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The principal centres of settlement, and the land districts and provinces in
which they lie, are shown on the following table:

PRINCIPAL CENTRES OF SETTLEMENT

Settlement | Land District Province
pA rainier cw e og seh ce yee IREAGenRivensarrensrs oe enna Alberta
NMiGWennanshtswetten Shitact ae Aen CSS UR AEEDD. core Simita sae te Metin a
Rea GEMRIV OR Sesion hee i hate ows REIS es EE FERAL A oR RR a
DUnVvegannre yee ee a ee SES Sea i NMR Par A BT EN fy x
SYOURE TUN? coddeu gout pam ote ooo ae GrandesRrainievt es See es +
Grand Ggbrainl Gey.ae kena reas Se SE SIN Fe aSec oh OREN AO Sop
ROUGE Coupee ie. eee ees ee Si ait ats BAUR SUS ne Lesa British Columbia
HOTS ta) OlTibeii ates ay ene ea ReacesRivers Sasken sce eames fg
iid Sone Opes erie ceydcpartt cae Peace River and Grande Prairie. . re
OLE ebmallionvene sects nur eee Peace HRAVER yee ween ees ens Alberta

Some idea of the extent of settlement and development may be obtained
from the following table of miscellaneous figures taken from official returns:

MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS

Land Districts
Particulars {$A Total
Peace Grande
River Prairie

No. quarter sections of Dominion Lands surveyed
(Approx) se erie amie cae ses ay imine Ursus Muh 33,800 23,800 57,600

No. quarter-sections of Dominion lands disposed of
(Ainynrras on eheaaw ode donea cmon be suoces aouEen 4,586 6,589 11,175

No. homesteads and soldier grants recorded in year
OD ORS Orta Rae ee ean ear nhs Btn een Seats 740 779 1,519

No. homesteads and soldier grants recorded in year
TORT eA lea aa as em he 617 438 1,055
No. grazing leases in good standing................. 81 65 146
Pree TRA GCKESSpe ory ba eS od aaa yon eae 78,080 111,360 189,440
No. timber berths in good standing................. 19 20 39
iNreantnya cress res same ee eee 134; 240 186,886 221,126
No. petroleum and natural gas leases in good standing. 1,432 981 2,413
INAS BORIS aed ise Gon oo eRe O EASE ae ne 298 , 819 303,314 602,133
No. coal mining leases in good standing............. 4 18 22
INRA SEN ENG RECS eS RIO Bre BD OS BEC Oe AED 240 2,449 2,689

Farming and Ranching

The Peace River district has won considerable fame through its production
of high quality samples of wheat. On the Experimental Farm at Fort Vermilion
several varieties have yielded at the rate of over 60 bushels to the acre and as
high as 69 in the case of Marquis wheat. The kernels are exceptionally plump
and hard and have won prizes in world competitions. Yet taking the district
as a whole, year after year, it cannot by any means be considered a wheat-growing