CANADIAX LAND SYSTEM.

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1239, 8 June 1880, Page 2

CA NA DIAX LAND SYSTEM.

lie following ttli of the Canadian Imd <>i • .a-, in ;i liMtei to the X<i Zta'thhl i, 'in <„ iiy aYr r.i . r^o Sain : — ■ 1 wilt p.iii i^i r.i -, id \ wh it the land t w ot iho uu->t ot ail D,in-h settlements :■>, i. ii uly picmi-ui'4 that n is founded i .on ihe inmbn d expeeen o of Upper nI L )\\cv .in id i, NlwU misuick, Nova Su>ua, Pniu-u ivU.irds I -lmc, British U >i jiu bi i, mi 'ho \ i t to ut, i ies formerly iii loi t. io H ivU >'i Bi\ C imp in} 7 , collects i\ kn iv. a ,i , ili ■ oin'iii.in at Canada. !\ t'.o U i .aui'iii Lm I, A r fioe grants if laud ,iii' m id > u> ov ly m ile or female i nl ot 1 iaaih, ."i ooiiuiiiun th.it they ie oue cu'ut a rp-i :o.ii-o on the Laid and 'la 1 on it -ix in .nfch«,in tht ye.v, and that ye a by ye ir hi-y hi mlt «tv nn leased area ii'i-lor culuv.it-i'Mi. is the la*>t ■ )ll>!io.»L ot th it l"io laous tomtory, and \v.i-> dditiur',l into t e Confederacy in 1.570. By it> l.md Liw evi.iy child of "lg'ifce^n y^dv- ,»hl o m take up 1(30 acres on Iho saino conditions. At the end of three yeiir> if tlio acoii'liLions li.ne been complie 1 w ith, a Ciown p.neiit is i,s-,ued, and thi'a the vjtrler c in deal with his land as ho hki „ Ou i ecciviny hi& the sertli'i- uuy pre-empt a further 1(30 acres, for wlndi ho must pay at the end of for -o yens 1-3 per acie, and then hu may p .rohase for cash 020 acieb more, or 610 acres in all. More than this he cannot buy, as no person in Manitoba can own more than 010 a^re*, or one square mile. Iv 187- tiie Legislature of Manitoba p,<s-,el in its firsfc .session a Homebtead ±3xll, which rnftct-. that the farm of 150 ■jciei ihe liou-e, stables, barns, fences, fuinituie, tools, farm implements, one 'jow, two oxen, one horse, four sheep, two pigs, and forty days' provender for the above live stock, are exempt f om seizure for debt. Under such liberal torms the new province ib rapidly filling up upwards of 20,000 .souls having arrived that year.' '

Ax E.VTRYORDIXARY BeQUFST. — A Well known citi/m of Brooklyn, United States, alike renowned for his wealth and eccentricity, died a few week* ago, and his last will and testament was. found bv his sorrowing relatives, with whom he" had been at odds during his life, to contain the following curious bequest : — ' 'I own seventyone pairs of trouser&. It is my desire that they be sold by public auction after my death, and that the product of their sale be dibtributed among the deserving poor of my parish. They must, however, be disposed of severally to different bidden?, no single individual being permitted to purchase more than one pair. " These di rection3 were duly carried out by the heirs-at-law. The beventy-one pairs of trousers were successively knocked down to seventyone purchasers and their price was handed over to the parochial authorities. A few days after the sale one of the buyers took it into his head to make a careful examination of his newly acquired property, aud found a small canvas bag neatly sewn up in the waistband. Upon opening the bag an agreeable surprise met his gaze, in the s>hape of ten 100 dollar notes. The tidings of this amazing 1 discovery spread like wildfire throughout Brooklyn and New York, and each fortunate possessor of a pair of these precious pantaloons Avas rejoiced to find his investigations rewarded by the acquisition of a sum equivalent to £200 sterling. It appears that the eccentric testator's heirs have instituted proceedings to recover the amounts secreted by him in the linings of his trousers from the present proprietors of those garments, on the ground that he was obviously out of his mind when lie made such aniasaue will.