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Prices and

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PRINCE GEORGE, B.C.

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Five- and Ten-acres Blocks
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Pon hake

Light clearing, good soil, sultable for Fruit, gardening, .
poultry, or general production. -

Located one mile from New Hazeltan railway depot.

PRICE: $28 to $40 per acre, spread over five years. No
interest for first 18 months; 6 percent interest on balance

Particulars and information at

The Omineca Herald Office -

New. Hazelton

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Placer Gold

Siler oo... cle cece eee ten eteeeneens 68, 824,579 ,
Lead wc cc sccccccrecscevaeeecrctcssena 70, 548,578
Copper eteeeenene week cence tee ee eens 187,489,378

1 82,382,958
Coal and Coke ......... ccc cic eee en ees 260,880,048
‘ Building Stone, Briek, Gament, etc,.... 42" 226,814
_ Miscellaneous Minerals . pebeeeeeeeereee 1, 431,349 - '

- Making mineral production to the end of 1924 show
AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF

The substantial progress of the mining industry in this prov-
ince is strikingly illustrated in the following figures, which
show the value of production for successive byear periods:

_ For all years to 1896, inclusive ...,.... 4,647,241
For five years, 1896-1900 ......s0s00ee, 57,605,967
For five years, 1901-1905 .............. 96, "507,968
For five years, 1906-1910 .............. 128, 634,474

'. For five years, 1911-1915 .............. 142,072,608
For five years, 1916-1920 ........... .. 189,922,725 -
For the year 1921 ......2.-... eee reese es 28,066,641
For the year 1922,,....... uss cae veucees 35,158, 848
For the year 1928. ......ccsccseeceneees 41,304,320
For the year 1924...........cechseeceen 4g" , 704, 604

PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS; $372,604,725

Lode mining has only been in progress about 26 years, and only about one-
half of the Province has been prospected; 200,000 square miles of unexplored
mineral bearing lands are open for prospecting.

The mining lawe of this Province are more liberal and the fees lower than
any other Province in the Dominion or any Colony in the Britigh Empire

Mineral locationa are granted to discoverers for nomizial fees.” Absolute titles
are obtained d by developing such properties, security of which is guaranteed by .

crown grants

B.—Practically all Britigh Columbia mineral properties upon which work

in some one of the Annual Reports of the Minister

of Mines. Those considering mining investments should refer to such reports, .
They are available without charga on application to the Department of Mines
Victorla, H.O. Reports of the Geological Survey of Canada, Pacific Building.
Vancouver, are reconimended as valuable sources of information.

The Honourable: The Minister. of Mines a
VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA

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BRITISH COLUMBIA

THE MINERAL PROVINCE OF WESTERN
HAS PROBUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS :—-

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\ + Lode Gold .........005 Wvceneneneeenees . 118,478,190

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CANADA
$ 77,382,963

$859,427,386.

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“ The Hazelton Hospital.

The Hazelton Hoi ital ‘iasues
tickets for any period at 1.50 per
month in advance,

B cludes offiea consultations and

Wee medicines, as well ag all costs
me while in the hospital, Ticketsare —

@obtainable in Hagelton frdin the

drug store; “from T. “Jv ‘Thorp,

‘Telkwa, or by mail from the medi- —
eacal superintendent at tthe Homnlte. |

This rate in-’

The “Bulkley Hotel
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Euiropean or American Plan
The headquarters for the Bulkley

i Tourists and Commercial men
is a Rrand. hotel to stop at.

hi "all trains met. Autos, livery or. rigs
jeaddle, horaes provided,

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our COUSINS DOWN UNI ‘DER’

BY HUGH SAVAGE, DUNCAN, BC.
. With the Imperial Press Conference in Australie. |’

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‘Sunset and Sunday. Seventeen
‘Land
neyer loses its fascination. All
afternoon we have watched the
rugged outlines of New Zealand.

Now. the blue has turned to green
‘under the ever-nearing shore with

its low hills. . Into Auckland har-
bor we creep past a long line of
United States warships, ‘all-dia-
monded with lights; some wink-
ing. signals; others ‘swinging
Speed boats whizz
noisily beneath our tall decks.
You, who have expected the
Southern Cross to be like another
“Big Dipper ” will be digappoint-
ed, for the stars are of unequal
magnitude and are unevenly
spaced. There are two bright
“pointers”’, but the whole con-
stellation revolves on a wide orbit
and is not so sure a guide as our
North Star.

Soon we land among. English-
looking porters and people, Our
hotel has the air and some of the
ancient conveniences of a provin-
cial town in England. Auckland
is the largest city, with 173,000
people. - Here began the scores
of official receptions in which we
were concerned in Australasia.
At‘two of them Admiral Robison
of the U.S. fleet was invited and,
as he said, honored as a ‘member
of the family.’” The press was
‘described as *‘a power more po-
tent than all the battlefleets of
the world.” .

From Mount Eden we looked

jdown on red roofs of tile and

corrugated iron, amid greenery,
over the beautiful indentations of
the: harbor and across the narrow

| isthmus which separates the seas.

We marvelled at the floral beauty

Jand the permanent equipment of

the - Ellerslie racecourse. We
drove into the country, golden
with broom, gazed on the Middle-
more golf course, and stocd in
the fine chapel which the ‘‘old
boys’’ are erecting as a war me-
morial at King’s College, where
the traditions and customs of the
great English public schools ap-
pear to be closely followed.
Sunshine still fayored us as our

| special train whizzed south to
At Frankton! -

Rotorua next day.
we paused to look over a govern-

Ment sawmill; where material for

housing railway employees i is cut.
There also is a large co-operative
butter factory. . Wire fences di-
vide the fields; there are rugs on
horses and cattle, for there are
no barns; those palms are called
“cabbage trees”: the willows are
breaking into fairy-light gold
with promise of spring. ‘ Sunset
brings all-peryading smell of sul-
phur~and Rotorua: -
We were honored at a Maori
entertainment that night, . There
‘were hakas, poi . dances, and
songs by the: -men and.-maids of
the Arawa ‘tribé. To: this: wel-
come they added next morning at
the model pa at. Whakarewarewa
‘| hear the town. . A paisa stock,

faded fortification.” . From. & cor-

ner tower alatm ofo our ir approach

was given, In the gateway two
warriors, clad in mats from the
waist, danced challengingly, then
retired before us to a-war party,

similariy clad, bebind whom stood
their wonten“in ‘native dress of
flaxen skirts and piu-pid cloaks.
There were shouts of. welcome,.
Then the men danced the haka,
the ground thudding under their |
feet,

In front of the meeting house
there were speeches and more of
captivating poi songs. The poi
is a small ball of woven flax on a
string. Two of these each wa-
hine swings and twists in time to
Maori melodies, The ladies be-
came our guides and led among
boiling pools of mud, of strange
colors-and contortions, and told
legend and story of various ther-
mal wonders. - A: large geyser,
called Pohyty, is very irregular
in its playing, but, searcely had
we reached the spot it shares
with a three-plumed geyser nam-
ed after the Prinee of Wales’
feathers, than there’ was a roar
as a great shaft of steaming spray
shot fifty feet into theair. At
the native villages stoves are not
in ‘demand, for steam holes wait
outside one’s door for all cooking
needs.

At the othér, ‘nearby, Maori
village, of Ohinemutu, on the
shores of Lake Rotorua, there is

a picturesque church with rich}:

includes much’ beautiful bush

Mokau and saw little. Indeed,
rain dogged the rest of our stay,

Egmont, near New Plymouth,
our next stop, was unseen, but
believed. The Taranaki district
is famous for past warfare with

of dairying.

leaf, a quarter of an acre. At

12,000 on occasion attend. The
city boasts 14,500 souls.

miles by rail,
and Palmerston North.

‘Windy’? Wellington belied its
name, but made amends in sheets
of wet. Itis the capital (115,000
population). Here the warmest
of personal welcomes was extend-
ed, at various functions, by the
Governor - General, General’ Sir
Charles Fergusson; the Prime
Minister, the Hon. J. G. Coates;
the city, and the press.

A few delegates made a flying
trip to Christchureh, The South
island has attractions of its own,
including the New Zealand Alps.
Their snowy summits, seen from
far at sea, explain the the Maori
name for his country — ‘“‘theisland
of the jong white cloud.”’

ours,
to Sydney.

Maori carving. “Tapu,’’ “rien
means ‘‘set apart as sacred,”
pears thrice on the altar. With:
out are many jets of steam
among the graves. ;
Through the pumice country,
over greasy roads, and in. pelting
rain, we went to Wairekai, past
@ mountain of rainbow colors,
Up a bush-clothed valley runs a
stream of hot water. About it
are geysers great and small. They
regulate their playing by the
clock, The whole place steamed,
Over the “‘Devil’s Inkpot’” I
thrust my stick in the ground.
Up wreathed steam! Later, des-

banks of bush and over-arching
trees. _
There were cloud lavers on the |
lake, Highland tints in the brac-
ken, ricks of hay in the fields,
as we left soon after dawn by
rail and cat for Waitomo caves.
Many things could be imagined
in the wonderful formations. of
stalagmite and ‘stalactite of the
Aranui eave. There was a mini-
ature Nelsons column and guar-
dian lions. But the ‘glow-worm
cave’ was a veritable fairyland.
In silence you slide in a boat on
a subterranean river.’ The low
roof of black velvet is starred
with thousands of points of light
emanating from ° these - Worms.
From them depend ligaments in
which their prey, small flies, be-
cotnes entarigled. ° “*This . sight
stirred our tbat’ ‘widely-travelled |]
edthpanions to wonder and praise:
“The drive of a hundred miles,

pite rain aud cold, it was pleasant’ 192
[to swim in hot water between

of Charles A. Lind, de-
ceased, intestaté:;

Notice is hereb
the pnrchase of Lot.2268°Cassiar Dis-
trict, containing one hundred and fifteen
acres, more or legs, will be received up
to 12 o’clock noon of March 22nd, 1926.

All tenders must be enclosed in a
securely sealed envelope, together with
an accepted cheque, . postal or express
order, for at least twenty-five per cent
of the price tendered, and forwarded to
the undersigned, post fully prepaid,
and marked “Tender Lind Estate.”
The highest or any tender not neces-
sarily accepted.

Balance of purchase price
acceptance of tender, or
arrangement,

‘The deposits of all ‘unsuccessful ten-
derers will be immediately returned.
Dated at Smithers, B.C., Sth March,

STEPHEN H. HOSKINS,
Official] Administrator. °

ayable on
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NEW IMPROVED

FORD
CARS

Will: arrive April First.
Be sure to see them before
you buy any other
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+ , FULL STOCK OF PARTS:
ALWAYS ON HAND

“HENRY

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frvin Waitomo,toNew Plymouth, |

scenery—tree ferns and hard-*.
‘| woods: of © strange names—and -
\ swings ove* a famous pass.
were soaked crossing 2 ferry at

We -

so that the lovely cone of Mount —

the Maoris and for present wealth i
In a private garden
we saw a turiri tree said to be |
1,200 years old, and a great mag :
nolia chestnut covering, when in

the rugby field, hewn from hills, ©
Thence ©

we went on to Wellington, 251 -
through Wanganui

Strikes .
had tied up some ships, but not |
Four days’ sail brought us.

In the Matter of the Estate

given, tenders for |