BRITISH COLUMBIA 61

Regatta Day at Keiowna, D. C.-

paper, setting forth the aescription of the land which he desires to purchase
and shall, within three months of the date of the first publication of such
notice, make an application in duplicate to the Commissioner for permis-
sion to purchase the said land, filing a statutory declaration in duplicate
of the publication of the notice and accompanying it with a deposit equal
to the sum of fifty cents per acre on the area applied for. The Commis-
sioner shall then issue a certificate of purchase therefor.

The minimum price of first-class lands is $5.00 per acre, that of second-
class lands $2.50 per acre, but the Chief Commissioner may for any reason
increase the price of any of the lands above the said price.

The minimum area that he may purchase under the provisions of the
Act shall be 40 acres, measuring 20 chains by 20 chains, except in cases
where such area cannot be obtained, and the maximum area undér general
conditions shall be 640 acres, measuring 80 chains by 80 chains.

If the Chief Commissioner decides that the land can be sold, he shall
forthwith notify the applicant, who shall have the land required surveyed
at his own cost and expense by a duly authorized British Columbia Land
Surveyor, in accordance with the regulations as previously set forth, and
the deposit of fifty cents per acre shall then be credited towards the pay-
ment of the purchase price.

It shall be the duty of the surveyor to ecg the lands as timber
lands, first and second-class lands, as herein set forth: - -——--

First Class Lands—Lands under the Act are those which are suitable
for agricultural purposes, or which are capable of being brought under
cultivation profitably or which are wild hay meadow lands. All other
ae other than timber lands, shall rank and be classified as second class
ands.