Department of the Interior. any improvements thereon, and that this application is made for my exclusive use and benefit, with the intention of residing upon and cultivating the said land and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever; and that I have not heretofore obtained an entry for a homestead on Dominion lands. By Order in Council of the 12th of June, 1893, under the authority of subclause (h) of clause 90 of "The Dominion Lands Act," the commissioner of Dominion lands was empowered to cancel pre-emption entries for a second homestead after the lapse of the proper time upon receipt of satisfactory proof that the settlement conditions prescribed by the Act 55-56 Victoria, 1892, chapter 15, have not been complied with. Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xxvII., p. 51. By Order in Council of the 5th of July, 1893, item No. 2 of the Order in Council of 17th September, 1889, as well as item No. 2 of the Order in Council of the 23rd November, 1888, (establishing the fees to be exacted by registrars in the North-west Territories upon which the Order of the 17th September, 1889, was based), were amended by the addition of the following words thereto :— "Provided, however, that this fee shall not be charged for a certificate of ownership for any land the title of which was vested in the Hudson's Bay Company prior to the 1st of January, 1887, and which was passed to that company under the provisions in that behalf contained in The Dominion Lands Act,' but that in such case each certificate shall be issued and delivered to the company free of charge." Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xxvII., p. 166. By Order in Council of the 1st of March, 1893, under authority of "The Dominion Lands Act," chapter 54 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, all that portion of township 30, range 32, lying between the reserve of Chief Gabriel Côté on the east and the Sand River on the west, and all of fractional town Department of the Interior. ship 31, lying west of Ker-se-Koose's Indian Reserve, in range 32, all west of the first meridian, were withdrawn from sale or entry and vested in the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, to be held as hay lands for the benefit of the Indians of the Fort Pelly District. Vide Canada Gazette, vol. XXVII., p. 401. By Order in Council of the 8th of July, 1893, the reserve of the Indians of the Fisher River Reserve in the province of Manitoba was extended westward a distance of two miles, and north and south a distance of 225 chains on either side of the Fisher River, subject to sections 87, 88 and 89 of "The Dominion Lands Act." The right to dispose of any water power or mill site which may be found to exist within the extension of the reserve was vested in the Minister of the Interior. Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xxvII., p. 401. By Order in Council of the 22nd of September, 1893, under the provisions of subsection (a) of clause 90 of "The Dominion Lands Act," chapter 54 of the Revised Statutes, the north-east quarter of section 16, township 44, range 2, west of the 3rd meridian, was withdrawn from the operation of the above cited Act, and set apart and reserved for Indian school purposes. Vide Canada Gazette, vol. XXVII., p. 668. By Order in Council of the 21st of October, 1893, under the authority of subclause (a) of section 90 of "The Dominion Lands Act," sections 19, 30 and 31, in township 33, range 5, west of the 3rd principal meridian, were reserved from sale and settlement, and added to the Moose Woods Sioux Indian Reserve. Vide Canada Gazette, XXVII., p. 668. By Order in Council of the 21st of October, 1893, the lands enumerated in the following schedule, amounting in all to 13,040 acres, were vested in Her Majesty for the purposes of the province of Manitoba under the provisions of the 4th section of chapter 47 of the Revised Statutes of Canada. SCHEDULE. Township. Department of the Interior. SCHEDULE showing lands selected by Messrs. Wagner and Crawford, Swamp Land Commissioners, during the season of 1892, under the provisions of the Order in Council of 19th June, 1886, all being found vacant in the books of this Department. By Order in Council of the 22nd of September, 1893, in virtue of the provisions of subsection (a) of clause 90 of "The Dominion Lands Act," chapter 54 of the Revised Statutes, the north half and south-east quarter of section 35; and the north half of section 36, in township 16, sections 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 32, 34, 35, 36, and the north half of section 3 in township 17, and section 5 in township 18, all in range 19, west of the principal meridian, were withdrawn from the operation of the said Act and placed under the control of the Department of Indian Affairs for the purposes. of a reserve for the Rolling River Band of Indians under Chief" South Quill." Vide Canada Gazette, vol. XXVII., p. 790. Department of the Interior. By Order in Council of the 1st September, 1893, it was ordered that the lands lying south and east of where the Alberta Railway and Coal Company's line crosses the Milk River and extending to the western shore of the Red Creek, being portions of townships 1 and 2, ranges 15 and 16, west of the 4th meridian, should be included in the reservation for cattle quarantine purposes reserved under the Order in Council of the 17th of September, 1892. It was also ordered that all the land lying between the Forks of the Milk River, and being portions of townships 2, ranges 19, 20 and 21 and township 3, range 19 west of the 4th meridian, should be included in the last above described reservation. Vide Canada Gazette, vol. XXVII., p. 791. By Order in Council of the 10th of November, 1893, the affidavit under forms D, F, G, and H, respectively, which is required to be made by a person obtaining a homestead entry in the railway belt in British Columbia, was altered to correspond exactly with the regulations as they are worded at the present time. Vide Canada Gazette, vol. XXVII., p. 970. By Order in Council of the 10th of January, 1894, under the provisions of section 90 of "The Dominion Lands Act" (Revised Statutes of Canada, chapter 54) homestead entries for portions of Dominion lands sections traversed by rivers and large streams in Manitoba and the North-west Territories, and more particularly in the country lying along the foot-hills of the Rocky Mountains west of the 4th meridian, are to be confined to one side of the river or stream where it is of such size as to warrant its being surveyed, or where the water frontage is considered particularly valuable. Vide Canada Gazette, vol. XXVII., p. 1309. By Order in Council of the 8th of February, 1894, in virtue of the provisions of clause 129 of chapter 54 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, as amended by clause 7 of the Act 52 Victoria, chapter 27, the original surveys set forth in columns 1 and 2 of the attached schedule, which were found to be erroneous and have subsequently been corrected, were cancelled and the new surveys, set forth in column 3, confirmed. SCHEDULE. Department of the Interior. SCHEDULE showing certain Surveys of Dominion Lands which were found to be in error and which have since been corrected. A. L. Russell. P. H. Dumais. A. L. Russell. 1883 North boundary. 1883 North boundary.... J. McLatchie. J. McLatchie. 1889 J. McLatchie. 1889 J. McLatchie. 1889 J. McLatchie. 1889 J. McLatchie.. 1889 J. McLatchie... 1889 J. McLatchie. 1889 10. J. Klotz. i 1890 1890 1884 Subdivision and S. and W. boundaries. A. J. Brabazon. 1880 North boundary. 1880 North boundary. H. H. Stephens... E. C. Caddy.. F. C. Caddy. E. C. Caddy 1884 North boundary. W. A. Ashe.. 1882 East boundary W. A. Ashe.. E. W. Hubbell.. 1889 1888 East boundary, sections 6, 7, 18, 19, 30 C. F. Miles. 1889 A. J. Brabazon... 1888 S. E. corners sections 19, 20, 21, 22 & 23. A. F. Cotton..... 1886 A. F. Cotton..... 1886 corner N. W. section 32, and N. E. Vide Canada Gazette, vol. XXVII., p. 1676. 1892 A. Driscoll..... 1890 A. Driscoll.. 1890 |