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Manufacturers of

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Lumber

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and Spruce

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: HAS PRODUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS :—
Placer Gold, «$77,663,045;- Lode Gold, $122,808,190; Silver, |

$74,111,897; Lead, 389, 218, 907: Copper,

$197, 642, 647; Zine,

$39, 935, 947: Coal and Coke, $278, 048,958; Building Stone, Brick,
Cement, $44,905,886; Miscellaneous Minerals, $1,694,387:
Making mineral production to the end of 1925 show |

AN AGGREGATE VALUE, OF $920,919,628

The substantial progress of the mining industry in this prov-
if

ince is. strikingly i

ustrated in the following figures, which

show the value of production for successive 5-year periods:
. For all years to 1895, inclusive .,,.....$ 94,647,241

For five years, -1896-1900
For five years, 1901-1905 ..........008

57,605,967 .
96, 507,968

sere aeterseres

For five years,. 1906-1910 ........00.00 126, 594, 474°:

For five years, 1911-1915 ..... secesnene 142, 072, 608 -

For five. yeara, 1916-1920) ...........0 6: > 189,922,725

For the year 192]... 2... ce cee eee cece 28,066,641...
For the year 1922.....c..eeceeeeeeeeees 95,158,843...
For the year TOE ress rerererecseercere 41, 304, 320

For the year 1924................ eee - 48, 704, 604

‘For the ‘year. WDB. lec eee wheres GL 492, 242 - ;

| PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS, $404, 649,375

Lode mining has only been in progress ‘about 25 years. and only about one-. ”

a Province has been ‘prospected; 200,000 square milea of unexplored |
ing lands are open for prospecting..- 5

The mining lawa of this Province are more. liberal and the ‘fees lower than

half. of
mineral

“any ‘other Province.in, the Dominion ox any Colony in the British Empire. ~

Mineral locations are granted to d

iscoverers for nominal fees “Absolute titles

": ape obtained a by developing: auch- properties, security of ‘whieh | is guaranteed. by...

a crown g xranta,
haa heen: dona are descri!
of Mines, -

B.—Practically ell British Columbia mineral ‘properties upon “which: ‘work
.{n some one: of. the Annual Reports of the
“Those considering mining.investrients should refer to such reports,

They are available without charge.on appication to the’ Department ‘of, Mines,

each of the six Mineral Survey Districts are -

: published oparateee and are available on application, Reports of the Geologi- .
cal Survey of Canada, Winch Building, Vancouver, B.C., are recommended, ag

Victorla, B.C: -

i valuable sources ‘of information. ue

The ‘Honourable ‘The .

eports cavering

Minister. of. Mines

VICTORIA, ‘BRITISH 1 COLUMBIA

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Minister - - oe

' countries; ; os

| tion:in. the-Faculty of Arts. andi four.
yeara’ tuition. in architecture, cliem-.

-mechanical Or electrical” lands

Here and There

Canada’s birth rate leads all tha
“white zaces of the world, according
toa close ‘study made here of-com-
| parative figures.. Canada’s -birth .
Tate “is 23.4 ‘to the thousand, and::
Australia ~ comes next. with 23.2,
England and Wales fall slightly hes
low France with. 12.8. '

“The manifacturing industry {9-
moving west.” azys J. E. Walsh, :
General Manager of the Canadian
Manufacturers' Association. : .
increase in prairie industries shows
this.
perience here as they had in the
United States, “The

ized”.

nadian Pacific Railway in recogni-
tion of the excellence of its exhibits
at the Canadian Exhibition recently
held in Toronto, was received at
headquarters of the, system here to-
day. Similar medals have also beén
awarded to the Dominion and. Pro- |
‘\yincial Governments and to a: lim-
ited number of exhibitors.

This, from the Lethbridge Herald,
is hard to surpass: “A farmer moved
onto a half section in, the’ Iron
‘Springs district last’spring. He got
in a good crop;: irrigated’ carefully
and watched results, He threshed a
$6,000 crop in this first year; paid
$2.800 on his land; $1,600 on equip-
meént and cleared: off a $400. loan.
This left him a comfortable balance
of $1, 200 to go on with.”

. The President Beatty Prize ia be-
ing offered by the President ‘o£ the

“raan obtaining the” highest number
of” ‘marks during the coming train-
ng. season at_the- training farm: of
the: British Ministry of Labor at
Brandon, Norfolk. The award con-

at current wages upon the. C.P.R.
Supply Farm at Strathmore, Alber-

evallable in ‘the apring of 1928. :

' An ‘outstanding’ “feature of ‘the
past few weeks has been the export
of live foxes by: the. ‘Canadian Pa-.
cifie Express. in” ‘Montreal, © Trade
statisties show that in. the past. fis-
cal year. 5,590" live foxes, valued at
$1,434, 686, ‘left ‘Canada. for other
Canadian: : foxes -. have
‘gone to. be. foundation - -stock ‘in: the
United: States, ‘United - ‘Kingdom, :
‘Belgium, . France, Germany, New- ;
‘foundland, Norway, .
| Finland, Japan: and’ Russia.“

Canadian Pacific Railway headquat-
- ters here recently that» two.’ ‘free
-scholarships, covering | one year’ s-tui-

jeal, civil,

el engineering,’ at. McGill ; University,
— | are offered, by the company, subject .
to ‘competitive. examination, . to’ Bp"

prentices: and..'other . “employees ene!

“The -
We are having the same. ex- ||,
Prairie -Pro-_,

vinces are fast ‘becoming industrial.

A gold medal awarded to the Ca-.”

Canadian ‘Pacific Railway ‘to the-

sists of a cash prize and employment |

| by addressing: the ‘Department of Lands,
OA. similar * Prize .will be made - .

‘Switzerland, °
"| Flow’ ts Pro-empt Land,”

"Announcement “was. “made from Ve

rolled on the: ‘permanent staff of ‘the.

‘| frat.
ve residence. aad.

“The Hazelton. Hospital

The: Hazelton: ‘Hosptial jasues tie:
kets: “for ‘any.’ period, at $1.50. per. |.
“month in advance. This rate in-'
eludes office consultations, ‘medi-
: -cines, - “as well: as ‘all costs while |
“inthe; ‘hospital. - Tickets are ‘ob-
" tainable. in Haziton’ atthe drug .
‘store or by mail from . ‘the medi- °
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SYNOPSIS OF

| PREEMPTIONS.

“Vacant | unréserved,” surveyed Crown. lands
may — bo ‘pre-emated: by British subjects
r.. .18:-years of . age, and ~ ‘by ” aliens
‘on: declaring, intention to. become British
subject, | conditional upon. residence, occu-
pation, and improvement. for “agricultural
purposes, -..° : * : re

Foll. ‘information coneerning regulations
regarding pre-emptiona fa given, in - Bulletin
No. 1 Land Series, “How to Pre-empt Land,":
coples of which ean be obtained.free af charge

Victoria, B.C. or to any Government Agent. -

Records...will _ be’ granted coverinir only,
land auitabla for agricultural - purposes, and
which fs, not timberland, Bea! carrying over
5,000: board fest per acre. weat of the
Coast’ Ranga and 8,000 feet per. acre, eat
of that Range.

Applications | ‘for. pre-emptions are | to, ba
addressed tothe ‘Land ‘Commissioner ‘of ‘the
Land. Recording. ‘Division ‘in. which* the Jand
apnlied ‘tor is’ situated, and are. made on printed.

Land Commissioner. i

‘Pre-emptions, ominst be occupied for five years
and mprovenenta : made: ‘ta’ the * ‘value: of

ing at least--five | acres, before a Crown: Grant
can ba received, onl
: Fer moro detailed information, 00. the Bulletin,

. PURCHASE

Appllentiona’ are’ “yeceiyéd ‘for ~purchese
of vacant’ ‘and. ‘unreserved.’ - Crown landa,’

minimum -priee of | firat-claga
‘ls .85 per ‘acre, and -pecond-elags (razing)
Jand . $2.50 © per | acre,’ - Further | inférmation
regarding | purchase. or | leage - “ok. (Crown
ja\ givén: In\.-Bulletin © No. 10,. Land
Serles, “Purehase ° and » Lease” of Crown
Lands," ». re
‘Mil, factory, ‘or "|nduateial -pltes on. - imiber
land, Rot exceeding 40 acres, may be purehiaced or
leaxed, * the” “eoniittitia jack ding: :

upon” -. i + dwelling. "beth ‘erected! "
year, title > being. obtainable :'
improvement “ \ conditions

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