- THE QMINECA HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26.1926:

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HAS PRODUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS :—

Cement, $44,905,886; Miscellaneous Minerals, $1, 594,387;
Making mineral production to the end of 1925 show

AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF $920,919,628

For all years to 1895, inclusive ........ $ 94,647,241

; For five years, 1896-1900 ...... Leeveunee 5 7,605,967
7 For five years, 1901-1905 .......... ..« 96,807,968
ae | For five years, 1906-1910 .............. 125,584,474
, For five years, 1911-1915 .,............ 142,072, 608
For five years, 1916-1920) ........... «. 189,922, 725

For the year 1921 ...... ccc eee e eee ene 28,065,641

For'the year 1922.......... peeueeenenee 36, 158, 843

For the year 1923,.... Valen eeenee jeseee » 43,304,320

For the year 1924,...........ees cence 48,704,604

Wor the year 1925... ..... cscs ec ee eens 61,492,242

Lode mining has only been in progress about 25 years. and only about

mineral bearing Iands are open for prospecting.
The mining laws of this Proyinceare more iiberal and the fees lower
any- other Province in the Dominion or any Colony in the Britizh Empire,
Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal fees. Absolute

crown grants.
N.8.-—Practically all British Columbia mineral properties upon which

valuable sources of information.

VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA

BRITISH COLUMBIA -

THE MINERAL PROVINCE OF WESTERN CANADA |

Placer Gold, $77,663,045; Lode Gold, 122,808,190: Silver,
$74,111,897; Lead, $89, 218, 907; Copper, $397, 642, 647: Zine,
$39,925, 947; Coal and Coke, $273, 048,953; Building Stone, Brick,

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 5-year periods:

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

oe , half of the Province hag been prospected; 200,000 square miles of unexplored

are obtained d by developing such properties, security of which is guaranteed by

hes been done are described 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 charge on application to-the Department of Mines,
Victoria, B.C. Reports covering each of the six Mineral Survey Districta are
published separately. and are available on application. Reports of: the Geologi-
cal Survey of Canada, Winch Bullding, Vancouver, B.C., are recommended as

The Honourable The Minister of Mines

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Philadelphia—The. silver cup for
the best display of poultry at the
Serquicentennial Poultry Show. was
won ‘by.-the Hon,-John ,§., Martin,
Ontario Minister of Agriculture.

A newly constructed line of. the
Canadian Pacific Railway, between
Unwin and Lloydminister in. the.
Province of Saskatchewan is now in
operation. This line 30.6 miles in
length will greatly, assist the farm-
ers of the district in marketing thetr
grain, .

Ripe plums are now being sent to
England, arriving there in prime

‘condition. The Ontario Department .
‘of Agriculture reports having made.
‘a trial shipment with excel.ent re-
sults, as attested by word from the
other side. The plums were picked .

ripe and fully colored.

Vancouver—The largest shipment

of tree seeds ever made within the

British Empire was that of 3,200
Ibs, of yellow pine seed sent from
New Westminster. to New Zealand
by the Dominion Government seed
extraction plant at the former place.
A further cargo of- 2,509 Ibs. of -
seed is to follow shortly. This seed |
will be planted on waste lands ‘in’
New Zealand.

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Quebec—The Canadian Pacific

Railway has decided to add thred’
hundred rooms to its famous hos-

telry, the Chateau Frontenac, and-

to mect'the requirements has taken
options on a number of properties
rear the present buildings, Through
the construction of the pvopased new
wing the Chateau Fren-enac will
probably become: the: largest. hotel
in the British Empire, having some
1,26b roon.s. ,

“Christmas travel from “Canada to
the Old Country is expected to be
excecd'ngiy heavy this year over
the C.P.R. lines and by the Cana-
dian Pacific liners. High .wheat
prices and good crops are given as.

_the causes for this exodus. The

rush will be. inaugurated virtually
by the sailing of the C.P.R. liner
Montroyal on December 7, for which.
a special train will. be run to .ship

‘ side. at Saint John,

Recognized throughout the West
as two of the outstanding author-

ities .on ° mountaif \ transportation, .
- James and William A, Brewster,
‘president andi peneral ‘manacer:-re- °
spectively of the Brewster Trans-!

portaticn Company, visited Cana-
dian Pacifie headquarters in Mont-
real and in-an interview ‘for the.

press predicted great popularity for -
' Banff, Lake Louise and cvhur polnts

in the Rock:es. Americans, they
stated, were regarding these cen-
tres as scme of the outstanding hol- ,
iday resorts in existence. |

A British Columbia hen, a white

.|, Leghorn, has taken the world. rece:
‘| ord in egg-laying with a total of.

B48 eggs given in 360 days. * ‘The’
hen was entered by the University.
of British Columbia in ‘the ‘Domin-
ion Experimental Farm contest. x-
tending ‘from - November:. ‘Ist. last,
year,” to, the same date’ “this year,’
Previous egg-laying” records were
held by New Zealand (342 eres per

(347 eggs) in 1924, Last year: the

' honor sof establishing a ‘record for

this continent went to a hen in
Puyailups, Washington, ‘with’ 336 -
eggs laid in the year,

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An. excellent specimen of. bull
moose: with an antler spread of 48

‘The Hazelton Hospital .
The Hazelton Hospital issues _
tickets for any period at 1.60 per
month in advancé, ‘This rate in-
eludes office « consultations: and ..
medicines, ag.well as all ‘costs
. While in the hospital, . Ticketa are
obtainable in. Hazelton from : the
“drug store;. from. T. J. Thorp,
Telkwa, or by mail from the medi-
, ealsuperintendent at the Hospital,

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‘ PRE-EMPTIONS

may -be- pre-empted by British - subjects |
over 18 ‘years of age, and. by aliens |
on declaring intention to becor’ British
subjecta,. conditional «upon residence, -oacu-
pation, and improvement; for- . agricultural
purposes,

Full) information concerning regulations
regarding pre-emptiona is given in Bulletin
No. ‘1, Land ‘Series, “How to Pre-empt Land,”
copiea of which can be obtained free of charge
by addressing the: ‘Department of Lands,
Vietoria, B.C., ox to any Government Agent.

Recorda ‘will be granted covering only
land suitable for agricultural purposes, and
which .is not timberland, ie,. carrying over
6,000 board feet per acre west of the
Coast Range and 3,000 feet per acre east
of that Range,

Applications © for _pre-emptions are to be
addressed td the Land ‘Commissioner of ‘the
Land Recording Division in which the land
applied for is situated, and.are made on printed

forma, coples of which can be obtained from the
Land. Commissioner. .

Pre-emptions must be occupied for five years
and -improvements made to the value of
$10 per acre, including clearing and cultivat-
ing at leaat five nores, hefore a Crown Grant
can be received,

For more detailed information sec,the Bulletin,
‘How to Pre-empt. Land,”’

PURCHASE

‘Applications are “yeecived for purchase
of . vacant and . unreserved Crown lands,
not being timberland, for agricultural purposes;
minimum priee of frat-elass (arable) land.
is “$5 per-acre, and second-class (grazing)
land $2.60 per acre. . Further information
regarding purchase or lease of Crown
lands is given in Bulletin. No. 10, Land
| Serles, “Purchase “ and ; ~ Leaie of | Crown
Landa” - ue

‘Mai, factory, * or, "fndustaial sites, on “timber
land, not exceeding'40 acres, inay be. puréhaced or
leased) :the conditions - including. nayment of
stumpage. .

. HOM ESITE LEASES

_Unenryeyed Seon! not, exceeding 20 ‘neres,
‘may be leased: “homesites, conditional
upon a: :dwelling “pein erected: | jxy the
firat, "year, ” title. beings ‘obtainable: “after
‘residence’ ‘ond improvement conditians! > are

: year), in, 1923, .and._ by, Apsipalia: | futites a, . the Japd. haa, beep ':\sur-
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LEASES’ --

“Tor grazing and AnduBteial pirpose
‘arena not exceeding’ 640 adres thoy be Jeased
by any one », Peraon or company. we

‘GRAZ N G r ;
Under’: the Grazing Act the Province ||
a divided Into grazing districts, the

inches: wAd ‘sécured': recently dns the: tiie. ‘gilbbittebabed 2; siti, 2 tha soa |

woods of Nova Scotia by- James WwW.
Stubér,’ _ sportsinan-editor o£! Colum-
bus, Ohio, who headed an expedition’
into’ Nova. Scotia for the purpose: of
seduring exhibits for the Ohio State

‘Museum. Ib renarting Qn, ae trip

Commissioner. ‘Annval grazing permits are
Masud; } based on. numbers * ranged,’ priority
bdng | given ‘to. established . ownerd./ iStoek-
owners may form associations for range.
management, Frea, or partially . free, per
mits are avallable for settlers, campers and
valent ar to’ ten esd. oo, .

LAND ACT AMENDMENTS
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o~ Vacant, unreserved, ‘surveyed Crown lande|'

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