Any male over eighteen years old, or a widow who is the sole head of a
family, may homestead a quarter-section (one hundred and sixty acres) of
available Dominion land in Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta. The
applicant must appear in person at the Dominion lands agency or
sub-agency for the district. Entry by proxy may be made at any agency on
certain conditions by father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister
of intending homesteader.
_Duties._—Six months’ residence upon and cultivation of at least thirty
acres of the land, a proportion of which has to be done in each of three
years. A homesteader may live within nine miles of his homestead on a
farm of at least eighty acres solely owned and occupied by him or by his
father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister. The erection on the
homestead of a house worth $300 (£60).
In certain districts a homesteader in good standing may pre-empt a
quarter section alongside his homestead. Price $3 (12_s._ 6_d._) per
acre.
_Duties._—Must reside six months in each of six years from date of
homestead entry (including the time required to earn homestead patent)
and cultivate fifty acres extra. The erection on the homestead or
pre-emption of a house worth $300 (£60).
A homesteader who has exhausted his homestead right and cannot obtain a
pre-emption may take a purchased homestead in certain districts. Price
$3 (12_s._ 6_d._) per acre.
_Duties._—Must reside six months in each of three years, cultivate
fifty acres and erect a house worth $300 (£60).
Newly-arrived immigrants will receive at any Dominion lands office in
Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta, information as to the lands that are
open for entry in that district, and from the officers in charge, free
of expense, advice and assistance in securing lands to suit them. Full
information respecting the land, timber, coal and mineral laws may be
obtained on application to the Superintendent of Immigration, Department
of the Interior, Ottawa; or the Commissioner of Immigration, Winnipeg,
Manitoba. Dominion land agents can furnish information regarding land in
their respective districts only.