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Lane To each settler, his wtFe c 15 years oF age will be give >V "^ YORK CITY during I8& Cood Settlement ain Townships ov^ned by the Yoj^k €R3 Colony marked thus, m • ^ Id ""tTs t^^i'^ ^'^'^'^^ ^^/-y ^^5. Ww/-^^^, also pre-emptions ch sett/en h,s wife and daughters over %%^l' "^"^^ .^^ 9'ven Fre^, a Town Lot f^ CITY during 1883. '^ood Settlement a/ready in the Colony. Ill K -0^ JAMEIS ^^' SPEIGHT ' Dominion iPRoviNciAL ^m LAND SURVEYORS - 20 Union Block To^oNToS'Tn^^.... 03-LS^R ScALc, 6 Miles -=^ // 'oonmm CITY — EMCRSON - UamTHCQTf WW"W UnWCMAMiiis CO k •j^' The Yoj in putting thi intending set fully request therein may 1 personal insp We do nc Injt that eight advantages al The rapic essential to t ah-eady undei and encouragf mtes of interes The Comp [reservation, j joue days, anc vishes whethei INTRODUCTION. T„E YouK Farmers Colokizatiox Company Lave much pleasure m pu tmg this pamphlet and Guide to their Colony into the hands of m tendmg settlers and the farming community generally, and respect- ully request that the truth and correctness of the statements made therein may be put to a careful and honest test by an intelligent and personal mspection of the Company's lands. We do not assert that every acre of our tract of land is first class "fc that eight finer townships, taking wood, water, soil and natural advantages altogether, do not exist in Manitoba or the North-west. The rapid development and improvement of the Colony are so essential to the success of the enterprise, that the Company have ah-eady undertaken large public improvements, and will stimulate and encourage private enterprise by furnishing money at reasonable ■■ates of mterest. The Company be-speak from the recipients of this pamphlet its tuoservation, as it may prove to theii- children a happy relic of by- ?oue days, and beg most heartily to assure the settler of their best v.8hes whether or not he make hisi home in the York Farmers' Colony 68759 In, loeived t\ Isliould b ■from the lalBo first leeted in JMonday, Imore of t The IStock C( ■according The Jby practi( land whosi Ion strictly lopiniou w Iment of m Ishall best Thes Company, 10 them, a Thee aost pleas lave ah-eac opinion of The Ci and Qu'Ap] 3rs. The so Pacific Rail veil adapte other advau Thelai Imiles squari Isiderable ex pith a hap Iwhich the la |settlers' exp "lirect line b( "Railway Coi Railway, lea HISTORY OF THE COMPANY. IceivecUl^^ra fo^ the Compan, con- Ishoukl be composed as a geVas ^^^^^^^^^ ^""'^'^•^" North-wLt. wl.ich from the County of York "nToU eHai ts^f ffin"" °" T'^ J!'""-^ ^'''^''■^ also hrst-class tenant farmers otL 01 1 Comt^,^^^^^ * ' ' "^r'^'^"' ^^^ leBted m the scheme was then he 1 a th^ R«Ttt '"'^*'?^'^ "^^^^ iMonday, the 8()th of Jannary 1882 at vlnVl ^ ^'■'' ^''*'^' ^"''"'^to, on more oi- the present BhareholdL'onh:V;mpanr" '"""* ""^ ''^"" ^^ StocJ^^^ot:::, rS'tJ^r^JS J&*..^7 ^^-i^^^ ?? ^orm a Joint accordmgly incorporated under charter Znf.f«n'^^-''° Company " was J The Company has ample caiLlnVZ ^'"'P'^'^n Government, (by practical men ^ho tWo^ K ndet ancmr'"^ ' ""'^ '^ P''^^^^^'! «ver land whose policy it has always ^en to fomWff.'^T-^'^*/ °^ "^e Colony, Ion strictly business l^^nciples irdenenSf.f ,,*'"''":' ^^ "^*^ Company lopmion which form so promb^nt a featme 'n flf ^" """**!"' °^ ^^^^^^^ or Iment of not a few Colonization Comnrnipl ^*'^^°^g^°'zation and manage- Ishall best ensure that succts which' ?ithoi.r"" *''"> ^^ ^° ^«'°^' t^^V J The settler can always relv on Ul T . '^^t^-mination to merit. ^ Icompany. his welfare and pSe'L can no^'}' '°'^. '^?"^^''^'^^>' t^^'^ted by the fo them, as their interests f^HLareZ^^^ *<.° ^.' n'"^J^°* of concern * The experience of the Com Lv l,ic ° ^ ' '^ ^^.K'^'^'oUy, identical, most pleasing and encouagin^^Cr^^^^ ^^^^^ '^^^^ of a ,bave already made their homel in the Colon v£f' °^ ^'^^'^'r^^^^^^' "^^^ opmion of the location, wood. -^^l^Il^rS^^^t^!^'^'"' SITUATION OF THE COLONY. fivers. ^ **" noun-west ol the confluence of these ^-^il^^Zll^^^^^^^^ -^-"^ of the Canadian ^ell adapted for farming purpose^, 3f ^^*'? '" ^ P*^^* °f *fa« country .ther advantages hkelyToortoTe'thi^Wy S.f ^^°"-P^--l Position anJ [miles sq^i^r^fZ^ct^pr^^Lr^^^^^^ -ch being si. Isiderable extent of terdtory, which it is mi h ''j, ""'? ^^^'^^^^^^ « «on- hth a happy and prospel-ous communi y 'Se'l^'^'" •'' *° P^^P^^ fwhich the lands are located is very fSe and nrn/ r*''''' °* °''""*^T m Isettlers- experience of Ia«t vcl" if ! Productive, as proven bv th« "direct line between Fort ElliJe and P, fn.^u^T' "^ ^""^^^'^ ^« *o be in a Railway Company show on he^^S st p^blisW ^"°"'^'^" P*«'fi° Railway, leaving the main li.e at E^rn^f ^J^Lr/in^ nS^eSj 8 directiou through the centre of the Company'H lands, antl having its terminus at lort-a-la Come, (See Canada Pacific Map). No part of the Company's land is then more than thirteen miles distant from this railway as strrveyed HOW TO REACH THE COLONY. The rapid advance of the Canada Pacific Railway has rendered the Colony much easier of access than was experienced by the settlers who went up last year. It is now within thirty-six miles of the nearest townships ; the settler will thus find his best route to be as follows : by the Credit Vallev Railway and its connections through to Winnipeg, thence by the Canada Pacific to Whitewood station, where agents of the Company will reside who will take steps to have him conveyed to the Colony either by tli Company's stage or other conveyance along the "York Farmers Trail, which connects the Company's lands with the Canadian Pacific Railway, We here ask the reader to refer to the appended map, which shows every station now established westward from W^iunipeg, as well as a trail runnin' from or noar Whitewood to York City. The railway journey will occujiy abou four days, and the cost of a ticket to Whitewood from Toronto will be about §80 and the freight for settler's effects about .'?2()0 per car ; the Company are now endeavoring to have the rate for their settlers considerably reduced When the settler reaches the Colony he will find resident agents of the Com pany on the lands who will be prepared to receive him ; give him sucl information as he may require ; assist him in selecting his homestead an enter him legally for the same; we may here remark that this is of th greatest advantage to land hunters in the North-west ; as the land agents o the Government being sometimes located long distances from the Homesteai selected by the settler, it not unfrequently happens that after he has mad his selection, so much time is taken up in getting back to the agent to b entered for it, that he finds he is too late as it had been applied for in th. interval by another party. The policy of the Company obviates this difli culty, their agents being settlers themselves reside in the townships, ever facility, therefore is offered for the easy selection and entry of the land, an a legal title given direct from the Government. WHAT THE SETTLER WILL CET. The settler will get IGO acres free, and if he wishesthe adjoining 160 acre at §;2.00 per acre, payable at the expiration of three years without iuterestl the whole amount then to be paid in cash is iJlO.OO Entry Fee for Home] stead, and §10.00 for pre-emption, making $20.00 in all, which goes to th' Governmenc. thus can the settler secure a farm in a settled neighborhood at I very small cost; on which can be grown with less labor, larger crops by far] than can be produced on land costing seventy times as much in Ontario. Tbj settler going in this season will get in addition to the foregoing the fee siiul pie of a lot in Y'ork oity, his wife and each daughter over fifteen years of asl the same ; he will also have the option of purchasing more land from tlif Company at a reasonable price. With these advantages the settler wlil possesses industry, thrift and perseverance, must succeed. The depth 'laces gn 10 rich ai nnecessi Heai kill be fo uantities Manitoba reduced on what idefinitel lerfection. aying pit 'hich wer ealy and _auge 2, S |ioneer set easily br oducing ireals, as imlity of t le lowest wuships ; e huudrei rs in the this worl lich coul( ding to tl id to by ; iction 12, inpany, \ undance i ne flavor, eshire, E: 1 1 saw cu wild plui To the lid for his ( [asses and 1 d can be 1 older pro Mr. Wes fruesteaded ih confiden tiers have ( other sto( erwise thai ing settlei ■A- projeci tario, to se; having its terminus I of tlie Cuiupany's fiilway as Burveyed. 9 SOIL, WOOD AND WATER. «, grave], and i, yerylZX\m^,,^^Zl '" ."''f ^ "'"y. l'"t ie in somo liaa rendered the ^'^^^^'ssa^i^.t:i5:=f^ mpany will reside iony either by th k Farmers Trail,' u Pacific Ilailway which shows ever as a trail runniu, y will occupy abou to will be about $80 Klefinitely. ";TreTJii;';or'iikrthrt Vt/ Tr '' -I'-t^aFer^Vhett lerfection. Of this our settle slnlfL ^^T^^^^l' P'°'*"''^« "^« Potato to laving planted potato n he latt PaTt^f^ '^' 'T^^'"''' ''^'^'^''' ^luch were dug about the Ist of W / u*' ''^ "^.""^ "'^^l^'' '^e prairie sod, loaly and well shaped tlet PotfooTwJ '°^ ^""""''^ °"' *° ^« l^'^^ fauge2, Sec. 10. HoLsCSJaKlZlTy^Mf rE"r J°""^^"P. (^' lioneer settlers and one of Hip r^rv,^ • ^ • , ^- -^- -Boake, one of the easily broken, anV.iv\fe I^T" L^'!!'!™' I'"°'J f8™t». The .od n ; give him his homestead an bat this is of th. the land agents o; om the Homestea after he has mad o the agent to b applied for in th obviates this difl 3 townships, ever •y of the land, an agents of the Comf ^ 'oTtfrsoU ilt^tte r^'^^^^% ^^^^^^^^ol^ superior IL ,^!!!i^/l^»e lowest land"lntX"on'Th " dZfaXi J'".', ^'"'"1' "^* ^'^ - wnships ; wo may here mention fblSf ■ i^.^'^'* ^''''^ ^" *'»« Company's .e hundred and seven yTetoVs of ^nVr^ "^ ""«' «>^t about >rs in the course of from twelve ofieL^^^^^^ '^3' the set- ^ h s work-, who put this large ouant?tv S^l Eight men were employed Inch could be seen at adSLZlnff ^'^^ '^^"^ ^onv stacks, one of ^ding to the settlement. Na S fru t^ f'^^'\ *° *l^ ^"^« '^ "^e trail 'cl to by Mr. John J. Smi^who ffl /°^^^^^"°'^*"'''^• ^« t^sti- 'ction 12, Township 2b, Sngef He srvt'fn /."^^ ^ P^'^* «^ >mpany, which is now in tlipir nnf.! ^ "t*^ ^^"®'' addressed to the "ndance in almost eveTy paiTo thrPof '""' f ^^^^ ^^^" strawberries in fine flavor, and larger t?an I h/vl ""^ = ^^^^'^ '^"'^ ^«'^ raspberries of 'eslme, England? Sr^ve oZ^^^^^^^ '' «"itivated in 1 1 saw currant bushL loaderdowi/^ifrfn/ ^.'' T^ I^>^^*^"^ '• ^ wild plums aud manv haw 10^8 ^o LT ?^^"f ^""* ' ^^'^'^ a^e some To the stock-raiser^ es^ ow '«). n. ff^^i-^' '''"°° *'^^ ^'i^^'- banks." for his operations, as ow ng rtfeen?1nT '^''^^'^8^^ favorable isses and the drvness and 1 p«ImL? fl^ ^°'^ nchness of the native id can be Iargel7rd Zfi aht v„ • '1 "lu^" "^^^^'^ '^''^^^'' «attle of every older provif^S 3 Unl dttaTeTbd^ "nr''"^" '^^^^^^« ^«^-°- - ....uuu.uuu. H. - Mr. Wesley Jackson, formedy Swnsvfew T if T"^ '^•'"^• ,rger crops by faifmesteaded and now owns part of Secti^nT r?' ^''\^. Township, who has li in Ontario. Thff^ confidence in the profit of stokiS^^^^^^^ ^^' ^^"^^ '"' ^^' %lers have decided toK f?om Oniar oT '"^ \' ^''f^^ ^^^^ ^'^ «°d <>^^^^ aotherstofikdnvJn^t^c!'^!^^^ '- — ^ °^ °^««' cows. hfliffir« lerwise than profiTable arthe Imin^"/ ^^'' '''■*?''^ °*' ^'^^^^S cannot be idjoining 160 acre 5 without interest] y Fee for Home vhich goes to th aeighborhood at ;oing the fee siiu fteen vears of af.' re land from tin s the settler wli 10 appointed for tliat purpose, who will only allow the herd to feed on and roam over three sections. Wood is moderately plentiful averaging from 8 to 12 inches in diafneter much of It being larger and suitable for building purposes. AH of the Com- pany s townships have more or less wood thereon, except Township 26: Kange 8, which is entirely ti-eeless; Townships 26, Eanges i and 5, are welfi supplied with wood of superior character, and are wonderfully well suited for early settlement ; that the wood is fitted for building purposes is prove by the fact that the settlers have already built several neat log houses. Fa _ fuel and fencing a sufficient quantity can be conveniently secured by eac liomesteader. " •' The lands of the Company are well watered throughout, chiefly by run- mng streams of sprmg water, which is both pure and sweet, being palatable to the tas.e and containing little or no alkali. One of the present settler has dug a well to the denth of eighteen feet, which now contains nine feei of spring water ; there are, it is true, as in most parts of Manitoba, ponds o: water, but m most cases these ar£ not round and deep but long and river shaped and apparently easily drained. One of the tributaries of the Whi Sand River runs ma northerly direction through Townships 25, Range and 26, Range 4, and contains excellent water, in which are considerabl, quantities of fish. This river is perhaps one of the most useful in the North west, containing several splendid mill privileges and affording excellent facili ties for drainaget ^ *i, /^ ai^^ition to the evidence of the present settlers in the Colony and the four Directors of the Company who have visited it, viz: Messrs. Jam Duncan, John J. Cook, James Armstrong and N. C. Wallace, who all testif to the exceeding richne, s of the soil, excellence of the water and man natural advantages of the location ; we append the following extracts of tl surveys and reports made by the Government Land Surveyors, under oat of four Townships, which will form a favorable average. Is gently Island is Irees in Ihow at kcross tl but this irst-clas Com "Th imall ruD md sand met any igricultui REPORT OF TOWNSHIP 26, RANGE 4. BY SURVEYOR D. C. o'kEEFE. BY Comr "Thi •f prairie ] ■jouth-east ilass and \ injure its 1 The a Commenced 12th November, 1880, ended 22nd November, 1880. " The soil is rich clay and sandy loam; clay and sand for subsoil : ti supposed tributary of White Sand River flows through the east part of th lownship; m places there are some large green poplars on its banks, i current IS very swift; there are also some swamps with good water • tl timber IS prmcipally on Sections 8, 8, 19, 30 and 32, which averages fro 18 to ZO inches in diameter, some dry and injured bv fire but ereafpr nsmi a green Poplar and Balm of Gilead, and is fit for lumbering! building tela^ ^^'''' fencing purposes ; the land is in parts undulating and in other parts lev Ihis lownship is m every way well adapted for settlement. (Signed), David Chas. C'Keefe, Dom. I;and Departme REPORT OF TOWNSHIP 27, RANGE 2. BTjjgURVEYOR ROBERT W. LENDRUM. " The soil throughout is rich black sand loam, depth varying from I mches to 2 feet, lying upon a gravelly subsoil. The surface of the count Dear 'ith the Yc lO say that nd easily Iready bro) i'op of pra ud buildin ue conditio 1 to feed on and roam^ 2 inches in diafneter,! 68. All of the Com' xcept Township 26| ges 4 and 5, are welij iderfuUy well suitec J purposes is proveiij 3at log houses. Foi tly secured by eacl tiout, chiefly by rxini eet, being palatablJ the present settler^ ' contains nine fees Manitoba, ponds o| i)ut long and riverf taries of the Whit iships 25, Range ich are considerablj useful in the Nortbf ding excellent facil : the Colony and oj viz: Messrs. Jamel llace, who all testifj B water and maul ^iug extracts of tLj veyors, under oatl] 11 Is gently undulating or low roUiug prairie interspersed with " Islands " Mn Island 18 a small bluff covered with f,rpp^^ nn^ ^^^u. e , islands. (An Irees in the bluffs are from 4 trfincTes\n tai^^^^^ P'^" n ^V'^'' ?^' [how above the surface. Therr.s T fine c Z J^ No wells of any kind Icross the township from SecS No 2 to Sect on SO Tr*''."'".?^ ^T^ but this township in lakes'and cheeks' is eooSrillf ll^'^'^fu *'"'°"°^- ^rst-class township for agricultural purpTes " '' '' " (Signed), Eobt. W. Lendrum, D.L.S., " ^^^^ Hawkesbury. EEPOBT OF TOWNSHIP 26, RANGE 8. BV SURVEYOR D. C. o'KEEFB, D.t.S Commenced 20ft October, 1880, ended luh November, 1880. fmall r?nnin| t'^tZl'IZ' Z.rtr'X''^ "'"^ except nnmeroue nd sand for Inbsoil ; a goo^d dealotltaes ne g aVe^lT' Zf^ niv 'nSl (Signed), D. C. O'Keefe. 3 4. vember, 1880. id for subsoil; ti] he east part of thj s on its banks, if th good water ; tlf bich averages fro| 3, but greater pa , building, fuel ail other parts leva Qt. C'Keefe, I;and Departmeij 2. h varying from] face of the count REPORT OF TOWNSHIP 28, RANGE 2. BY SURVEYOR G. B. BEMISTER, D.L.S., OF PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE Commenced 29th Oct., 1880, ended 12th Nov 1880 )f prairl'Tan7oTve?y"g:od1rii?v"^ ^^ t;o exceptions, it consists feovith-east parrhasLnsiderab bnl^ thp'^^^^^ "^ ''^''^''' ^he 3lass and well fitted forsettfempn^ ^ ^''^^' ^^*^"* fi^'^*- h«.e its fertility.^ iuSStll I^atlSl^l^Z^ ""'' '' „, , (Signed). G. B. Bemister. Ihe above Reports are all under oath. WHAT PRESENT SETTLERS SAY. ^As. Armstrong, Esq., ^''^''^ ^^^^'^y- ^"g- ^^t, 1882. Deap Sir Tn ^^^"^^'^f ^^^^^t^^* York Farmers Colonization Co ■me conditioi '^^^iri^z >,lt':^:jt:7iz'iX -^Ccr - T 1 TT , Yours very truly, John Holmwood. Waterloo, Allan Blyth, Dumfries, Arthur J. 12 ^ ; fcto^A't'li J,%„^ Meredift Teo„m.e«. C:o,mo J. McFarlanei ^pp the Siy XtSS gJoCfeel'"^ ^°"°'' ■>' ^"'■- "■"^ ''»"« J... Ak^,.o.„, Es».. Managing Dh-eeto.- YoA Steic A„"'^.■''r^ September "prOctrerT" ftSl", """B ttal dmtog the monlh, „, advantages Tnto cSdemtn '^2 '"^^ "'^^ *^^ °^*»4 in that section of the country than I s^w n Iv IT ^f ""^rJ"^""""! i am &c., yours truly, (Signed). Geo. Eakin. IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTED FOR 1883 resolved that its name should be York cftv S ' -i, '^f "^animousl, the prairie country that we may sLe d^v 1T ^P^^^^? '^^^^ g^ow u Toronto, the old ]vLdd%^?k of OnSo ^Tn M /'"''^'^ *° '*' "^^""^^ very best description ^ill be erected and' ,/,^*^%*°^™ ^ g"«t mill of tl, home prepared for thf m fnr tlna fi,^, n ? . " "^""^ '^^ o^^^e find £ in e..f „'. ..^t:i^:^r^!i^::x^! "'""" '° ^"^ ~""-i In this and other ways the Company exnect tn ho oK]« * iJ remunerative employment to evprv <,PtH«r .1. • • -l n ^^^^ *° P*'°^'^'^ ment and branch of Crrwhicrtl Letter ^ and every improve! Companv will h« .iv.n To h^m v " '*'" r^^'"" ?^^^^^ tin Company, however, do nottindThem^eWes t^tiremptmenuf "'' 1 X:e^^:x\?r ''-' '- -^"- ''^ iSx;rra^yVo7k d The in baranteed ice for the magnificent The fir th of Mar York To iher pariiei id early su eapest rat of York, who visiteil 13 kess of thei? uuderSng! ' ^^''''' ^"^^ ^^'"'^ "^« ^^^^^ial RAILWAY PROSPECTS. self to the Compa^n°bem» ihe molHiK? "t "'" "'™°«'; P» ™mmended bilway, on its way to Prince A Uwfi ." ^ ^?''"' *° construct the [.ad. "'"'sBity, but «e have no positive information concerning this .laiidTtlifweTkt™ Icf Z? °H ""■"^ "' "'^«"' """"'' «>«<" » THE FIRST PARTY. Hho^MtlT8l8°™1^tL'T'';''?'°"'^"''' ''"'™ T°™'° "t""' u-e .York Tr^nZfVr/et^'i^d'Tn^'lS'SfS?™ !■!!;■• ^ teapest rates and .itLirgSt^irco^mV!" ltd cttr^^^^^ '"'^ '' '"^ 14 U FREE TICKETS. Tickets will be issued aud sold at the Head Office 1 Vicfnvin qfr.««f thi«i^?? ^1" be directed and assisted in selecting some of the best lands in th s fertile district, for evidencs of which see page 9 Bear in r^iL f W u wiU repay any land hunter to visit the Com,mnv's fifad Offip^l VW • Stree , Toronto, and purchase one of these tS"s! as they arf Lsued a the lowest rates charged by the Eailroad companies. ^ ' REASONS WHY SETTLERS SHOULD LOCATE IN THE YORK FARMERS COLONY. !2nd\ bToT2 ll^'^nT ^'* fir«<^-°l^'^and in selected Townships. S\ r! ?/' S""""^ ^' ''*"^*"'^ °" ^ «"^^«yed line of Railway. Canada Pacfi^ R^^^^ '' "^'^^^^ '^^^ ^^^*^"^« °^ '»^« ^^^^ ^S of the /A^^ C^?f "^ ^^^'"^^ ^8'il way now m operation. (tlh\ r!'*"'^ *Af-,?'''"oP*"y ^^" ^'^^P^^ly ^«^«lop the Colony. (5th.) Because Mills, Stores, Blacksmiths' Shops, and evL public con /«.!, TT""" ^"^ ^"'"^ °°^ ^o«*ted. (See Maps.) ^ ^ '°° ^ LfstThe cXny" '^"^'^ '^ "*"^"^"* "^ ^^^^^-^ 0-*-- far ^'*'ioSsrd :?thX'rnry"'""^ *° ^^^^^* *^^ ^^*"^^ *« -p-- ^^ ^''"imr^haTla^n" '"' ""^''°" "^^ ^^«"^« ^ *-«^ -^-« their ^^*^ind^Sentees. '""'' '"''' Homesteads may be reserved for minors ^^°*V,,«n^''^"?f our resident Land Agents, who are also the Government tR; ilonT sp'ot^ "*"^^ *^ '''''' ^^^ ^°^-*-^ -^ ^«^a»ly e^- '''^'eitly^S^L^j:^^^^^^ '''' *° ^^^^^'^ ^^^ -PPl- — i ^''*'stLd!r"' wm'beTollt^ "■ '"''''^**'' rights of the <. Home ^'^* Yorlfcrdurlt th'*""' n^ P"'* °^ ^'^ ^""^"y ^"1 g«t f'^^^ Lots in . , "1" i^ity during the present season. nL^?^'''V''''^.i?'*°'^?^°'' °f *h' Company will be based on busi asth r RP «n? r'^n^'"' "'^'^'"''^ f'^ nationality, sentiment or religion settle^« Zn ' ^'°!P*°y T ^r^"^ ^y ^^'" ««"tract to put two ri6th f rL^ T'^- '?*^'°'' ^''^^^ ^^« y«*^« f'-^^ *be first of July lasi for specuTtlon S^'^'^^^ees the impossibility of holding the land ^^'^Vro^For.rZ *tf 'T^ development of the Colony and the improvements ^^'^^ mnv^fn ^"'? *''' ''f "'' r"i ^' ^l^^oyed in every case by the Com- ^;Xtrd^rb;"d!Sf ^ "'"' ^'^^"^'^ satisfactorfly perform 19th.) E tical. (20th.) E of th( (21st.) B bavin will t] To the Sha Gener Victor The I Company sideration supervisio: ! of action i In ad chosen, yo by memb< Armstrong opinion th the North' ridges. I rare instai through tl the plougt good watei wood is CO maples an and the N chiefly poj tracts of fi between is wood whic but no ho immediate The wood, which the natural ad drainage, < Many during the waggon fri who starte 15 \- Victoria Street, baser' of a quarter 3 first instalment that isaid for the trip to the North- the best lands in tr in mind that it Office, 1 Victoria are issued at the I THE YORK ivnships. f Eailway. Main Line of the ay- very public con- ass Ontario far r to improve his act where their srved for minors the Government and legally enter ipplies conveni I of the " Home get free Lots in ) based on busi ent or religion, •act to put two st of July last lolding the land e improvements fit&ble employ se by the Com^ ictorily perform (19th.) Because the interests of the settler and the Company are iden- tical. (20th.) Because the Company have the assurance of making money out of the sale of their lands. ('21st.) Because if the Company make a handsome profit out of their lands, having paid a reasonable price in cash for them, how much more will the settler make who gets his land for nothing or next to nothing. DIRECTORS' REPORT To the Shareholders for the year endiwj Wove))ibfr 30th, 1882, nihmitted at the General Annual Meetimj, held at the Head Oiiii^e nf the Coiiipani/, No. I Victoria Street, Toronto, on Tuesday, Jannarij 16, 1883. The Directors have much pleasure iu meeting the Shareholders of the Company at this their first annual meeting, and beg to submit for their con- sideration a full and extended report of what has been done under the supervision of your Board, and to recommend to their successors a course of action for the ensuing year. INSPECTION OF LAND. In addition to the surveyors' report upon which the tract was mainly chosen, your Directors thought it most desirable to have the land inspected by members of your Board, accordingly Messrs. James Duncan, Cook, Armstrong and Wallace visited the Colony and returned unanimous in the opinion that the tract will compare most favourably with the best parts of the North -West. The soil is chiefly a black loam with occasional gravel ridges. The surface of the land is undulating, in no place hilly, and in very rare instances too low to be easily drained. Numerous spring creeks run through the townships, and unlike in Ontario rarely break the land so that the plough can be used close up to the stream. These creeks contain very good water and afford good facilities for draining the land. So far as the wood is concerned it does not strike us who have been accustomed to large maples and lofty pines, as being of a description to boast of, but for Manitoba and the North-West, the wood iu our townships is of a superior kind — it is chiefly poplar averaging from 8 to 12 inches in diameter, there are numerous tracts of from 40 to 60 acres in a block, and the large open spaces of prairie between is generally of the very richest character ; there also exists smaller wood which is known as scrub, and which may be considered objectionable but no homesteader could have enough on his farm to prevent him from immediately ploughing and cultivating a large portion of his 320 acres. The wood, the water, and the soil is therefore up to the representations which the Company made from the beginning, while some of the other natural advantages such as water privileges, town sites, and facilities for drainage, exist far beyond our expectations. PROGRESS OF SETTLEMENT. Many almost insuperable difficulties have stood in the way of settlement during the past season. The late spring and the distance to be travelled by waggon from Brandon, prevented many settlers from reaching the Colony who started from here with that intention. Then the great bulk of settlers followea the C. P E. on its route westward, and took up land far inferior to the land north of the Eiver Qu'Appelle, alou^ the line of railway then ZZ constructed, and here your Board of Directors believe that they have, outside of then- own judgment, evidence establishing the superiority of the Com- pany s lands m the fact, that notwithstanding the diffiiultv of getting to th SoTfti r"; fn ^ '^T P^"'^ *',''^>' ^^'^^^ ^'t'^""* exception, we have about aoot the best settlers to-day resident in the North-west. These settlers wer. itlT'u '" l".? ^^r }''^ '""'^^' ^^'^" '^"«^'^"" t^^^t railways there, as I • Tnd IT "\f '^]' cl^stncts olfering the best prospects of a profitable trado, thplvTn 1 *^'^r'r^°g ^:»^e°°« of tl>« satisfaction of these settlers witi; tlieii lands, in that upon their recommendation very considerable numbers of their friends will join tliem in the spring. WHAT THE SETTLERS HAVE DONE ofani^f"\^' breaking a considerable amount of rich land, they have cut and tacked a large quantity (about 175 tons) of splendid pra rie hay, have bui sev i-a houses lor themselves and, under instructions, for the Company, a with a ni ;r^"^^ ^" connection with each house, so that a Homestead Tar V JZ .r'''" •^'''^ "" '""P^*^ °^ ^""^^ ^r«^^°' ^^y be offered to the eaily settler m he coming spring. New potatoes of fine size and flavour were ready for the settlers' table on 1st of September, which wLe planted under the praine sod during the latter end of June. Onl of thl settlers 1 a opened an Emporium tor the sale of agricultural implements and propose li dt « efr w nf T T^' tr^il« through the Colony, and have already laici in tlieir wheat and oats for spring seeding wintednTi "tir'olony.'^'" '' ^'^"' ' ""*=^^ ^°" '^^ ^°-«' -*^ ' -^^lers PROSPECTS OF SETTLEMENT NEXT YEAR. t«kp H.O '1°^'*?''^^°" Of the C. P. R. westward will enable our settlers to DhPonr^f T "'*'"? 86 miles of our southern Townships, and ^our Duectors have under consideration the construction of a new trail from a point straight south of tiie Company's lands, and at a placlwhere wZe wood Sta ion is said to be located northwards t^ the Colony Your Diecto^ landsT. i'^l' ^^''^ «t«g^«J^o"W be run from this station^o the Company • lands regularly once or twice a week, and that when a sufficient number of nLrSS Zumbfr^; '^"". f ^^' ^ ""P^^'^ ^^ provisionsTd':;he necessaiies should be kept on hand to be conveyed to the Colony. The fact tfon t?b"&r\.'''^ '"^^I"" ^"^"^^ Companyintimating'^iheir n ten tion to build their road through or near the Colony during the next summer will also have a very good eiiect upon the settlement of tlfetiact ' ilie Company s earnings up to the present time in putting in settlers will far more than pay the expenses of the Company to date. AGENTS. ih. ^,T '1"'-^*^^^ ^^t? ••^rr-ointed four resident Land Agents who will take ttilf'" f"" F and legally establish him on his Homestead. Thi^I very satisfactory to the settler, saving him time, trouble and expense compled case the seftW SaTT'"/ ^'' Ttf ^'^ '' *^^ ^^l^^' - i^' tJ^'l^rer case the settlei has often to travel 50 or even 100 miles to find his Home- tead and tl to find it al therefore th ested in loci PROJ In agai tages, your lossession c or indeed el ake in a r ship 20, Rai 60 rods of i1 what enhani tnct rich in able site for President of is lowest, ar the flow of V Humber. Your D build upon I store house [stances reqi although la [powerful ag value of the 'lie purchase a price for tJ Your L out of a tow. also the erec the nucleus mend that e' grafted the residence in to be renewe iu the North ii substantia] so substantif thus indicate the influence 15 or even 8i have a Post that two, if 1 the present s pauy's fitagej iarly ; there > friends than to enjoy his nd far inferior to .ilway then beint; hey have, outsitlc rity of the Com- of getting to th( n, we have about lese settlers weic .ys there, as elst- I profitable trade, ese settlers with derable numbers ley have cut and ! hay, have built the Company, as at a Homestead be offered to the 3ize and flavour ch were planted '■ the settlers has ts, and proposes stock. Besides id have already B, with 4 settlers our settlers to iships, and your iw trail from a ie where "White- Your Directors the Company's lent number of sions and other lony. The fact ing their inten- e next summer, act. ing in settlers, 3 who will take . This is very nse, compared 3 in the latter find his Home- 17 stead and then to return the same distance to be legally entered for it onlv to hud It already entered for by some one else. Each "land agent will' have tlieretore the control of two townships, but is so paid tliat he is equally iuter- /^sted in locating the settler upon any of the Company's lands. PROJECTS DECIDED UPON AND RECOMMENDATIONS. In again referring to the interior of the Colony and its natural advan- tages, your Directors cannot too heartily congratulate the Com])any upon the possession ot a magnificent mill privilege rarely equalled in the North-west or indeed elsewhere. A tributary of the White Hand liiver flows from Leech Lake in a northerly direction through the Company's lands, and in Town- slup 20, Range 4, Section 13, this river has a fall of from 12 to 15 feet iu (JO rods of Its course, thus furnishing a mill privilege of great value, and what enhances this value is the fact that this point is the ceutre of a dis- trict rich in agricultural capabilities and presents a natural and most favour- able site for the location of a town. The river referred to was crossed by the 1 resident of the Company at this point at a time of the year when the water IS lowest, and it was estimated by him and others, who accompanied him that the flow of water in tne river was nearly equal to three times that of the'river Humber. Your Directors have had under their consideration and have decided to build upon this site a grist mill with store house attached. The mill and store house will be built with a view of extending their capacity as circum- stances require, and .ue cost of this^ permanent and valuable structure although large, will at once prove a remunerative investment, will be a powerful agency to induce early settlement, and will largely enhance the value of the Company s lands. Already apphcations have been made for J.ie purchase of some of the Company's land, and it is now necessary to fix a price for the same. '' Your Directors would strongly urge upon their successors the laviiie out ol a town site upon the section referred to and adjacent to the mill "and also the erection of a general store and blacksmith shop, thus providing the nucleus of an important town in the Colony, and thev would also recom mend that every settler, his wife and daughters" over 15 years of age be each gra^^ted the fee simple of a lot in the town at the expiration of six months residence in the Colony, such a grant to apply for the present year only and to be renewed as circumstances require. The days for operating paper towns lu the North-west are happily over. The opportunity to locate^and build un a substantial and prosperous city ought to be within the grasp of a Company so substantial and progressive as the York Farmers. The value of a town as thus indicated is not so much tlip value of the lots sold at a handsome price as the influence it has upon the surrc undiug district of country fdr a circuit of 10 15 or even 30 miles in the North-West. The supply stoi^ would, of course' liave a Post office in connection with it, and we are strongly of the opinion that two, if not more. Post offices can be established in the Colony durine tlie present season, each having at least a weekly mail carried by the Com pany's stage, which is intended to run from the C. T. E. to ih<. Colony reeu- arly ; there can be no greater boon to the settler moving from his home and friends than to be able to receive and despatch letters to them regularlv and to enjoy his weekly Globe and Mail as of old in his Ontario or other home 18 A MOST IMPORTANT MATTER. There is still a most important matter left lor your Directors to refer to, and that is the development of a jilan, the ojjeration of which will eventu- ally henefit the first settlers and the Company. Many of such settlers are not financially ahle to spend their whole time in working upon their own homesteads, and are obliged to seek employment upon some of the many public works boing carried on in older settlements, and are thus forced to leave their homes at cost and inconvenience to themselves and families. Some there are who never return, losing their own labor and discrediting the neighborhood they left. Now your Directors think this state of affairs can be changed and work mutually profitable to the settler and the Com- pany carried on, as for instance, the breaking and cultivating of portions of the Company's lands, raising wheat and oats to be carried to the Company's store house, and ground in the Company's mill. Your Directors would here refer to tlie large amount of work which the Company have already done during the present season in advertising the Company and its superior tract of laud, and in bringing before the public the advantages offered to settlers locating in the Colony. Much has been done by the personal inspection and exi)loration of the members of the Board already referred to, in enabling the Company to speak positively of the quality of the land, andto guage, benefitting by their actual observation, the especial and best mode of developing the Colony and promoting the interests of the Company for the present year. Our Managing Directcr has been, and now is in constant and regular communication with a staff cf agents who are working to secure settlers, and the outlook as gathered from them and other sources is most en- couraging. Meetings have been held and others are proposed at which the liveliest interest has been evinced by intending settlers, in the description of the land and full information respecting the Colony and its present settler development and railway prospects, conveyed to them by our Managing Director. With a view of getting the full benefit of what has already been done in Ontario and elsewhere tor the Company, it is proposed to place first class agents at Winnipeg and Whitewood from the beginning of the season to the close, so that settlers who have left their homes to locate in the Colony may without fail reach their destination. Our Managing Director is also in communication with a shareholder of the Company who proposes to visit Scotland during the present winter and bring back with him a lot of well- to-do tenant farmers, it is proposed and arrangements are now being made to convey these parties to the Colony without halt or delay. Your Board of Directors in pursuance of a recommendation made by our Managing Director with reference to the desirability of acquiring two adjoining Townships, viz.: Townships 25 and 26, Range 3, have to state that a Committee consisting of the President, Managing-Director, and Mr. John Aiken were appointed to take immediate and vigorous steps to carry into effect the recommendation referred to, and after considerable correspondence and negotiation, with the consequent delay, matters have progressed favor- ably and your Directors hope to be able to announce at an early date the acquisition of these two valuable additional townships. Thus have your Directors indicated what has been done in the past and what they recommend for the coming season. A new and short route to the Colony from the Eailroad, a mail and passenger stage service on that route, one or more general stores and post oflfices, the erection of a blacksmith's shop, store house, and grist mill upon a surveyed These inter mined and class of sett in prosecuti tion Compa who put th( Your officers for ( with its fine the fear of 1 All of ^ A. G. LIG TheCc in their Co! given the f without setl a safe and p the first wit conditions ( himself or the expirati as may be received for not been th announcemi ment shouk or its ager opportunity emption a f and price at at prices an fitable to th Applicf their applici ectors to refer to, liich wJll eventu- such settlers are npon their own mo of the mauy re thus forced to 38 and families, and discrediting a state of affairs !r and the Com- ig of portions of D the Company'H work which the I advertising the le the pubhc the las been done by le Board already he quality of the especial and best the Company for w is in constant orking to secure urces is most en- ed at which the the description present settlers, our Managing las already been ed to place first ig of the season te in the Colony [rector is also in proposes to visit m a lot of well Dow being made idation made by f acquiring two 3, have to state irector, and Mr, ;ep8 to carry into correspondence regressed favor n early date the in the past and ad, a mail and stores and post grist mill upon a surveyed town site which we would recommend to be called York City These internal improvements of the Colony together with a systematic deter-* mmed and vigorous effort to put in, as we have already done, the very best class of settlers in large numbers, and to use the very best means as hitherto in prosecuting our work, will keep us as we are now in the van of Coloniza- tion Companies, and make our undertaking immediately profitable to those who put their money into it, and whose trustees we have the honor to be. Your Directors conceive that with effective machinery and capable officers for carrying out these projects, the York Farmers Colonization Co., with its fine tract of land, have a lever which will raise the Company beyond the fear of failure and to the assurance of financial success. All of which is respectfully submitted. A. G. LIGHTBOUEN, N. CLARKE WALLACE, Secretary, President. LANDS FOR SALE. • ^T^e Company -e now prepared to offer for sale 80,000 acres of land in their Colony. In every case, should he apply for it, the settler will be given the first opportunity of purchase. The lands will be sold with or without settlement duty and on terms and at a price which will render them a safe and profitable investment. Two methods of selling have been adopted the first without any conditions of settlement whatever, and the second with conditions of settlement, viz.: the purchaser either to reside on the lands himself or to provide a settler who shall do so at some future time say at tne expiration of one, two, three, or four years from the date of his pu'rchase as may be mutually agreed upon. Applications have frequently been received for the purchase of the lands of the Company, but until now it has not been thought advisable to offer any for sale. This then is the first announcement to the public and those desirous of securing a good invest- ment should make immediate application to the Head Office of the Company or its agents. The settler more especially should avail himself of the opportunity now offered to acquire in addition to his homestead and pre- emption a further tract of land at a moderate price. The favorable terms and price at which the Company obtained the lands will enable them to sell at prices and upon terms which cannot be other than satisfactory and pro- fitable to the purchaser. ^ Applicants for the purchase of any of the Company's lands should in their application describe the same as minutely as possible. 20 USEFUL INFORMATION. DOMINION LANDS REGULATIONS. . The following regulations for the sale and settlement of Dominiou LandH in the Proymce of Manitoba and the North-West Territories shall on and after the first day of January, 1882, be substituted for the regulations now in force, bearing date the twenty-fifth day of May last :— 1. The surveyed lands in Manitoba and the North-West TerritoricN shall, for the purposes of these regulations, be classified as follows : Class A.--Lands within twenty-four miles of the main line or anv branch hne of the Canadian Pacific Railway, on either side thereof. Class B.- Lands within twelve miles, on either side, of any projected line of railway (other than the Canadian Pacific Railway), approved by Order in Council pubHshed in the Canada Gazette. Class. C— Lands south of the main line of the Canadian Pacific Rail- way not included in class A or B. Class D.— Lands other than those in Classes A, B, ani C 2. The even-numbered sections in all the foregoing classes [are to bo held exclusively for homesteads and pre-emptions : i "^ ui a. Except in Class D, where they may be affected by colonization agreements as hereinafter provided. b. Except where it may be necessary out of them to provide wood lots tor settlers, c. Except in cases where the Minister of the Interior, under provision.'. of the Dominion Lands Acts, may deem it expedient to withdraw cer am lands, and sell them at public auction or otherwise deal witli ttiem as the Governor-in-Council may direct Pacifi'c Sw^aTcTpaTy' "^^""^ ^^ '''''' ^ ''' '''''''' '^^^ '^^ ^-^^-^' .2.5^p:^t;^^;s:?^:sssr^^^^^^ ' ''''' '^ ^-^^-^ a. Except were they have been or may be dealt with otherwise by the Governor-in-Council. ^ 5. The odd-numbeied sections in Class D shall be for sale at $2 per acre, payable at time of sale : ^ P a. Except where they have been or maybe dealt with otherwise bv the Cxoveruor-m-Council. ^ provided^""''^^ ^^""^^ ^^''^''^ ^^ colonization agreements, as hereinafter 6. Persons who, subsequent to surve •, but before the isqiiP nf th,. Order-m-Council of 9th October, 1879, excluding odTuumbeed section ""~.^- 7 -"JJj. touk pusauaaiou 01 lana m oUd-numbered sections bv residmg on and cultivatmg the same, shall, if continuing so to occupy them be permitted to obtain homestead and pre-emption entries as if they we on even-numbered sections. ^ 21 it of Dominion srritories siiall, the regulation >, ^cst Territories ollows : liu line or any er side thereof, f any projected Avay), approved -n Pacific Eail- asses [are to be >y colonization )vide wood lots ider provisions it to withdraw atherwise deal f the Canadian be for sale at berwise by the sale at §2 per otherwise by as hereinafter issue of the )ered sections ed sections by occupy them, 1 if they were SYSTEM OF 8UBVEY. The system of survey in force in the Dominion lands in the Nnrfl, »ncf « very Bimple and eanily understood, even by one entirelV innv^^^^^ he lands are laid off i/townships. ;hich ar7almost" quat TfoZ'Zlt ISfTjT't ^""^ ""-''^ ''^''\ ^''''^ ^^"*'-« ^« ««°tre of road al o^^ares BouNDAKv Line, between the territories of Canada and those of th« TTnTi to liix sections ot 040 acres, or one square mile •■""tj' L iZ^^ °?"^ i ^'T ^"''^eyed in the North-west is marked on the tn-ound H>c»to the range. Qaarler section posts areVmriy marked? W?«, f,"" poml. fully understood, it is not difaLll for t heTosWor ttJXtZ tent" "»* '"■ "" --™^ '0' H=sX Co^pat-and"?;; POPULATION AND RAILWAY CONNECTION. lAndye\Vrdoit°tLl''thTtT°"'^? Ir'^'^i ^° '^' ^^«* y««^ or two. ^eirown, and the country's prospecti ^ ' enthusiastic about I The great drawback which has hitherto fiyi«fp^ f« *u. „„.x,._-. , . laiinicoba and the Nnrfli Woof •.,;„ *. n- "' "■' ^ctucuieni; oi J^rovincestnrthe world Ren^^^^^^^^^^ connections with the sister 22 FORM OF GOVERNMENT. Is practically the freest -^ the world. The people are the source of po Ihere 1.1 no hereditary a. tocracy to hind society in clasd traditional! We have" constitutional governmeut-the most easy and rational arrai meut between Republicanism and Monarchy—and every household has franchise. Die taxes are much lighter than in the other Provinces, in are such a mere nominal thing that they are not worth taking to accoun an mtending settler's calculations. HOMESTEAD AND PRE-EMPTION. Let us explain these words so that even the most ignorant can un stand them. By homestead is meant a lot of 160 acres which becomes personal inahonable property of any individual, of the age of majoritv v chooses to settle permanently on it, and perform the usual clearing, b« mg up, and agricultural duties, in one word, make a home of it for him and family. To every such actual, Imm jide settler this lot is given fre all payment. By pre-emption is meant securing a lot of 160 acres under r interest ^*^'°^ ^^"^ *'''^' ^"^ ^^ ^""'^ ** '^'^ ^°^ °^ ^^^^^ y®*" "^'^^ ff ?'^^? ^u^ several conditions of the most liberal and beneficient nat attached to the homestead If-w, which are intended to benefit thewoor sett for instance, -exemption from seizure for debt of ordinary furniture, t and farm implements in use, also one cow, two oxen, one horse, four sh two pigs, and food for the same for thirty days," and the land cultivate, the debtor provided the extent of the same be not more than 160 acres which case the surplus may be sold with privileges to first mortgages, house, stables, barns, fences on the debtor's farm, are, by this Act? dech / fu- T ^^'''"'■®' ir^ ''"'*"^ "^ *'* '^"ts of execution issued by any C< of this Province. No limit is placed on the value of the farm or home matter how great it may become. Sketch of a Township shewing the Numbe.n :i 'h,_. Vecf/ons. ■< en o O u GQ "c O 'X. n Eh 31 .32 83 34 86 ■ ■ •' m 30 19 129 28 27 *26 25 20 21 22 28 24 18 17 16 16 14 18 12 7 #8 9 10 + 11 6 1 5 ! 4 3 2 1 CO n n o o r 00 w c H M o >■ X PVPn n^riw i °°^ ""'^^ «*1"*'"^' *°d consists of 640 acres. . HnLX5 ' /.\''-''° :"" "^" York Farmers Colony is now open for Homesteads and thQ»r attached pre-emptions !> o Si: