssceseseseecssenenerns 118,852,655
Tc oe cee eeaee stireeeger snes 69,582,655
ot Lends... .cceiievcseeeseversreenscnecce 59,182,661
| Gopper 22202252 dtoneteraectsnenstene os 179,046,508
7 Hee Sheteonacasaewes Lhy Hd, 156
oo J Cond and Goke IIIS, 950'9687118
; Building Store, Brick, Cement, ete..... “89,415,234
ae iscellaneous Minerals ........:..2..... 01 1,408,257
aking rhineral ‘production to the end of. 1923 show

AN AGGREGATE VALUE .OF :$810,722,782

The . substantial progress of the-mining industry in this prov-
inee is strikingly illustrated:in the following figures, which
‘show -the value of production —for i successive 6-year : periods:
; For all years to 1895, inclusive veneese ef 84,547,241
. ; For five years, "1996-1900 . tet eteeeeeeaa 87, 605, 967
dae. (> For five’years, 1901-1905 0.00.02. ...02° 86,
po "125,584,474

' For five years, 1906-1910- Vivre

For five years, 1911-1915 ..... seereeese, 242,072,603

For five years, 1916-1920) ........ zee ee 189,922,726.

_, For the year 1921 ..... beeeeserrreeeeane

an -. For the year 1922..... seoverccenseciute | 95,158,843
— For the year 1928... 0. .cceesssasieecss ” ga1'go4's30 -

PRODUCTION DURING. LAST TaN "YEARS, '$350,288,862

‘ Lode-mining has only been in ‘progress about 25.. years, -

~ pected; 300, square miles of unexplored mineral. ‘pear-.
Ing lands are open for -prospecting.
| The mining laws of thia Province‘are more liberal and’
the fees lower than any other. provincein the Dominion, -
or any Colony in the’ British Empire, : .
Mineral locations are granted te discoverers for naninal
fees, Absolute titles are obtained by developing such . pro-
perties, security of which is guaranteed by crown grantg.-

2S | Full) information, together with. mining reports and maps, -

may be obtained gratis by ‘addressing .:

The Honourable The -Minister of Mines
| VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA. -

RITISH COLUM: IA

and not 20 per cent. of the Province has bern even prog |

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NET OF ‘NIPIGON |

Mr. and Mrs, F. Clapp, of
Prince Rupert, were visitors last
week, -

Miss Kathleen Burnett is in
school again, after. having been} .
confined to the house for. several a
days with. quinzy.. mee

Mis, W. King entertained a
number of ladies at: tea on Thurs- =
day afternoon of last week, She
was assisted ‘by Misses _Dobb.
Glover and ‘Andrews,

-Fred, Amos. is patient. at- the
Hazelton Hospital, having gone
there for: treatment -for . blood
‘poisoning in the hand,

Howard Bernie, Stanley Gould,
and: Vie. Williams, of Prince Ru-|-

"C, Harrison, G. J. Morgan sind :

left on last Friday. evening’s|.
train . with: “five. million sockeye
salmon eggs for Quesnel and

iN

Rupert, was’ a guest: of ‘Mre.|.. “were! -

a coh

0. Gendron; “d: Couture, Oxear'! sae haid!-be

‘omni prohend “it.

got te

cls ac re

‘Louis Allan, -of Pri ince Rupert, “The charm of trethwater, the charm of mirror surfaces... and the sweet smell of the woods.”
t ed from a garden 18 -the. fish

was a recent. guest -at the home [is flower in inland. om a 8 Nets belong we
13) of. Mr.’ and Mrs." “Thomas. r 7 the. sea, to the .sea-mists of the Atlantic shores an
B OOkB ‘to the salmon-rins of the Pacific: What are they

Mrs, Jarvis McLeod, of Prince| - doing inland, out of habitat, “fish out of water,” as it

«But when you hance pun. the “inland ‘net of.

Soucie last week, and) ‘took i lit. ‘the = the: Indian: 70 around a'crude wheel, whittled out

° of saplings; saomething - inside, aome inner sense, speaks:

“Outi saying’ :“This isthe original. The Seacoast. neta

We de Martin: has been ‘confined | “of America. same hire long after this! “The threads,
ali * these :nieshes-;-they: run’ back, «bac rt a

to his hume: -witl han injured | foot) “Garden: -of-Rden-time ‘of. this continent.” ” And. recent:

: ; ‘dikcovéries “vf! fogsil-skeletons ‘are ‘placing’ that period

hack:inich..further- thaw that 20,000 years to which

Me eeu ustamed even it we. couldn't under-

8: to: us with, the s same e human stonch ° ‘aa ofr Rome

life, ww rhea oo

Indian’ fet one of
ESE mets, Nee ote af ik a of uality. to t
| CORE ment yO Rin 7
canes no ve: distant,

Like some lace veil is this Old . _ Inland... Net!
You feel you. might take it in hand and run {¢ through
a finger ting. Compared with it, how crude seems a
the coarse strength of tanned lengths that is tha — r
herring-trap of the Atlantic coast. How rude and.
strong. the thick gumwale and heavy timbere, the ong
“aT 8 ofthe fishboata that work -the- herri .
nets! .These are fine. paintings, , jealously hung in an.
inner‘room |... not. many of 2 Cares. Thone
othevs, in the. heauty. of their ‘strength, ‘are the sculp-

ture’ in-‘thie, gallery of Canadian ‘handiwork, Thera :
is no question of superiority ‘only. an Interesting: amd...

very entertaining one of difference,  Sometinies wo. a
are'in'a-mood for ‘the scutptute, for. the strength, of <7
the sea;. and nothing:can. satiate . this ‘hunger “when...”
iti "r a aa, but the way. of | the: Maritime Bast

or Wes : as

the

unica the charm at ‘te deep
ice and the avreet Finell of the woods. ~
be: ‘aceon lished - Of
1| feminine: aperies: than ‘ ‘coin of 4 “andustry ? its

| ‘The filigree meshes; wound. abo is old, weather

eton of a real.do ‘not. purpe

ofthe mmensity and range of: th

Caniada -s:and they: ) ; jmmach, ‘as
4 point-finger of. the. ‘hundreds ‘of ‘miles. o: lak koe ‘and

this} rivers opened up to.sportsmen
Ate ee ‘the nate "af Wipigoa