Page 176 - Annuaire Statistique Québec - 1918

CROWN LANDS 149

The area of lands subdivided and still available 00 the 30th of June,
1926, amounted to 8,252,950 acres, The canûelIation of s~lles gave back
ta the Crown 100,360 a('res of land in the ('ourse of the same year, and
the townships classified as farm lots by the Department of Colonization,
covered ~1n area of 11,635 acres, The area of lands sold or granted for
agrjcultural or industrial pUl'poses was 179,292 acres.
In arder to obtain a farm lot containing u8ually one hundred acres,
the purchaser must pay in cash one sixth of the pr'ce of sale and the
remaioder in five equal payments, bearing interest a.t 6%. He must also
clear, every year, 3 acres and not mOJ."e that five acres per hundred unless
he has a Jpecial authorization and cultivates the cleared space. In the
first eighteen month3, he must build a house of certain dimensions
(16 feet by 20) and reside therein without interruption until letters
patent have been issued. He must build a barn and a stable within six
years of the date of sale, When he has cleared and cultivated 30 per
cent of the area granted, the settler receivea let~ers patent conveying to
him the ownership of his lot of land. The purchaser must, moreover,
conform to the regulations regaJ."ding public lands, woods, forests, mines
and fisheries in the Province.

14.-Number ef Letlers Patent issued llnd Sales elfected.
Nutl1B{i'.fl OF [.,ETTEns PA'1'.E:NT JBSUI!:D NU:U1.n~B OF S ..... l.ES 1r1"F ECTED
YEARS
Lots Under Free Lot. Lot. of 1 Lots
of 500 BorOs Total under 10010121i o,rer Total
and ovcr 500 aorES graots 100 nor6. lI!Ienm 125 acrM
_.
1!J25-26... , ..... ~e;3 24 677 716 l,lOI 04 1,881
1!J2·1-25..... 12 O;J8 27 "'77 7\6 937 92 1,745
1923·24 ..... 1 9D-3 21 975 807 9·10 88 1.835
1922-23..... ..... "3' !Jin 34 905 932 1,201 J07 2,240
1921·22..... 1,312 30 1.351 888 1,326 91 2.305
1920-21. .... 1,'; 1,183 30 1,228 989 1,199 05 2,253
1919-20..... 23 1,309 28 1,360 1,055 1,185 121 2,3Al
1918-19... ,. 10 1,323 21 1,354 1,065 1,135 102 2,302
1917-18..... 7 1,291 2,; 1,323 1,65·1 1,802 113 3,619
1916-17..... (l 1.066 24 1,000 l,225 1,5P..il 119 2.909
1915-10.... , 2 854 10 866 903 1,201 160 2,264
1914-15..... 1 977 10 98& 823 l,I56 169 2.148
1913-]4..... 5 1,477 38 1,520 \l89 l,OLS 196 2,203
19J2-13..... 18 1.805 63 1,940 1,128 1,059 221 2,408
19U-12..... 3 1,8=31 (i(l 1,\lOO 795 986 130 1,911
19l0-1I ... .... j .. 1,121 46 1,407 688 645 96 1,429
1909-10.. :: : 1,170 59 1.230 576 (l77 128 ],381
E::dracls [rom Tép&rl8 of the .l1l-flister of Lu"nus and f't()r~;:jr.,:J and 01 Ûle Mi71i~ter of Col.onizati<.rn, Mine3 and
Fi.hedes, for the yeor "lJdiog th. 30th JUlle.
The land agent may refuse to sell a lot, when he has reason to
believe that the purchaser wishes to carry on lumber trading witbout
fulfiIling his obligation ta clear the land. He is a1so warned to be on
his guard against those who buy lands, in the name of others, in order
to get merchantable timber.
From the report of the Minister of Lands and Forests it will be
seen that the expense incurred in the surveying service amounted ta
$215,963 for the year ending the 30th June, 1926. For the years 1925
and 1924 there was expended under this head $361,169 and $127,485
respectively. .