» SYNOPSIS OF -

LAND AC AMENDMENTS |

. years of age,
and by alfena on declaring intention
fo become British aubjeste, eondi-

af tional upon residence, occupation,

= and improvement for sgrioultural
ourpoges.

Full information concerning regu-
lations regarding pre-emptions is
given in Bulletin No, 1, Land Series,
‘How to Pre-empt Land,” copfes of
which can, be obtained free of charge
by addredBing the Department of
Lands, Victoria, B.C, or to any Gov-
ernment Agent. — -

Records will be granted zovering

Vacant, PRE-AMPTIONS surveyed |WITT who here wooed Anne haps, . half-expected, concerning 3 .
crown lands may be pre-empted by - ny
Britieh aubjecta over 1 years of Imperial preference. :

only land suitable for agricultural .

purposes, and which is not timber-
land, ie, carrying over 6,000 board
feat per acts west of the Coast Range
and 8,000 feet per acre east of that
Range.

Applications ,for pre-emptions are
to be addressed to the Land Com-
missioner of the Land Recording Di-
viaion, in whioh the land appiled for
is altuated, and are made on printed
forma, cepies of which .can be oab-
tained from the Land Commissioner.

Pre-emptiona must be oceupted.for -

five years and improvements made
to value of $10 per acre, including
clearing and cultivating at least five
aeres, before a Crown Grant can be
recelyad.

1
’ For more detailed information sea
the Bulletin “How -to Pre-empt

Land.”
” PURCHASE

Applications are recelved for pur-
chase of vacant and unreserved
_Crown lands, not belng timberland,
for agricultural purposes; minimum.
price of first-class (arable) land is $5
Per acre, and second-class (grazing)
land $2.60 per acre. Further infor-

mation regarding purchase or lease ~
of Crown lands -is given in Bulletin:

_ No, 10, Zand Series, “Purchese and
_ Leage of Crown Lands.”
“4 MII, factory, or industrial sites on
-< timber land, not exceeding 40 acres,
may he purchased or leased, the con-
m ditions including payment of
‘ stumpage.

HOMESITE LEASES

Unaurveyed areas, not exceeding 10°
acres, may be lensed as homesites, |

conditional upon a-iwelling being

erécted in the first year, title being: ee Placer Gold... .. ccc cicc ee cccecearecace 76,962, 208
provement conditions are ‘futiiiea | bUt—the last. car waits. and| Duchess of Westminster, Lord’ 118, 862, 655
and land has been surveyed. leaving Westerham, where Wolfe | nq Lady Winterton, Major E. Beier oe
LEASES lies buried. to our fen ve eet Wrench—~~and'so it. goes, ttn eeenees Bs ;
1 For grezt ad industrial pur- ' . bri n ays a 904, 7
“Doses areas not exceeding #40 eres | O8CK to town rie? rest @ It was a brilliant and memor- 0;968°118
may be leased by one person or & another real hewspaner welcome. able gath ering, If it did-not 80,415,294
company. awaits us the same evening, again 408,257 °

GRAZING
‘Under the Grazing Act the Prov-

ince fa divided into grazing districts day we started to tour ‘England The substantial progress of the mining industry. in this p proy- ;
and ¢ the range sdministered under | offices of The Daily Telegraph in ince 1 is strikingly illustrated 1 in the following figures, which aan

grazing permits are fasued based on
numbers ranged, priority being given
to established owners. Stock-owners
may form associations for range
management. Free, or partially free,
Permits ere avallable for settlers,
head and" travellers, up to ten
en -

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“ atonce to be numbered among the

{Buroham, but this time in the

‘|the great presses were turning

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THE OMINECA HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1924

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kinds, and mementoes of Henry

Boleyn. Around stretch lawns
and terraces and gardens, before
whose beauty one stands tongue-
tied. The pen may convey some
hint of their entrancing loveli
ness, but who shali adequately
describe the combined effect of
this typically English home and
the charming pair who layish up-
on it all that love and care that
its first owners could | possibly
wish for it? ~

Major Astor is one of the most
modest and delightful of men.
He it was who bought The Times
and, in effect, preserved it for
the world it serves, Lady Violet,
who treated ua toa pleasing little
reply on her initiation into the
Canadian Weekly Newspapers
Association (in which she is to
represent. The Times Weekly Edi-
tion), is a daughter of the late
Earl of Minto, one of our own
Governors-General.: --Her moth-
er’s work in connection with hos-
pitals and nursing in Canada will
never be forgotten. She recalled
with delight her ‘Stay. at Rideau
Hall. |

‘I do not think ‘that one of ‘us
wished to leave this fairy place,
which is both palace and home,
and those wholive there, who are

greatest in. England and among
its simplest and kindliest hearts.

at the hands of Lord and Lady

Fieet Street. The business office
had been transformed for the oc-

Are Equal to Welsh Rarebit.’’.

I gather that the former pre-
mier gave.a wonderful exhibition
of his genius for evading straight
pronouncement, which was, per-

The. table plan. reveals names
which are household words in

British politics, journalism, and
other spheres, Here are a few:|
Lord Ashfield, Wilfred Ashley, !
M.P., W B. Ballantyne, Sir A.
Shirley Benn, Lord and Lady Bir-
kenhead, Sir A. Griffith: Bosea-
wen, Sir George McLaren Brown,
Sir William Bull; Winston Chur-
chill,
Martin Conway, Sir Joseph Cook,
General Cuthbertson, Sir Dadiba
Dalal, Sir Davison Dalsiel, Lord
and Lady Devonport, Lord Derby,
Sir Robert Donald, Lady Donegal,
Sir N. Grattan Doyle, Sir George
and Lady Fenwick, Hon.’ Evelyn
Fitzgerald, Baroness de Forest,
Sir Hamar Greenwood, Lady Grif- .
fith Boscawen, Mrs. Hall Caine,

Lady Headfort, Sir Samuel Hoare,
Sir Rubert Horne, General Garnet
Hughes, Lady Hulton, Perey

Joel, Sir Roderick Jones. Sir W.

H. Coleridge Taylor, Sir]?

Hurd, the Governor-General of | .
[the Irish Free State, Col.-S. B.- ¥

Kingsmill, Sir Henry Je Bas, Sir
George Lewis; Col: Macdonnell,
Ian McPherson, Lord Marshall,
The Luke and Duchess of Mart-
borough, C. FY. G: “Masterman, C.-
A. MeCurdy, Lord’ and Lady
Minto, Col. and Mrs. Grant Mor-
den, Gordon Selfridge, J. &t, Loe
Strachey, Lord Wargrave, the

make big political history, the
stage at least was well set, Next

Wales, and Scotland,

easion, and from the music and
delights tobe. found there one
‘might sally into the works, where

out the provincial edition, And

| WEDDING BELLS |

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-the day.

“New 1 Things
‘Are “News” -

Every member of every. family i in this _
community is interested in the news of °°"
And no items are read with -
Keener relish than announcements. of
- new things to eat, to wear or to enjoy
in the home, oe,

You’ have. the poods and the desire to sell them.

The’ readers. of “The Omineca Herald’ and “The. °...

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The connecting | link ia is ADVERTISING.

"Give the people
advantageous prices.

“store. newa’’ and will respond to your messages,
Let us show you that

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THE ‘MINERAL PROVINCE, _OF WESTERN CANADA a
HAS - PRODUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS :—- ; as

Making mineral neal to the end of. 1928 show

$4 oe
- PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN. YEARS, $350,288;862

‘Lode-mining has onl

production for successive 6-year oohos
. For all yours to 189 ee re y 2 aoe

94,547

804,320

ee

80, as the great. diariat Bays,
“‘home to bed.” Dr
Tuesday, July 8,. WAS. 01 our last |.
day in London, It was set apart
for Visiting the British: Empire
| Exhibition. At..8 p.m. Lord
- | Beaverbrook entertained our par-
ty at Queen’s Hall,. the. floor of
which had been - ‘specially relaid
for dancing.: This was the grand
‘| finale of big.-events. in. which. we
‘had been: participators. I did not |:

been in progress about _
and not 20 per cent, of ‘the P Proven res ‘been oe Tete .
_ pected; 300,000— square miles of unexplored mineral ear -
“ing lands are open for prospecting, « 4
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, British | Empire, . So
. ineral: locations .are granted to discoverers for oN
| feed.” Absolute titles are’ obtained by. developing. mua aa are
of pertios, security of which ig fuaranteed by crown te. aay
information, together wi minin 5
may be obtairied gratia: ‘By addressing. R *eperta aud: map,

To. many. in the North: and. to
the: people of. Telkwa: will come.
of interest the Tiews of the | mar-
riage of Rev. W, C, Mawhinney,
former and very popular’ Meth-.
odist) ‘minister - ‘at. Telkwa, : ‘and|
Martha . Pearson . Morton... ~ dhe.
ceremony took place on. Thurs: : aoe |
day, August 7,, at. -Nakusp,. B.C., |{] "The Honourable ‘The. ‘Minister. of  Minies .
to which point ‘the Rev; Mawhin- it ha _ NICTORIA, “BRITISH SOLUMBLE.,
ney was tranaferred: this” year, {JP 8 Fo Bae ae

following a highty-successful ins|: ee

. | “Proven best
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