to the main prairie country to the east. This prairie

land is nearly all taken up, but most of the settlement
is of recent date and the country is yet untried. The

remainder of this area is timbered chiefly with poplar

and willow scrub. Heavier timber consisting of spruce

and jackpine, mostly fire-killed, was seen in townships
74 and 75, range 12.

The number of townships and fractional town-
ships investigated was 37, comprising 4787 quartersections.
The lands examined were divided into eight classes.

(a) Lanés not open for homestead entry. This class in-

eludes lands patented, homesteaded. or leased; Indian
reserves and school lands; lands for whieh applica-
tion for lease has been made or lances previsionally
reserved for water powers, reclamation or townsite
purposes; forest and timber reserves.

fhe following map shows the amount of land
disposed of in each township:

MAP OF
PART OF THE DISTRICTS OF

Ole COUPE

AND : wil a

GRANDE. PRAIRIE

BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALBERTA

Scale 9 miles to 1 inch

Showing lands disposed of

Forest and timber reserves
BOOM ANUS acy s «5 655 nck ce es
Number of quarter-sections in
each township otherwise

disposed of are shown thus..12)..