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INAnaIIn Om Feathers cele nae Geo. Thomson..... Nanaimo.
Hazelton and Fort Fraser........Wm. Allison....... Hazelton.
Skena...... Eyapts (Stbeus Pose hagtalat eae J. H. McMullen....Prince Rupert.
Ft. George, Cariboo & Peace

River og 4k ee eee eh ea el Geo. J. Walker... .. Barkerville.
ReMlOoet <dacetive: teeta tee Fe SOUES | ices Clinton.

LITERATURE AND INFORMATION.

The Province of British Columbia issues a wide range of literature
and maps. These cover all the features, industries and conditions common
to this rich province in general. Full particulars in regard to the obtaining
of these may be had on application to the Secretary of the Provincial Bureau
of Information, Victoria, British Columbia.

DOMINION GOVERNMENT LANDS.

All the lands in British Columbia within twenty miles on each side
of the Canadian Pacific Railway main line, called ‘‘The Railway Belt”,
are the property of the Dominion of Canada, with all timber and minerals
they contain (except precious metals). This tract of land, with its timber,
hay, water powers, coal and stone, is now administered by the Department
of the Interior of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, practically according to the
same laws and regulations as are the public lands in Manitoba, Alberta
and Saskatchewan, and is open to any male over 18 years of age or widow
having a family dependent on her, who has not already under the home-
steading regulations acquired land in any part of the Dominion of Canada.
Government agencies are established at Kamloops and New Westminister.

PRICES OF LAND.

Apart from the government and railway company’s lands there is
a great deal of desirable land owned by companies and individuals, the
price of which varies with locality, quality of soil and cost of clearing or
irrigation. These prices range from $5 to $10 for unimproved lands and
from $40 to $300 per acre for improved holdings.

While some of these prices may be thought high, the cost of clearing
the land of timber must be considered, also that a small farm well located
and well tilled in British Columbia will produce more and return bigger
profits than a much larger area of land in most other countries.

Spraying Fruit Trees, British Columbia,