To His Excellency the Most Honourable the Marquis of Lansdowne, Governor

General of Canada, &c., &c.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY:

The undersigned has the honour to lay before Your Excellency the Report of the transactions of the Department of the Interior for the year ending 31st October, 1887.

Respectfully submitted,

OTTAWA, 18th February, 1888.

THOS. WHITE,

Minister of the Interior.

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OF CONTENTS.

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Report of the Deputy of the Minister of the Interior....

PART I.-DOMINION LANDS.

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Report of H. H. Smith, Commissioner of Dominion Lands.....

Wm. Pearce, Superintendent of Mines......

J. M. Gordon, Inspector of Dominion Lands Agencies....

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Annual statement of business transacted at the several Local Land

Agencies in Manitoba, the North-West Territories and British

Columbia....

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H. B. W. Aikman, Agent of Dominion Lands, New Westminster, B.C......
Extracts from reports of Rufus Stevenson, Inspector of Colonization Companies....
Report of G. U. Ryley, Clerk of Timber, Mineral and Grazing Lands.....
Schedule showing names of Lessees of Grazing Lands, and areas covered
by Leases.....

Statement of Receipts on account of Crown Timber.....

Statement of Receipts on account of Grazing, Hay and Mineral Lands..

A.-Statement showing Receipts on account of Timber, Grazing, Hay

and Mineral Lands, commencing with the Departmental year 1872-73

and ending 31st October, 1887......

B.-Statement showing Receipts on account of Timber, Grazing, Hay

and Mineral Lands, commencing with the Fiscal year 1872-73 and

ending 31st October, 1887......

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Regulations governing the granting of yearly Licenses to cut Timber on

Dominion Lands.....

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Regulations govering the disposal of Coal Lands in Manitoba and the

North-West Territories.....

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Regulations govering the disposal of Grazing Lands in Manitoba and the

North West Territories....

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E. F. Stephenson, Crown Timber Agent, Winnipeg....

Statement of Receipts at Crown Timber Office, Winnipeg....

Statement showing saw-mills operating under license in Manitoba,

Statement showing comparative prices of lumber sold in the Winnipeg

District during 1886 and 1887 ....

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Report of Thos. Anderson, Crown Timber Agent, Edmonton.....

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Statement of Receipts at Crown Timber Office, Edmonton..

General Office Return for the year.....

Statement showing saw-mills operating under License in the Edmonton

Agency......

C. L. Gouin, Crown Timber Agent, Calgary...............

Statement of Receipts at Crown Timber Office, Calgary....

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General Office Return for the year......

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Statement showing saw mills operating under License in the Calgary

Agency....

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R. S. Cook, Acting Crown Timber Agent, Prince Albert....

General Office Return for the year....

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T. S. Higginson, Crown Timber Agent, British Columbia......

Statement of Receipts at Crown Timber Office, Prince Albert....... .......... 73

Statement showing saw-mills operating under License in the Prince

Statement of Receipts on Account of Crown Timber in British Colum-

bia......

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Statement showing saw-mills cutting timber on Dominion Lands in

British Columbia......

Statement showing localities on account of which moneys have been

received.....

Appendix A-Statement showing number of entries for Dominion Lands made at

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Head Office, and the Agencies of Colonization Companies......

B-Statement showing number of Letters Patent issued, and number of

acres patented.................

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PART II.-DOMINION LANDS SURVEYS.

Schedule showing D. L. Surveyors employed during year ending 31st

October, 1887....

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W. F. King, Chief Inspector of Surveys on Determination of Latitudes and

Longitudes

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Otto J. Klotz, D. T. S., on Determination of Latitudes and Longitudes.....

do J. S. Dennis, Inspector of Surveys, Inspection and Correction of Surveys...

Extract from Report of J. S. Dennis on the Mormon Colony...

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