To His Excellency the Right Honourable Lord STANLEY of PRESTON, Governor General of Canada, &c., &c. MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY: The undersigned has the honour to lay before Your Excellency the Report of the transactions of the Department of the Interior for the year ending 31st October, 1888. Respectfully submitted, E. DEWDNEY, Minister of the Interior. OTTAWA, 18th February, 1889. ..... ........ ...... ...... ...... Report of H. H. Smith, Commissioner of Dominion Lands.... Wm. Pearce, Superintendent of Mines.... J. M. Gordon, Inspector of Dominion Lands Agencies..... Annual statement of business transacted at the several Local Land Agencies in Manitoba, the North-West Territories and British 3225 H. B. W. Aikman, Agent of Dominion Lands, New Westminster, B.C............. 20 G. U. Ryley, Clerk of Timber, Mineral and Grazing Lands....... Schedule showing names of Lessees of Grazing Lands, and areas covered Statement of Receipts on account of Crown Timber Statement of Receipts on account of Grazing, Hay and Mineral Lands.. A.-Statement showing Receipts on account of Timber, Grazing, Hay and Mineral Lands, commencing with the Departmental year 1872-73 and ending 31st October, 1888...... B.-Statement showing Receipts on account of Timber, Grazing, Hay and Mineral Lands, commencing with the Fiscal year 1872-73 and E. F. Stephenson, Crown Timber Agent, Winnipeg.. Statement of Receipts at Crown Timber Office, Winnipeg.... Statement showing saw-mills operating under license in Manitoba, .... ...... .... Statement showing comparative prices of lumber sold in the Winnipeg District during 1887 and 1888.... Report of Thos. Anderson, Crown Timber Agent, Edmonton..... C. L. Gouin, Crown Timber Agent, Calgary.... .. Statement of Receipts at Crown Timber Office, Calgary. Statement showing saw-mills operating under license in the Calgary Statement of Receipts on account of Dominion Lands..... ...... ..... Report of R. S. Cook, Acting Crown Timber Agent, Prince Albert.... do do do T. S. Higginson, Crown Timber Agent, British Columbia.... .. Statement of Receipts on account of Crown Timber in British Columbia. Wm. Mills, in charge of Ordnance and Admiralty Lands...... Statement of sales during the year...... ...... Statement showing localities on account of which moneys have been .... Statement of Receipts on account of Ordnance and Admiralty Lands.......... Appendix A-Statement showing number of entries for Dominion Lands made at 60 61 62 64 do Head Office, and the Agencies of Colonization Companies.... 65 66 ..... PART II.-DOMINION LANDS SURVEYS. Report of E. Deville, Surveyor General ....... 2 ..... Schedule showing D. L. Surveyors employed during year ending 31st 8 do W. F. King, Chief Inspector of Surveys on Determination of Latitudes and Otto J. Klotz, D.T.S., on Determination of Latitudes and Longitudes....... 20 46 49 .... 50 ... .... 51 Schedule of Correction and Verification Surveys performed during the J. I. Dufresne, D. T. S. Sub-division Surveys in Kootenay District, British Columbia.............. J. L. Reid, D.L.S. Correction and Trail Survey in Prince Albert District.... A. Saint Cyr, D.L.S. Survey of Boundaries of Rocky Mountains Park..... 67 55 ... .... .......... ...... .......... ........... 559 57 59 ...... ...... 60 63 72 85 88 |