THE OMINECA RERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL af, 1926

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SAILINGS FROM PRINCE RUPERT—For Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle,
March 23, April 2, 18, 23.
For Ketchikan, Wrangell. Tunean, Skagway—March 19, 29, April9, 19, 30.
3.8. “PRINCESS BEATRICE’’—For Butedale, Swanson Bay, East Bella
a Bella, Ocean Falls, Namu, Alert Bay, Campbell River and Vancouver
a every Saturday at 11am.
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BRITISH COLUMBIA

THE MINERAL PROVINCE OF WESTERN CANADA '
. HAS PRODUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS :— ,

Placer Gold ..cacsere cece eeeen teeeeuee 8 77,882,953
Lode Gold oo. ccc cece cece e eee enone reed . 118, ‘478, 190
Bilver oo. cca cece seen ee cee ceteceeereeee 68,824, 579
Lead .......685 Leb eentaeateeneeneneens 70,548,578

, Copper ......++- eens tee ea eens eeeaeees ‘ 187, 489,378

 OZING sce sence eeeee ee nerennaeeastene 3,982,968 .
‘Coal'and Coke. Leadesceveseeteeseeasnees 260, 380, 048 .
Building Stone, Brick, Cement, ete..... 42, 25, 814°

-. Miscellaneous Minerals wcc...c.0s ' 1, 431, 949

Making mineral production. to the end of 1924 show 1 7

AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF: $859,427,386

- For all years to 1895, jon usive ceeeesced 94,547;241 ‘
For five years, 1896- 1900 1.2... seeey 57,605,967

For five years, 1901-1905 ........ Levene 96,507,968

For five years, 1906-1910 ..,......... v« 125,584,474

For five years, 1911-1915 ..,.......:- .. 142,072,603

For five years, 1916-1920 ...,....204 6. 29,922,725

For the year 1921 12... cect ene eee renee 28,066,641

For the year 1922..... a aeees seagpesede. 85,158,843

Wor the year .1928.......... seseeciueess 41,804,820.

For the year 1924, 0... cece wtaenieds 48, 104, 604°:

Lode mining hea only been In progresa: about 26 years, and ‘only about one.
half of the Province has been prospected; 200,000 square miles of unexplored
mineral bearing landa are open for prospecting \

The mining laws of: thla Province are more liberal and the feea lower than
any other Province In the Dorminton or any Colony in the Briteh Em ;

Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal fees, ‘Absolute titles

ae Q are obtained by. developing auch pragerties, security of which is guaranteed by |
grown

N.. graracticall all Britt Cotumbia mineral pro! értlent upon which work
hos been dong ara iy al tome one of the Annua al Roporta of the Minister — -
of Mines. Thoge conshdering mining Xe rates should 5 refer to such raports. -

They ore available without sharga on application ta the Di epartm partment of Mines,
Vistoria, B. Reports of the Geological Survey of Can be. “Rac! acifie Bullding.
1" Vancouver, aré recommended a3 valuable sources of tifartnat ton. ©

", VIGTORIAY: ‘BRITISH COLUMBIA’

PRODUCTION DURING LAST. TEN YEARS, $37,604,725 _

) ‘The’ “Honourable The Minister. of Mines |

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Terrace 1

meters i)

Plead Chahta el

Mrs. H. Halliwell has returned | ™
from Prince Rupert, whither she

has gone to Anyox to join her
busband.

Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Brooks
have taken up their home in the
cottage on Kalum Avenue which
they vacated ‘when leaving. here
last fall. Mr. Brooks is resum-
ing ‘his old position as assistant
at the C.N.R. depot. :

Miss N. McAlpine left on Fri-
day morning for Vancouver after
a stay of several months in town.
J. Erlandson, of Remo was a
business visitor in town — last
week. —
Tom Ross, of Remo,
Thursday in town.

Mrs. Carl Pohle has gone to
Winnipeg, having been called
there owing to the illness of her
father.

A party of timber cruisers com-
posed of Messrs. Cornwall, Dew-

spent

ver, arrived last week to cruise
the Kitimaat district. They left
on Friday morning for Kalum
Lake. The remainder ofthe
party, Messrs. Wilson, Palmer,
Goldsmith, and Mooney, left the
same morning to eruise another
section of the district. i
§, A.D. Davis, of Seattle, who
has interests in the Kalum Lake
mines, returned to Terrace dur-
in the week-end.

J. R. Smith, of Smithers, was
@ recent visitor.

~ Miss Walker and Miss Dobbie,
Copper City, were visitors here
last Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs, Chas. Raven, of
Lakelse Hatchery, were week-
end visitors in town.

Constable N. MeMillan return-
ed on Wednesday night from
Vancouver, where he went on
official business. .

L. H. Coles, the piano tuner,
made his yearly visit to Terrace
on Thursday of last weeks,

About -forty members of the
Lakelse Lodge, 1.0.0.F., and
‘Mountain View ' Rebekah’ Lodge
‘were present at the annual me-
morial service of these organiza-
{tions held in the United Church
last Sunday. Rev. Wm. Allan’s
sermon was based on the Odd-
fellow. motto, *'Friendship, Love,
and Truth.’’? His remarks‘ were
greatly. appreciated by a lare
congregation. '

Kirkpatrick Bros. have had j in-|*

river the engine which they :pur-
chased recently in Usk.
J. P, Wheeler, : ‘of... ‘the Soldier
Settlement Board, ‘Telkwa, made
one of: his periodical departmen-
tal visits early in the week.
Mrs. tT, J. Thornton,. Smithers, |
‘was’ a business visitor in town
during the: week-end. ; oS

“Yhe W.A, of’ ‘the’

ar, Reid and Barelay, of Vancou- :

stalled in their mill across the’

: “upon cy dwelling ‘belng

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Church | will ‘hold their’ ‘annual

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R. E. Allen, of Hanall, Austin |
Goodenough, of Smithers, and
S, H. Senkpiel, of New Hazelton,:
were among the out-of-town visi-
tors at the Fordson tractor de-
monstration last Friday:

J. a R. Williams |

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Mr, and Mrs. ‘Carter, of Ames-' :

bury, were week-end visitors in
town.

Mr. and Mrs. C, A. Head en-
tertained at three tables of bridge
on Friday evening last, in honer
of Mrs, Head’s brother, who is
ona visit from: Chicago. Mrs.
D. D. Munro and Mrs. J. Morse
Hatt carried off the prizes for the
highest scores.

Mrs. Clayton, accompanied by
her daughter, has arrived’ from
Prince Rupert to join her hus-

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band and son.

Mrs. C. R. Gilbert left Monday
morning for San Jose, Calif., to
visit her brother and sisters, the
former having becn unwell for
several months.

Mrs. W, Cassell and daughter,
Opal, were visitors in Prince
Rupert during the end of the
week,

SYNOPSIS OF
LAND ACT AMENDMENTS

. PRE-EMPTIONS |

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Prince Rupert’ i]
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BC. j

H. B. RocHESTER, Manager

‘ Rates $1.50 per day up.

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Vacant. unreserved, surveyed Crown lands
may be preemvted by British subjects
over 18 years of age, ond. by  aliena
on declaring intention to become British
subjects, conditionn! upon residence, ° oceus

pation,. and improvement. for agricultural
‘purposes, - .
Full ‘information concerning regulations

regarding pre-emptions is given in Bulletin
No. 1. Land Series, “How to Pre-empt Land,”
coplea of which can be obtained free of charge
by addressing the Department of Lands,
Victoria, B.C, or to any Government Agent.

Records will be granted cavering only
land suitable for agricultural purposes, and
which is not timberland, ie. carrying over
£000 board feet per acre west of the
Coast Range and 8,000 feet per acre eaat
of that Range.

Applications for pre-empéions are to be
addressed ‘to the Land Commissioner of. the
Land Recording Division in which the. land
applied for ia situated, and are made on printed
forma, copies of which can be obtained from the
Land Commissioner.

Pre-emptians must be occupied for five yeara
and improvements made to the value of
610 per acre, Including clearing and cultivat-
yng at least five acrea, before a | Grown Grant
can be recoived, -

For more detailed information see the Bulletin,
“How to Pre-empt Land,”

PURCHASE .

Applicationa are received for - purchase
of yacant and unreserved Crown’ * lands,
not being timberland, for agricultural ‘pirposes;
minimum price of: firat-class ‘{arable) _ land
is $6 per acre, and second- clasg (grazing)
land $2.60 per acre, Further. information
regarding purchase- or lease of Crown.
lands ia given in Bulletin, No, 10, Land
Sories, ‘Purchase ond Lease of “Crown
Lands." :
Mill, factory, or “{ndustrial nites on “timber
land, not exceeding 40 acres, may be purchased or
leaded, the conditions Including payment of
‘stumpage. oa

‘HOMESITE LEASES

“Unenryeyed areas, not exceeding 20 acres,
may he Jeased as homesites, conditional
erected in tha
title’ being. . obtalnabla. after

firpt ,. year,”

areas not. exceeding 6d) acres may be Teaged
by any ‘one, ‘person or eompany. 7

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Wallpapers We carry the j

Burlaps largest and. . $4

_ Paints -mostvaried  §!
Oils | -atock in f ;
Varnishes Northern ‘=

Glass - British
Brushes, Etc. ‘Columbia = 3
s

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