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 kUNTEER LAND GRANTS, 
 
 SCRIP. AND PENSIONS, 
 
 With auggeationa aheiving how a Grantee may realize to beat advantage. 
 
 Late of the Department of the Interior, author of " The Land Prospector' » Manual 
 
 ami Field-Book," Etc. 
 
 Of all Booksellers and Newsdealers. 
 TORONTO : Tb« Toronto News Co. MONTBBAL: The Montreal News Co. 
 
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A? 53 
 
 NEW WOOLLENS. 
 
 We shoTV to-day a full assovtment of 
 JTEW :E'A.LL WOOLLEJTS, cuncL can 
 safely say tTtat otjlt StocJz this Season is 
 far sizperior to arty ever Jteld hy izs. 
 
 We are shovriny all the nevrest designs 
 and colourtngs in Sizitings, Trowsevings^ 
 and Overcoatings, in all the fashionahle 
 -materials. 
 
 We are also pleased to inform oar nix- 
 Tneroizs Customers th,at ^ve Ttave secixred 
 tKe services of a really FJRST-CLJlSS 
 CUTTER, and oar JPatrons may rely on 
 heing favoured T^ith good fitting, Tvell- 
 made garments. 
 
 i3srs:FEoa?ioasr xht-vxtjsiid^ 
 
 PETLEY & PETLEY. 
 
 128 TO 132 KING STREET EAST 
 
 Opposite the Market. Toronto. 
 
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 VOLUHTEERLmOGRIIHTS 
 
 neTzt of 
 
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 tSOTh is 
 
 SCRIP, AND PENSIONS. 
 
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 making the text inchide the following italicized words :— "and further t<> clniin 
 awl receive the imrrrn)! isxnol in nni mniK vimferrhvi sitrh hitnl iirnnt, to 
 nominate.'" ete. 
 
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 ■ To' fiLKt' for Puch u 'rawd V? ' ; ' ' ' * 
 
 —i'^it;-Eusta'ce in '* Manaiirn.'' 
 
 TORONTO: The Toronto News Co. MONTREAL : The Montreal Ne »s Co. 
 
 1835. 
 
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 NEW WOOLLENS. 
 
 We shoTsr to-cicLy cl full q^saortment of 
 J^BW FJlLIj WOOLL.BJTS, cltxcL cart 
 safely say tTxat oxlt Stockc thts Seaaort is 
 far superior to any ever held, by us. 
 
 vvl 
 
 tne serjrices of a really FXItST'CIjA.SS 
 ClJTTIERj and. our JPatrons may rely on, 
 hein.g favoured vrith, good fttting, "well- 
 made garments. 
 
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 PETLEY & PETLEY, 
 
 128 TO 132 KING STREET EAST, 
 
 Opposite the Market. Toronto. 
 
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 VOLUHTEER MHD GRMTS 
 
 SCRIP, AND PENSIONS. 
 
 With suggestions shewing how a gmnte- may realize to Vjest advantage, 
 
 By C-A.I'T. C. ^W. -A^X^LEISr 
 
 -2/ on 
 
 Y, 
 
 Zrfjit' of the Department of the Interior, author of " The Land Prospector's Manual 
 
 ami Field-Book,'" etc. 
 
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 ' Wlierei is the cowp.rd wK(^ wcJukf not jlare 
 ' % fifeKf for ?uch i, Ta^^d V; ' : * ' ' *. . 
 
 ' —^''liz-^mta'cc in '' Marmiun." 
 
 TORONTO: The Toronto Nevus Co. MONTREAL : The Montreal Ne »s Co. 
 
 1835. 
 
Kiitt-reil accoriliiiK to the Art of rarliiiniuiit of Ciinadu, in tlie ycnr oni' thouHaiul fiulit liim- 
 ilred mill iluht.N -lively ClurU-s Willium Allen, in tliii OtHcu i.f thu Minister of AKrlculturo. 
 
 PREFHCE. 
 
 The city newspapers contain advertisements askin/;^ returned 
 volunteers to call at certain places where they can dispose of their 
 scrip at profitable prices. Many of the returned heroes could he seen 
 yesterday in the speculators* otKces, bartering ofl' their rewards at a 
 price much below the actual value of the lands. A scrip speculator 
 last night said that he considered it a profitable Imt risky business. 
 About two weeks ago scrip could be purchased for any sum between 
 $2 and $15 ; but now, since there is a demand, the price has risen to 
 $30. Many have intimated their willingness to sell out, but will 
 not accept less than .*50. Those who are anxious to get rid of their 
 scrip are either out of situations or hard pressed for money to pay off 
 debts contracted by their families while left alone. There appears to 
 be a desire on the part of most of the scrip-holders to dispose of it, 
 as they do not appreciate its value and have no inclination for 
 farming. One young man sold his holding to a speculative Yonge 
 street tobacconist, who, on going down town, found the same young 
 man driving a bargain in a King Street ofHce. — The Globe, August 
 23nd, 1H85. 
 
 The obvious want of correct information in regard to the intrinsic 
 relative value of land grants and scrip, as shown by the above 
 facts, suggested the preparation of this pamphlet, the main object of 
 ■which is to protect those entitled to benefit by the bounty of Parlia- 
 ment from being persu^de<;} to saerifice their ,• iucetests for lack, on 
 their part, of trustwpHhy, intdrigenc€?. ,. tt.the $ff«ct of the circu- 
 lation of the work should be that paejiwha hav£. tried lo take advan- 
 tage of the necessities t)r ignor^inp^'of tfhfe drarftees, -come to realize 
 that they have bought " a pig in a poke," probably little sympathy 
 will be felt for disappointment experienced by a class of speculators 
 able, as a rule, to take very good care of themselves. The numerous 
 references, as well as the text of certain official documents printv^d in 
 the appendix, will enable any one who differs from the conclusions of 
 the author to turn readily to original sources of information. Finally, 
 the brief exposition of the new regulations governing the award of 
 pensions and allowances for casualties on service will l)e found, at the 
 present time, valuable reading for those interested. 
 
 I 
 
 Printed by thh "Grip" Printing and Publishing Company, Toronto. 
 
t»iou8aii(J fijflit hmi- 
 ter of Agriculture. 
 
 VOLUKTEER LUND QRHMTS II HD SCRIP. 
 
 <^'^fi roturned 
 i«pose of their 
 couJd be seen 
 • rewards at a 
 J'ip speculator 
 isky business, 
 sum between 
 B has risen to 
 out, but will 
 t lid of tlieii- 
 ey to pay off 
 re appears to 
 lispose of it, 
 ^lination for 
 ative Yonge 
 same young 
 'obe, August 
 
 he intrinsic 
 
 the above 
 in object of 
 
 of Parlia- 
 or lack, on 
 
 the circu- 
 ike advan- 
 ' to realize 
 sympathy 
 peculators 
 numerous 
 >rintv^d in 
 lusions of 
 
 Finally, 
 iward of 
 >d, at the 
 
 RONTO. 
 
 Those who are entitled to participate would do well to disabuse their 
 minds of anj* false impression already formed, that I'arliiiment has voted 
 what is virtually a hoxntii as, in any sense, an -iiuivalent for their ser- 
 vices. The pay and allowances of the militia when called into active 
 service are fixed by Order in Council, under authority of a statute (4(5 Vic, 
 chap. 11, sec. fi.l). Every otHcer who accepts a commission, and each 
 man who enrols himself in a corps, may accordingly bo supposed to know 
 the full extent of the pay and allowances that he can expect. The land 
 grant (or scrip in lieu thereof) to which those who have recently served in 
 the North-West are now entitled should therefore be properly regarded 
 as a bonus presented by the representatives of a grateful countrj' in special 
 acknowledgment of efhcient services performed with successful result, but 
 that have been paid for at the rate stipulated in the contract. Looked at 
 from this point of view, the bounty now granted him should be regarded 
 by the militiaman as something to the good beyond his original calcula- 
 tions, and as a property it would bo well for him to turn to the beat 
 possible account. 
 
 The preceilent of bestowing a land bounty on members of the volunteer 
 militia sent on active service was set up by the Canadian Government 
 when, after the bloodless suppression of Kiel's tirst rcbelliitn, members of 
 the Ist (Ontario) and 2nd (Quebec) Battalions of Rifles, which had formed 
 part of the Red River Expedition, under Sir Garnet (then only Colonel) 
 Wolseley, were each, bj' an Order in Council datetl April 25th, 1871, 
 granted a tpiarter section (100 acres) (jf land without the condition of 
 personal settlement. Subsequently, every recruit taken for service in the 
 garrison maintained at Winnipeg till the year 1877 was, by the terms of 
 the general ortler governing his enlistment, promised a similar free land 
 grant on his discharge ; but, strangely enough, a man who re-engaged 
 for a further period wjis (though a trained soldier) denied a second grant, 
 notwithstanding that it was virtually, in the case of a raw recruit, a 
 deferred portion of his" compensation. 
 
 In those days the price of Government lands in Manitoba and the 
 North-West was one dollar per acre, and speculators eagerly purchased a 
 man's discharge (with claim to land warrant) for sums ranging (according 
 to the (quantity of unlocated warrants at the time existing) from fifry 
 dol ars to one hundred dollars, wliile the latter figure was about the price 
 that warrants themselves generally brought. The market value suffered 
 all sorts of fluctuations ; but the darkest day f(jr the holders, whether 
 discharged soldiers or their assignees, was that in which the (iovernment, 
 by Order in Council, dated July 9th, 1879, included all the surveyed 
 lands within certain railway belts, so that 'here was no place in the whole 
 of Canada where military warrants could be utilized, which condition of 
 affairs actually lasted over twelve months. 
 
 51264 
 
OtliiT caHUH ))!' ImnlHliip. h(t\v«vfr, iiii^ht ))u inoiitiuiu-d. In lH7<), the 
 garriHoii at VV'iiiiii|n'K wan |K'rfuiict«>rily n-diu-ed, at <>m' wiM^kn notice, 
 fi'uiii one huiiilicil to fifty niun, liiu ri>niainilt'r Ixin^ Hiiddcnly Hi>t adi*ift 
 Ri'Vi'ial W(>i*l\H li«'fon> tlifir titrni <>f cidiatnu'iit luul i-x|>iri>d ; tliou^^li, hud 
 tliiij vfiitiirrd tliUH aliruptly to toiininate tin; rontiart, tlicy would liavt) 
 been liithlu to trial Ity coiirt-niai tial for di-H«Ttion. TIichd in«ui did not 
 rt'cuive tlu'ir warrantH for nt-aily two niontliH, and, the first isHiu- of half- 
 breed Hcrip having Ixvn nia<l«' in tliu nit'antiiiic, tliu value had Hhrunk fioni 
 one liundred to fifty dollarH. ThiH occurn-uce really took |ilae<', l)Ut 
 neither the udnnniHtration of the day nor tliat whidi HUiceeded it eould 
 be prevailed upon to entertain the claim of the Huli'ererH to conipenMation, 
 though a renpertful petition was Hi'nt to both tifiuse.sof I'arlianieiit. 
 
 Such experience l>y nien Hu«hh'nly thruHt out of sttiady employment 
 through no fault of their own, where the iHsuu of but tiity warrantH was 
 concerned, might bo deemed oniinouH of years of weary waiting, in the 
 case of the nix thousand officers. non-commisHione*! officers, and nien now 
 lo(»king for the benefit to which they are entitled ; but happily the energy 
 infused into the Militia Department by Sir Adolphe ('aron, and the 
 increased etticiency of the Department of the Interior under the present 
 Deputy Minister, afford some ground for indulging th:: liope that ofHcial 
 routine will l)e expedited so far as possible, and give a perfect assurance 
 that any en<iuiries [see page 12j on points which the writer may have 
 omitted to touch upon will be replied to with courtesy and promjititude. 
 
 ■LIOIBIiB CLAIBIANTS FOR BOUNTY. 
 
 Those (mly are entitled to claim a land grant (or scrip in lieu thereof) 
 who were members of the ''enrolled militia force actively engaged, and 
 bearing arms, in the suppression i»f the Indian and half-breed <JUtbreak, 
 and serving west of Port Arthur since the 25th March, 1HH5, including 
 officers, non-c<mimi88ioned otHcers, and men." [See page 11.] The heirs 
 of grantees killed in action, or who have died, since tlie above date, 
 succeed to the rights of the deceased. 
 
 NATURK or THE BOUNTY. 
 
 The bounty on the present occasion differs materially in form from 
 that which used to be granted to discharged soldiers or Mounted Police- 
 men, by what were known as land warrants, wliich authorized the grant< e 
 to select and enter, as a free grant, one (juarter-section (or KiO acres) of 
 any Dominion Lands open for sale at one dollar per acre. With the 
 increase of settlement in the North-West, and the necessity for the appro- 
 priation of a large portion of the public domain in aid of the construction 
 of the Canadian Pacific Railway, occasion arose for the Government to 
 increase the general price of public lands available for purchase, or as pre- 
 emptions, from $1 to 82 and $2.50 per acre. ^= To meet the difficulty which 
 this step involved, in that it had the effect of locking up all lands from 
 location by bounty warrants still unutilized, the Dominion Lands Act, 
 1883, (see 46 Vic, chap. 17, sec. 21,) declared that such warrants should 
 be received, " at the value shown upon their face, in payment for any 
 
 * B}' the Uominion Lands Regxilationa of December 23rd, 1881, surveyed lands i 
 Manitoba and the North-West Territories were divided into certain classes, according 
 to locality and the extent of the railway facilities existing or in immediate prospect. As a result, 
 the price of all lands purchasable by pre-emption in that portion of the country lying within 
 twenty-four miles of the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, between such main line 
 and the international boundary, and also within twelve miles on cither side of any projected 
 line of railway (other than the C.P.R.) approved by Order in Council published in the Canada 
 Oa/ette, was fixed at $2.60 per acre. Elsewhere, i.e., to the north of the Canadian Pacific 
 Railway belt and outside of any other railway belts, if west of the second initial meridian, the 
 price of pre-emptions is fixed at $2 per acre. 
 
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 purcli.i-e i>i (ftfvorniii' lit landH, repiosentetl, theiefdre. the iiitriiLsic value 
 of all bounty warrant •< issued in diHchur^jed HoldieiH or Mniinted I'ulicenion 
 
 up to tho present tnne. In eoiupunii^ the grant now made to the ti ps 
 
 who have .s»;ived in IHH") with that previously made, this fact should bo 
 
 well kept in mind. 
 
 THK LAND GRANT. 
 
 now nfJetod t<» thuHo oiitithMl ti> Imuiity is a very liberal one, being in fact 
 iiicire than dmiblo that which has been conferred on soldiers or policemen 
 horet'if'ure. Few <>r tho recipient-* seem tn apjtieciate this truth, the 
 yeiiend f»!eling ii|iparently being that tho troops of the present day, iiot- 
 withsfanding their having " smelt powder," are unjustly discriminated 
 a^'ainst. To prove that this latter view is erroneous, it is oidy necessary 
 to show liMW the respective grant.! compart; in the case ol the yraiitee in 
 either cas "■ electing to become a farmer, and taking \ip two ipiarter sections 
 (1()() acres each) :-- 
 
 Tin volunteer uf 1H71 cindd enter one (piarter 
 section a^ a free lionii'Hteail KM) acres, worth ^'IW 
 
 He ciiidi! t 'kf ii|i .1 st'coMii (juarter section as 
 a free grunt liy locating his warrant . ...1(>0 " " 81t»0 
 
 'I'lius gaining- • 320 acres, worth !*:V_»0 
 
 Less entry fees on both (pmrter sectioiiH. . 20 
 
 8300 
 
 Tlie vohmteer of \HH't may enter, witlnnit 
 (layiiieiit of fees, two (|uarter sections as a 
 flee lioinestead, tims ffainin^f .S20 acres, worth 8(140 or 8*S00 
 
 would appear, tlu^refore, that I'arliament has actually conferred 
 each meml)er of Gen. Middleton's expedition, if willing to 
 become a homestead settler, a free grant of more than double the value of 
 that conferred u])on any former recipient. It is true that the conditions 
 attached to the old bounty warrant system did not exact personal settle- 
 nuMit from the grantee ; Imt, if a man desires to farm, the obligations 
 imposed by the Domini n Lands law will not bo found burdensome or 
 unreasonable. Tho motive of the extra generosity of tho action which 
 Parliament has taken on this occasion is found in the suggestion contained 
 in the i)roamble of the Act, that " it is expedient that the grant should 
 bo made in such form as will be ctmdncive to the actual settlement of the 
 public lands of Canada." 
 
 THE OBLIGATIONS OF A HOMESTEADER.* 
 which must be observed by all who decide to take lands grants, whether 
 as original grantees or as substitutes, may be summarized from the 
 Dominion Lands Acts (4«) Vic, chap. 17 and 47 Vic, ci.ap. 25,) a'^ follows : 
 
 1. The land selected nmst be of the class open for entry under the 
 homestead provisions of the Dominion Lands law and regulations. 
 
 2. A f(jnnal entry must be made of the land selected at the office of 
 the Dominion Lands Agent for the district in which they are situate, and 
 this must be done before August Ist, 188(j, 
 
 3. The claimant must perfect his entry by commencing residence on, 
 and cultivation of, his homestead within six months from the above date. 
 
 4. He must continue to reside on and cultivate his claim for three suc- 
 cessive years, though absence for periods not exceeding six months in any 
 one year is permitted. He may, however, at his option, reside within two 
 miles of his homestead, instead of upon it ; Vjut in this case certain specific 
 
 • For further particulars as to the Dominion Lands law or the system of survey pursued in 
 the North-West, see udvt., page 15. 
 
 It 
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 conditions of annual cultivation and improvement must be performed. 
 [See Dominion Lands Act, Sect. 23, sub-sect, ti.] 
 
 While he faithfully oliserves the above simple obligations and ab- 
 stains from disposing of wood from off" his homestead, except to supply the 
 personal needs nf an actual settler, the grantee will enjoy the full rights 
 of ))roi)rietorshii) ; but his land is secure from being taken in execution for 
 debt of any kind until after the issue of patent. 
 
 0. In case of the grantee's death occuriing before issue of patent, the 
 legal representatives of the deceased would be ]>eriiiitted to complete his 
 homestead duties, and thus secure the title of the property to his heirs. 
 
 THE POSITION OF A SUBSTITUTE 
 
 named by a grantee will be identical with that of the grantee himself in 
 all respects. He will succeed fully to the riglits, ami be subject to the 
 obligations, of the grant which a volunteer is entitled to claim ; but he 
 will not, uatil issue of patent has been recommended, enjoy the privilege 
 of re-transferring or assigning the "right, title, and interest" in the 
 grant that has been vested in himself. Tlie entry for the laud selected 
 must be made in his own name, i> which, also, the patent will issue in due 
 course on fulfilment of the three years' residence and cultivation recjuired 
 by the homestead provisions of the la^. 
 
 SCRIP. 
 
 In the event of a vtdunteer being unable to take up his land grant, or 
 to provide a substitute who is willing to do eo, he has the option of accept- 
 ing scrip in lieu thereof. This scrip will no doubt correspond in form to 
 that which was issued in satisfaction of the claims of the half-breed heads 
 of families and other original settlers in Manitoba. In that case it will be 
 a lithograi^hed document, bearing an inscription as follows : " The bearer 
 hereof is entitled to an allowance of Eighty Dollars in any purchase of 
 Dominion lands." This, it will be observed, is not, as in the case of the 
 alternative previously described, a grant of land, but purely an acknow- 
 ledgment of a pecuniary interest that may be availed of in a special way — 
 the purchase of Govenment land, or in the discharge of rents or other 
 obligations in respect of the same. Its use is subject to the conditions [see 
 Dominion Lands Act, section 21] that (1) no greater area in any town- 
 ship than twenty per cent, of the land, exclusive of school and Hudson 
 B}*y Company's lands, shall be deemed open for entry by scrip, and that 
 (2) should any scrip or amount in scrip be in oxcess of the amount of the 
 purchase money, such excess will not be returned by the Government, 
 but, if there be any deficiency, such deficiency shall be made go<"l in cash. 
 
 While such scrip will always be accepted at par by the Government, 
 its discount value in the hands of holders will necessarily depend upon 
 the amount in circulation and the extent of the demand for scrip in pay- 
 ment for Dominion lands. Grantees must, therefore, be prepared to find 
 the price offered them in Montreal, Toronto, or Winnijieg considerably 
 less than the face value of the scrip. 
 
 The purchase value will in fact be determined entirely by the 
 law of supply and demand, as governed by the rate of development ot tLr 
 North- West. A considerable (juantity of scrip of the denomination of 
 ^240 is being issued, in satisfaction of the claims of those half-breeds of the 
 North-West who had not already participated in the similar distribution 
 made to those of their class residing in Manitoba. The market will 
 accordingly be pretty well stocked for the present. According to recent 
 information afforded to the Manitolxm, of Winnipeg, by Mr. W. P. R. 
 Street, one of the commissioners appointed by the Dominion Government 
 to investigate and settle half-breed claims in the North- West, "Out of 
 
 the 
 
 225 
 
 pos 
 
 its I 
 
 the 
 
 larjj 
 
 zati 
 
 Noll 
 
 Soi 
 
t be performed. 
 
 ig.'itiucs and al>- 
 t'l't to supply tile 
 y the full n(,'hts 
 
 in execution for 
 
 I' of patent, the 
 tu complete his 
 y to his heirs. 
 
 mtee himself in 
 e subject to the 
 claim ; but he 
 y the i)rivile^'e 
 iterest" hi the 
 le land selected 
 vvill issue indue 
 ivation refjuired 
 
 3 land grant, or 
 il)tion of accept- 
 ond in form to 
 alf-breed heads 
 .t case it will be 
 ' : " The bearer 
 ny purchase of 
 the case of the 
 3ly an acknow- 
 1 special way — 
 rents or other 
 conditions [see 
 ' in any town- 
 '1 and Hudson 
 crip, and that 
 amount of the 
 
 Government, 
 ' goc'l in cash. 
 
 Government, 
 depend upon 
 
 scrip in j)ay- 
 jpared to find 
 
 considerably 
 
 irely by the 
 pnient ot tL- 
 lomination of 
 breeds of the 
 ' distribution 
 market will 
 ng to recent 
 r. W. P. R. 
 
 Government 
 St, "Out of 
 
 f 
 
 the 1,41^0 claims adjusted, 900 had the oiitinn of taking land nr scrij). But 
 •2'2i) took the land, the rest all preferring the scrip. This thoy readily dis- 
 posetl of to .speculators and others who followed tlui coinmissicm ri<.dit from 
 its tirst sitting to the last. Tliey usually i)aid from (io to SO per cent, on 
 the dollar, niaking an excellent speculation out of it '" However, ([uite a 
 liirge amount of purchas-e money is due to the Crown by the various coloni- 
 zation companies, which may alisoib C(msideral)le scrip. Again, the 
 North- West Central, the ManitoV)a and North-We.stern, and the Manitoba 
 Soiitli-Western Railway companies wil' shortly be retpiiied to find sums 
 aggregating,' some .i<oO,000, in paymerc of the survey fees in connuition 
 with their fiee land grants, and it is ,)ossible scrip may be utilized in dis- 
 chaige 1'^ this obligation. Further, ti.<3re is always a considerable number 
 of pre-emptions for which payment must be made, an<l for which scrip 
 would be available, while the rents of lands leased for grazing or hay-cut- 
 tim^ l)urp(j8es may also be expected to annually absorb (piite a large 
 amoiuit. 
 
 Scrip, once it is issued, being an acknowledgment available to hnarr, 
 may be transferred from one person to another without any formal 
 as-ignment, j)assing from hand to hand like a bank note. 
 
 COMPARATIVE VALUE OF LAND GRANTS AND SCRIP. 
 
 For the better information of readers (juite unfamiliar with the sub- 
 ject, it may be as well to pliice the relative values of the land grant or scrip 
 still iiKjre clearly in comparison. As any one can obtain one free ([iiarter 
 section on tue same (homestead) conditions as a volunteer would secure 
 half of the land Parliament has granted him, the true way to estimate the 
 bounty is to regard it in the light of a fn;e }>re-t)iiptiu)i. That is to say, 
 the volunteer who takes up 320 acres of land will save an outlay, at the 
 time he makes his entrj' of twenty dollars (entry fees), and at the 
 end of three years, of $320 or S400, according to the price of Government 
 lands in the locality in which he makes his selection. Now, if he should 
 wish to buy (government land with scrip, it would only realize to him 
 its par (or face) value — eighty dollars, which is actually but one-fourth or 
 one-tifth the value of the free pre-emption he miglit secure, if he so desired. 
 
 HOW CLAIMANTS WILL OBTAIN THEIR LAND GRANTS OR SCRIP. 
 
 Officers commanding corps have already been notified by circular from 
 head(^uarters to send in a nominal roll, duly certitied, of all officers, 
 nf)n-commissioned officers, and men in their commands entitled to 
 the bounty granted by Parliament ; and each individual concerned 
 can, to some extent, advance the business in hand l)y furnishing to 
 the officer commanding his troop, battery, or company such parti- 
 culars as to his full legal name and present postal address as the 
 Militia Department require for record. There is no good reason why any 
 considerable delay should occur in procuring this information ; and 
 it would seem better that any deficiencies should afterwtards be remedied, 
 by the sending in of supplemental lists, than that proscrastination should 
 be indulged in to the disadvantage of those sufficiently a'ive t(i their own 
 interests to come forward promptly with the required particulars. 
 
 After the list of eligible claimants furnished by a commanding officer 
 has been duly examined and verified at Ottawa, the Militia Department 
 will forward to the Department of the Intericjr certificates showing that 
 the claimants have served in the North-West and are entitled to bounty, 
 and at the same time notify each individual that his right to bounty has 
 thus been recognized. It is for this reason important that every man 
 should see that his C(jrrect name and address gf»es upnu the roll. 
 
8 
 
 S(j soon aa he receives the above notification from the Militia Depart- 
 ^i\ent, it will be opportune for the grantee to advise the Department of the 
 Interior whether he decides to take his grant of 320 acres of land 
 by warrant, or if he prefers to relin([uish his grant entirely and acci'pt 
 scrip for 880 instead. Upon being informed of the choice made, the pro- 
 per document — whether a land warrant (authorizing the party therein 
 named to enter for a free grant of two (quarter sections without payment 
 >()f entry fees) or scrip (declaring " the bearer hereof is entitled to an 
 "allowance of $80 in any purchase of Dominion Lands ") vill be prepared. 
 When ready, the warrant or scrip will be delivered upon the I npartment being 
 furiished with an order signed by the grantee himself or some one duly 
 auuiorized by power of attorney to receipt on his behalf, accompanied by 
 the letter of notification received from the Militia Department. All this 
 routine and these precautions may seem to some i)eople to savour strongly 
 of "red tape" ; but it should be remembered that the authorities are 
 bound to take due precautions to j)rotect both the C»overnment and the 
 rightful claimants of bounty against the perpetration of fraud. 
 
 N. B. — All claims to bounty, whether land grant or scrip, will lapse 
 unless made before the 1st August, 1885. 
 
 HOW MOST ADVANTAGEOUSLY TO REALIZE THE BOUNTY. 
 
 A volunteer should postpone notifying the Department of the Interior 
 of his desire to receive scrip until it appears absolutely certain that he will 
 not take up his 320 acres in person and that he cannot dispose of his right to 
 name a substitute for more than the face value of the scrip, viz., $80. It has 
 already been explained (on page 5) what the land grant is intrinsically 
 worth to the man who takes it, but it is now projjosed to show what should 
 be its |>urchase value to the oidy person who could realize its full benefits 
 — that is a sul)stitute, duly qualified* under the Dominion Lands law, who 
 purposes becoming a homestead settler. Such person is entitled to obtain 
 a free lumiestead of 1(50 acres on the identical conditions of settlement and 
 cultivation that would attach to the utilization of a volunteer gx-ant ; but, 
 if he entered also for a ])re-emi>tion, he would be called upon to pay the 
 Government $2 or $2.50 an acre for the Fame (without interest) at the eml 
 of three years, to which shf)uld be added the amount of the prescribed 
 entry fees. His outlay would accordingly stand thus, if his land were 
 selected within reach of railway facilities. 
 
 Purchase price of the pre-enii)tion, less three year's inter- 
 est saved, at (say) 8 per cent $304 00 
 
 Entry fees on hmnestead and pre-emption, in cash 20 00 
 
 8324 00 
 The par value of a volunteer's land grant may therefore be fairly esti- 
 mated at $324. 00 ; and it follows that anyone desiring, by becoming a " sub- 
 stitute," to secure what would virtually amount to a free pre-empti in as 
 well as a free homestead, would bo distinctly the gainer by the difierence 
 between that sum and the amount at which he can purchase a volunteer's 
 right. 
 
 According to the fluctuations of the market value, which should gradu- 
 ally enhance as the (quantity of unlocated land warrants diminishes, a 
 volunteer may fairly hope, by watching his opportunity, to realize from 
 $260 to $300 by the sale of his light to the land. Surely, therefore, it 
 
 'Any man over eigliteen years of ajfe, or any woman who is the sole head of a family, may 
 
 talte up a homestead. If tlie citizen of a fo">;ijfn country, such settler is required to become a 
 
 British 8ut)ject, by naturalization, previous to issue of patent, which can be done under the 
 
 law on completion of his or her three year.)' residence on the homestead. —See Laiui Prospeo- 
 
 om' Manual and Field Book ; advt., page 15. 
 
 !ii 
 
9 
 
 le Militia Depart- 
 Tepartment of the 
 to acres of land 
 Itirely and accept 
 ^e inado, the pro- 
 lie party therein 
 jwitliout payment 
 |s entitled to an 
 vill be prepared. 
 Me])artnient being 
 |)i' some one duly 
 1 •iccompanied by 
 rtment. AH this 
 o savour strongly 
 '■ authorities are 
 rninent and the 
 ^aud. 
 scrip, will lai)se 
 
 E BOUNTY. 
 
 of the Intfrior 
 itain that he will 
 )se of his right to 
 'Viz.,,<?80. It has 
 fc is intrinsically 
 how what should 
 a its full benefits 
 Lands law, who 
 ntitled to obtain 
 f settlement and 
 feer grant ; but, 
 upon to pay the 
 erest) at the end 
 f the prescribed 
 f his land were 
 
 . S304 00 
 20 00 
 
 .S324 00 
 ■e be fairly esti- 
 cominga " sub- 
 pre-empti ^n as 
 y the difference 
 le a volunteer's 
 
 I should gradu- 
 ' diminishes, a 
 o realize from 
 y, therefore, it 
 
 d !>f a family, may 
 luired to become a 
 ' done uruler the 
 ee Land Prospec- 
 
 would be extremely unwise at presei.t to accept scrip for $80, the face 
 value of which is just as liable to depreciation and fluctuation. 
 
 WHY CLAIMS TO WAHRANTS OR TO SCRIP CANNOT BE LEGALLY 
 
 ASSIGNED. 
 
 The Dtmiinion Lands Act [see page 12] having declared that assign- 
 ments of military bounty land scrip, or of the expectancy of the same, 
 ahiill not be recognized, it necessarily follows that no document can be 
 devised which will niiike legal a transaction distinctly tabooed by statute. 
 Accordingly, all who purchase the right of any volunteer to scrip nuist 
 depend chiefly upon the int^grity of the vendor. Those who venture 
 upon this khid of speculation generally place their dependence upon an 
 ingeni<jusly worded document, which jiurports to be evidence of bargain 
 and sale, and also a power of attorney to draw the wan ant or scrip. The 
 latter portion of the document, however, can alone be recognized, and, 
 all things being equal, recognition will be given to the instrument first filed 
 ill the Department of the Interior. 
 
 HOW THE RIGHT TO LAND OR SCRIP MAY BE TRANSFERRED. 
 
 So soon as a volunteer receives notice from the Militia Department that 
 his claim liiis been reconnnerided to the Department of the Interior, where 
 it will V)e registered according to law, he may, if he desires to sell his 
 right, legally do so. It is for the purchaser to see that the transfer 
 is made effectual. The simplest way to secure this is for the grantee to 
 execute a power of attorney* [see page 13] authorizing the purchaser to 
 nnme such gr.antee's substitute, or to draw scrip. The warrant itself will 
 be issued in the name of the grantee, 1)y whom or his attorney the sub- 
 stitute must be ncnninated. To facilitate this a blank form for the naming 
 of the substitute will be printed on the back of the warrant. Once this 
 document has been received and filed in the Department, no fraudulent 
 re-sale would afi'ect the transaction, li would be well for any intending 
 purchaser, however, to ascertain bef(jre he pays over the i)urchase money 
 whether the grantee has previously drawn, or given a power of attorney 
 to draw, his warrant or scrij). When a duly executed i)ower of attorney 
 from a volunteer to draw his warrant or scrip, or to nominate his 
 substitute, has been filed in the Department of the Interior, it will then 
 be for the attorney to notify that Department whether he elects to accept 
 scrip or a warrant for free entry of 320 acres. If the latter, he can then, 
 as attorney, name the substitute on the form for that purpose on the back 
 of the warrant, or separately if he see tit. 
 
 CONCLUSION. 
 
 Having now fulfilled his undertaking to explain the nature of the land 
 grants and scrip which the Act of Parliament conf "'^ upon members of 
 the North- West Field Force ; having also stated the i iw and related the 
 j)ractice of the Department of the Interior, little remains for the author to 
 add. There is an old saying, that the man who gives or takes advice is 
 a fool, and certainly he who ventured to dictate to grown-up men how 
 they should dispose of their own property would assume a grave responsi- 
 bility. Parents who attempt to dictate to a wayward daughter in a niatter 
 of the affections are apt to precipitate the very step which they regard as 
 imprudent. The wisest course is to counsel the party chiefly interested 
 to take time to fully consider tlve subject in all its bearings. That is 
 the nature of the advice the writer would here offer to recipients of 
 Parliament's bounty. "Fools and their money are soon parted;" but 
 
 *N.B.— All t'oncerned should bear in mind 
 a revocable instrument. 
 
 that a Power of Attorney, like a will, is 
 
 I 
 
10 
 
 lirudent men will hold fast to a in-oiierty which, properly handlorl, niuty otH 
 Ij come the nucleus of future independence. Those whose tastes do ig tei'me| 
 lead in the direction of faniiinj^ would he most unwise to forsake tli.j^oth«i"? 
 nrl)an occupations for residence on the prairie ; but, for the man \\ ^ recei^ 
 small means wliose ambition is to become the proprietorof a farm innanner 
 region as fertile as can l)e found in British North America, tlie free gi' i ' Kes^'dil 
 of two (juarter sections — without even entry fees— atibrds a .-jplenii-iijeir can 
 op[»ortunity. The man who accepts such an opening may take i)ossi'ssi jogsible 
 of a farm of [V20 acres, rt'orth, according to the Government price of il^hich ml 
 contiguous wild hnid, 8800, upon the sim[)le condition that he will utili,(;ijcumst' 
 such property for three years by residing upon and cultivating it. Hn 
 often snch a chanct; will recm- in the lives of the salwart young men wl. 
 went so readily to the North-West to i)ut down Kiel's second rebellion ; . ^, 
 a subject on which those interested may well ponder carefully. Th- for y^J"| 
 have still eleven months to consider the matter, and at the last momei:^^'*' "•" 
 they can fall back on scrip if, by the 1st .\ugust next, they see they taiiCircums 
 not utilize the land grant personally (jr by oubstitute. The selling prii 
 of sciip a year hence should be much higher than the expect'incy of it i 
 now, as a great (piantity will undoubtedly have been absorbed in tli 
 meantime. 
 
 GRETUITIES EKD FEMSIOHS. 
 
 PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES FOR CASUALTIES ON SERVICE. 
 
 The Reiinlatious and Orders for the Militia, 1883, have been amended 
 by the addition of seventeen paragraph", under the heading, "Gratuities 
 and Pensions." The principle upon which these awar'ls are made is the 
 admission that when an officer or man is killed (or dies fr mi wounds or 
 disease contracted) on actual service, provision must be made fo** his wife 
 and family out of the public funds, and that in all c ises of peinianent 
 disability, arising from injuries received (or illness contracted) while on 
 actual service, those concerne«l shall be compensated according to the 
 regulations for the time being. The claims of those officers and soldiers 
 who may be only temporarily incajiacitated are also fully recognized, the 
 pay and allowances of an officer being continued till his recovery, b it with 
 no allowance for medical attendance ; while a non-commissioned officer or 
 private is entitled to one dollar per day, whether in hospital or at home 
 (also without allowance for medical attendance). The annual pensions to 
 officers who have been crippled in action are based upon the rank they 
 hold in the service, the scale ranging from ^280 to $1.2(J0, and in addition 
 a bonus of one full year's pay is given. No pension or gratuity is awarded 
 unless application be made within five years after the occurrence of the 
 injury. Pensions to non-commissioned officers and privates range frotn 
 fifteen cents to one dollar and ten cents perdav, accoriiing to the rank of 
 the claimant and the degree in whiJihemay be incapacitated from earning 
 his livelihood. If a deceased officer or soldier has been killed in actitm, 
 or h s (iied from wounds received in action, or if the deceased officer or 
 soldier died ;rom illness that can be directly traced to fat'gue, privation, 
 or exposure incident to active operations in the field, or if he shall have 
 lost his life in consequence of wounds received in theexecutitm of military 
 
 Mi 
 
 force 
 
 July 2 
 
 Wbe 
 ftctively I 
 givintf ti: 
 Act, a gt 
 Opinincii 
 Mid witl 
 follows 
 
 1. 
 
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 outbrea 
 
 Officers 
 
 (compr 
 
 nnoccu 
 
 honiesf 
 
 tuted ! 
 
 Lanii ( 
 
 Augus 
 
 Pi 
 
 entry 
 
 BIX nv 
 
 there! 
 
 thete 
 
 18a:5 : 
 
 elligi 
 
 lurth 
 
 Bhall 
 
 beha 
 
 secti 
 
 self 
 ner 
 
 BOCl 
 
 lam 
 
 jrra; 
 not 
 hui 
 
 pre 
 enl 
 
 
11 
 
 1« whose t'*^ f ■ ] "'Uty otherwise tlian in action, liis widow and orphans are entitled to what 
 wise to f". ''V'" 's termed " conipaasionate '" aUowances upon a scale set forth. Tlie 
 I'lt, for th*^** •- ' ^^^''nother, sisters, and daughters of deceased ofHcers and soldiers are entitjed 
 
 man w 
 
 pietorof afar.ui, 
 nenca, tlje h 
 
 I — affords a 
 
 o receive gratuities and pensions under certain circumstances. The 
 
 nanner in which claims must })e .nade and proved av set forth in the 
 
 '''^'^,»'' I 'Regulations for Claims," and those interested would do well to present 
 
 authorities with the least 
 )naideral)le time, 
 
 h... " ' wmeii niu\ prove wuiiri'^uiiit' tiiit-i iiiuunvcuicin. n/rmtnaa cn'e lU stiaigllteneu 
 
 , ,^. e will UtiJi ,,:,..,,„sfmce8 
 Icultivatintf it H °i'<'"i"'''""'<^^^- 
 
 COMPENSATION FOR INJURIES TO HORSES. 
 
 I may tuk • "*/ '"."Aeir cases for consideration by the proper authorities wi 
 
 ei-nmo.,f *"' ^•*"''''*''''*'"''uoesil)le delay, as tlie necessary routine is sure to take consic 
 i^mijient nricc nf h' . . i • ^■ ■ ^ a. ^ 
 
 II f)i..f 1 •.. "which may i)rove wearisome and inconvenient to such as are in 
 " uicic lie Will iifii . •' 1 
 
 art young nieii wl. 
 
 s second rebellion , The amount of compensation that may be claimed from Government 
 PI" carefully. TJii for injuries to the horse of a volunteer, received on service, is limited to 
 
 at the last iiioniei,$l2r), and ample proof must be made before a board of otticers of the 
 ' ^'l^y see they can circumstances. [See Mefjidutions and (trdersfur the Militia, 188iJ.] 
 '• I'he selling j,ri, . 
 
 expectancy (^f it , 
 
 3n absorbed in tli' 
 
 uppehdix. 
 
 THE ACT GRANTING LAND OR SCRIP. 
 
 m. 
 
 S ON SERVICE. 
 
 aye been amende. I 
 f'i»g, "Gratuities 
 '8 are made is the 
 ' fr mi wounds or 
 made fov his wife 
 ses of pei:nanent 
 tracted) while on 
 according to the 
 'cers and soldiers 
 y recognized, the 
 ?coyery,b,.twith 
 ssioned officer or 
 Pital or at home 
 »'ial pensions to 
 •n the rank they 
 and in addition 
 tuity is awarded 
 currence of the 
 ■tes range from 
 ,' to the rank of 
 id from earning 
 :illed in action, 
 3ased officer or 
 pe, privation, 
 . Jie shall have 
 'on of military 
 
 An Act to authorize grants of land to members of the militia 
 force lately on active service in the North- West. [Assented to 
 July 20th, 1885.] 
 
 Whereas, it is riK-ht to recognize the services uf the members of the enrolled militia force 
 actively ensrajfcd in siippressln}? the late half-breed and Indian outbreak in the North-west, by 
 givinjr to each, in addition to the pay aud allowances to which he is entitled under the Militia 
 Act, a grant of land ; and it is expedient that the grant should be made in such form as will be 
 Opiiducive to the actual settlemerit or the public lands of Canada : Therefore Her Majesty, by 
 aiid with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as 
 fellows : 
 
 1. The Oovemor-in-Council is hereby authoiized to trrant to each member of the enrolled 
 militia force actively engaged and bearing arms in the suppression of the Indian and half-breed 
 outbreak, and serving west of Port Arthur, since the twenty-fifth day of March last, including 
 dtflcers, non-commissioned officers and men, a free homesteaa of two adjoining quarter-sections 
 (comprising an area of three hundred and twenty acres in all) of any even-numbered section of 
 unoccupied and unclaimed Dominion lands in Manitoba or the North-west Territories optn for 
 homestead and pre-emption entry, subject to the condition that the grantee, or his duly coiisti- 
 tuted substitute, shall have selected luid entered the said two quarter-sections in the Dominion 
 Land Office for the land district in which they may be situated, on or before the first day of 
 August, eighteen hundred and eighty-six : 
 
 Provided that the said grantee, or his substitute, as the case may be, shall perfect the 
 entry made as aforesaid, by commencing actually to reside upon and cultivate th"" land within 
 eix months from and after the first day of August, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and shall 
 thereafter continue to reside and cultivate the said land for the period and in accordance with 
 the terms and conditions prescribed by the homestead provisions of the Dominion Lands Act, 
 188:5 : Provided also that no substitute to be selected by a grantee shall be a person who is not 
 elligible under the provisions of the said Act to obtain entry for a homestead : And provided, 
 further, that in case a substitute be selected by a grantee, as hereinbefore provided, the land 
 shall be entered in the name of the substitute and upon compliance with the conditions in that 
 behalf prescribed bj the homestead provisions of the said Act, the patent for the two quarter- 
 sections shall be issued in the name of the said substitute. 
 
 :;. Any person entitled under the foregoing provisions to select and enter, either by him- 
 self or by his substitute, three hundred and twenty acres of land as a homestead, in the man- 
 ner and subject to the terms and condition hereinbefore prescribed, may. in lieu thereof, if he 
 BO chooses, receive scrip for eighty dollars, which shall be accepted in i)ayment of any Dominion 
 lands open for sale, or in payment of pre-emptions, or of rents of Dominion lands leased for 
 grazing or hay-cutting jiurposes; but any person choosing to take scrip, as herein provided, must 
 notify the Minister of the Interior of his choice on or before the first day of August, eighteen 
 hundred and eiifhty-six. 
 
 3. All grants of land or scrip, as the case may be, issued in accordance with the foregoing 
 provisions, shall be made by the Minister of the Interior, upon a warrant in favor of the person 
 entitled thereto issued by the Minister of Militia and Defence, which shall be recorded in the 
 
13 
 
 I 
 
 Departniont o( the Interior, under clause twenty-one of "The Dominion Lands Act, 1883," a 
 all scrip issued under the second section of thin Act shall be subject in all respects to the \<: 
 vision!) of the said clause twenty one and also of eU.use twenty-two of the said Act. 
 
 3. The entries to be made anil the patents to he issued under this Act shall not be subiv jj|OW A| 
 to the dues and charges exacted in the cane of ordinary homestead entries. . 
 
 THE DOMINION LANDS LAW. 
 
 kfld recently 1 
 
 3<iiBpft"y) "*| 
 
 aUltia Force! 
 (Extrartufrotn U<J Vict., Chap. 17.) md servint? 
 
 MILITAUY BOINTV LAND HCRIP. md appO'"*^ I 
 
 21. In all cases in which land scrip has heretofore been earned, or shall hereafter be pfi' ^| 
 by the Dominion, for military Ncrvices, warrants therefor shall be ^franted in favour of t! _ .-.je nndl 
 parties entitled thereto i)y the Minister of Militia and Defence ; and such warrants shall be r^Oy " T 
 corded in the Department of the Interior : fewed upon i 
 
 S. Such warrants shall be received, at the value shewn upon their face, in payment for ai nrilitia forel 
 Dominion lands open for sale: Provided always, that no {jreater area in any township tlia^iiether I ^v 
 twenty percent, of the land, exclusive of School and Hudson's Bay Company's lands, shall i |i*,,te for 
 open for entry by military bounty warrants. * ™ 
 
 .'). In acceptinjf warrants as so nuich purchase money, any deficiency shall be payable i ittorn 
 
 cash ; but should any payment by warrant or by amount in warrants, be in excess of the amoui ••»" -^ 
 of the iiurchase money, any sucli' excess shall not be returneu by the Government. by virtue ol 
 
 22. Assignments of Military Bounty warrants, or of the ex|)ectancy of the same, shall ii. SIGNE 
 be recognized ; but the warrants shall, similarly to other land scrip, be considered payable t 
 be(<rer ; and the warrantees shall be at all risk of their loss, as no warrant shall be duplicattil tj. ^/,e wit 
 In cases where any person entitled to a Military Bounty warrant dies before its issue, the war ^ 
 rant shall issue in favour of the le>fal representati\e or representatives of such deceased person 
 
 PROVING IP A CLAIM. 
 
 {Extract from U Vict., Chap. 25, Sect. S.) 
 
 h- Proof of the residence, erection of a habitable house, and cultivation required by tiii^ 
 clause shall be made by the claimant by attidavit, and shall be corroborated by the evidence on 
 oath of two dipinterested witnesses, resident in the vicinity of the land affected by their evi- 
 dence, ar.a accepted as sulficient by the Connuissioner of Dominion Lands or the Land Board : 
 such affidavit shall he sworn and such testimony jjriven before the Local Agent or some other 
 person named for that purpose by the .Minister of the Interior. 
 
 CORRESPONDENCE WITH OTTAWA. 
 
 Observance of the following hints for conductinj? correspondence with the Departments oi 
 the Government will save time and trouble to the official staff, facilitate the submission of 
 applications for decision, and consequently tend to diminish the period In which replies may be 
 looked for : 
 
 1. Address no letters on official business by name to the Minister, or anyone else con- 
 nected with the Department, as letters so personally addressed may be deemed private corres- 
 pondence, and, in the possible absence of the person to whoni they are directed, remain un- 
 opened till his return. 
 
 2. All letters to the authorities at Ottawa on official matters should be addressed, in a plain 
 hand, to 
 
 presence c 
 
 4 
 
 The Hon. the Minister, 
 
 Department of 
 
 Ottawa. 
 
 ^y OCCUl 
 
 1. 1 
 
 duly sig 
 thereto 
 
 2. ' 
 Countj 
 
 3. 
 
 4. 
 
 No stamp is required for letters so directed to a Department, such communications being 
 "free." 
 
 3. Write in a concise and courteous manner, upon foolscap paper, on one side of the paper 
 only, and leaving a margin of at least an inch on the left-hand side. 
 
 4. In the right-hand top corner of the first jiage write distinctly the official name of the 
 post office to which a reply should be addressed, together with the date of your letter. If the 
 matter i)ccupies more than one page, see that the pages are numbered ; and be sure that your 
 signature is legible. 
 
 5. Is er deal with more than one subject in a single communication ; but write a separate 
 letter for each. 
 
 6. On receiving a reply, if you have to respond to it, do not fail to quote the reference 
 number of the official file, which you will observe in the left hand top corner of the first page 
 (i.e., at the head of your letter put— In reply to No ) 
 
 inV 
 
 offit 
 mac 
 
 ■^: 
 
13 
 
 r," ^a"d8 Act. 1883," 
 I .?" '?^'^'-''8 to the, 
 
 ^ POWER OF ATTORNEY-^ 
 
 •+■ 
 
 -y/i- 
 
 « 
 
 and Province of 
 
 pJ^^saidAct. "" ' (APPROVED FORM.) 
 
 pries. ^ '" "°* ^^ ^"''." CNOW ALL MEN by these presents (executed in duplicate), that I, 
 
 in the County of 
 
 by oct'ujiation a 
 
 tnd recently serving in the rank of in the Troop (Battery or 
 
 Company) of the as a duly enrolled member of the Volunteer 
 
 IllUtia Force of Canada, actively enjfaged in suppressing the Half-breed and Indian outbreak, 
 
 uid serving west of Port Arthur since the 26th day of March. 18S6, do hereby make, constitute, 
 
 uid appoint of in the County 
 
 [■anted in favour^ f', '* and Province of by occupation a , 
 
 'h warrants shall be r mjr true anil lawful Attorney for me, in my name, and on my behalf to exercise the option con- 
 
 fetfed upon me by the Act entituled : " An act to authorize grants of land to members of the 
 
 uf'anv''t'^'"^"'^-^'"^""™*''*^'''* ^'^'"*^^ lately on active service in the North-West." whereby I am entitled to elect 
 
 mpany's lands si? f/',' ''•'^ther I will accept a land grant or scrip in lieu thereof ; and further to nominate my sub- 
 
 te'^.^lT't-'-begi. 
 
 "V shall be payable i 
 
 n excess of the amou,, 
 'vernment. 
 
 of the same, shall II,. 
 e considered navabl.< i 
 -t Shall ,,ed'u,a. 
 
 ' such deceased i)ersc.i, 
 
 vatio,, required by ti.i- 
 *^^''>; the evidence,,; 
 affected by their evi 
 ;JsortheLandBoan 
 ' Agent or s.mie other 
 
 h the Departments at 
 'C the submission of 
 which replies may be 
 
 '• <"■ anyone else con- 
 ieined private corres- 
 airected, remain un- 
 redressed, in a plain 
 
 munications being 
 
 B side of the paper 
 
 >fficial name of the 
 "ur letter. If the 
 be sure that your 
 
 '< write a separate 
 
 J'.e the reference 
 of the first page 
 
 BtKutefiir such land grant, or to claim and receive such scrip, and to do all lawful acts and 
 things affecting the premises, I hereby agreeing to allow, ratify, and conflrm whatsoever my 
 uid Attorney, or such substitute or substitutes as he may appoint, shall do or cause to be done 
 by virtue of these presents. 
 
 SIGNED, SEALED, AND DELIVERED 
 
 by the within named 
 
 , in the 
 
 presence of 
 
 -$K- 
 
 AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESS. 
 
 COUNTY OF 
 
 I of the. 
 
 of in the County of 
 
 To Wit: 
 
 and Province o. 
 
 by occupation make oath and say : 
 
 1. That I was personally present and did see the within instrument and duplicate thereo 
 
 duly signed, sealed, and executed by the party 
 
 thereto. 
 
 2. That the said instrument and duplicate were executed at in the 
 
 County of 
 
 3. That I know the said party. 
 
 4. That I am a subscribing witness to the said instrument. 
 ^ Sworn before me at the 
 I of... 
 
 in the County of. 
 
 in the year of Our Lord, 
 
 188. 
 
 i 
 
 ]sEAL i 
 Notary Public. ( •^-r— ) 
 NoTB.— If the above form be executed in one Province to he used in another (say, executed 
 in Winnipeg to be filed in Otta,»a), th«! aflBda-it should be sworn before a Notary Public, whose 
 ofiBcial seal must be affixed. '.^ •3Xii<<i!tied;in Cn.iai'io, for fllirc at Cttawa, cue affidavit may be 
 made before a Commissioner ^n d.- R. > • ,..;••••' 
 
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