"a7ad0b67-001c-46e1-987c-569ac56dce3f"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BURNABY SMALL HOLDINGS."@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1198198"@en . "Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia"@en . "British Columbia. Legislative Assembly"@en . "2014-11-26"@en . "[1897]"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcsessional/items/1.0063699/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " 60 Vict. Burnaby Small Holdings. 597\nRETURN\nTo an Order of the House for a return showing how many of the settlers on what\nare known as the \" Burnaby Small Holdings \" have complied with the conditions\non which they were allowed to enter upon the lands ; also, for any reports relating\nto these settlers and their holdings which the Government has in its possession.\nGEO. B. MARTIN,\nChief Commissioner of Lands and Works.\nLands and Works Department,\n4th March, 1897.\nNOTE.\nSixty-one blocks are at the present time under lease.\nThe report of the Assistant Government Agent for New Westminster District shows that\n50 of the lessees have resided and made improvements upon their holdings, and that the\nlessees of the remaining eleven blocks have either not improved or not occupied the land.\nOn the 26th of June, 1895, one lessee paid rental from 1st September, 1894, to 31st\nAugust, 1895. No other payments have been made by any of the lessees.\nA notice, similar to the one annexed, was mailed in December last to each lessee whose\nrental was in arrear, but no payments have been made.\nAll replies received from the lessees in acknowledgment of the notice express regret at\ntheir inability to make payment.\nLands and Works Department,\nVictoria, B.C., 1896.\nSir,\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nI beg to call your attention to the fact that you have not made payment of the annual\nrental due by you as lessee of Block , subdivision of , small holdings, District.\nFor your information I subjoin a statement of the amount due, and which you are required\nto pay in order to avoid the forfeiture of your lease, which was granted ,189\nAmount of 1st year's rental due , 189 , viz : $ ; total amount due, $\nI have the honour to be,\nSir,\nYour obedient servant,\nDeputy Commissioner of Lands and Works. 598 Burnaby Small Holdings. 1897\nNew Westminster, B.C., Feb'y 2nd, 1897.\nW. S. Gore, Esq.,\nDeputy Commissioner of Lands and Works,\nVictoria, B. C.\nSir,\u00E2\u0080\u0094I have the honour to inform you that, acting under instructions contained in your\ncommunication dated Jan'y 20th ultimo, and addressed to the Government Agent in this\ncity, Mr. Robson, I, on January 21st and following days proceeded to Central Park and made\na detailed and thorough inspection of the claims in that vicinity commonly known as\nthe Burnaby and South Vancouver Small Holdings, with a view to ascertaining for your\ninformation \" the nature and extent of the improvements made on the various small holdings \"\nand also \"as to occupancy \" of the claims.\nIn face of your explicit instructions I was careful to make my inspection with attention\nto detail. Wherever possible I made my measurements in the presence of the lessee, and at\nthe conclusion read over rny notes so that he might point out to me anything which had been\npassed over. \"Slashing,\" of itself, not being an improvement upon which a certificate would\nbe issued to a pre-emptor, I have treated such work in this Report as being of minor importance\nand merely estimated, not measured, its extent. Indeed, in some cases it would practically\nhave proved impossible to have chained this work, except at the expenditure of such time and\nlabour as the importance of the matter did not seem to require. In instances where the lessee\nwas absent, I was careful to ascertain as far as possible, from neighbours resident, details as to\nwork done, both before and after visiting the holding.\nSub-Division No. 1 of Lots 151-2-3, N.W.D.\nLeased by E. Spillman : 5.49 acres. 1 acre cleared ; well 14 feet in depth ; ditching 1\nchain ; house in course of erection, 37 feet x 41 feet, 1| story and basement.\nSub-Division No. 2 of Lots IB 1-2-3, N. W.D.\nLeased by Chas. Freedham : 5.33 acres. House 24x30, with kitchen 11x12; hen-house\nand run 24x24 ; hen-house and run, 20x36 ; barn, 21x12 ; well 17 feet in depth. The whole\nleasehold has been slashed and burned over. Clearing, 1 chain 64 feet x 7 chains 33 feet; a\nnumber of trees being planted ; one horse, poultry, ifec ; occupant and family on the premises.\nSub-Division No. S of Lots 151-2-3, N. W.D.\nLeased by H. Plester : 5.95 acres. House and shed, 30 feet x 15 feet; well 25 feet in\ndepth. The whole claim fenced, front and sides in pickets, the back in rails, the whole\nenclosure including,\u00E2\u0080\u0094clearing, 2 chains 14 feet x 2 chains 62 feet; clearing 4 chains 60 feet\nx 1 chain 6 feet; fruit trees and bushes planted ; resident ; well improved.\nSub-Division No. 4 of Lots 151-2-3, N. W.D.\nLeased by John Keefer : 6.60 acres. House (2 story) 26 feet x 31 feet ; well 56 feet in\ndepth. The whole claim slashed and burned. Ditching 7 chains 61 feet; cleared up 2 chains\n41 feet x 8 chains 30 feet ; hen-house 12x18; hen-run enclosed 89 feet x 56 feet; hen-house\n12x14; hay shed 16x18 ; horse, poultry, &c. ; fruit trees and bushes planted ; steady occupation.\nSub-Division No. 5 of Lots 151-2-3, N. W.D.\nLeased by S. Withrow : 7.25 acres. House (2 story) 22 feet x 40 feet; wood-shed 24\nfeet x 27 feet; well 58 feet; cow-stable 11 feet x 15 feet, with railed enclosure ; 2 hen houses\n14 feet x 25 feet, and 12 feet x 18 feet ; 2 hen-runs (picketed) 28 feet x 60 feet each ; front\nfencing (pickets) 4 chains 44 feet; side fencing (pickets) 1 chain 42 feet; fencing (pickets) 1\nchain 42 feet; fencing (pickets) 1 chain 7 feet; ditching 9 chains 1 foot; clearing 6 chains x\n2 chains 52 feet. The whole claim being practically improved. Large number of chickens,\ntrees and bushes ; occupation continuous.\nSub-Division No. 6 of Lots 151-2-3, N. W.D.\nLeased by W. M. Smith: 8.64 acres. Shack 12 feet x 18 feet; shed 7x12 ; fence (rail)\n1 chain 54 feet; cleared and planted 1 chain 54 feet x 60 feet; small slashing ; non-resident. 60 Vict. Burnaby Small Holdings. 599\nSub-Division No. 7 of Lots 151-2-3, N.W.D.\nLeased by A. Cook : 8.59 acres. House 25 feet x 20 feet; chicken-house 12 feet x 8\nfeet; stable 12 feet x 16 feet; well 8 feet in depth ; cleared land enclosed by picket fence, 2\nchains 60 feet x 1 chain 60 feet; draining 13 chains 24 feet; the whole claim slashed; horse,\npoultry, &c. ; occupation continuous by holder or his family ; well improved.\nSub-Division No. 8 of Lots 151-2-3, N. W.D.\nLeased by W. Frodsham : 5.87 acres. House 42 feet x 32 feet ; chicken-house run and\nstable 25 feet x 36 feet; well 17 feet in depth ; drains 3 chains 20 feet; fence (3-rail) 4 chains.\nWhole claim slashed and burned ; about 1 acre logged ; cleared and planted in trees, &c. ; 2\nchains x 3 chains 56 feet; chickens, &o. ; residential occupation; good improvements.\nSub-Division No. 9 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N.W.D.\nLeased by H. Evans : 6.10 acres. House 28 feet x 14 feet; shed 14 feet x 16 feet; well\n11 feet in depth; picket fencing 5 chains 33 feet; draining 1 chain 29 feet; about 3 acres\nslashed ; cleared up 3 chains 4 feet x 1 chain 29 feet ; cleared up 30 feet x 60 feet; resident.\nSab-Division No. 10 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N W.D.\nLeased by W Wilson : 6.33 acres. House 26 feet x 14 feet; lean-to 12 feet x 14 feet;\ncellar partly dug; well 17 feet in depth; about 2 acres slashed ; about 2 acres burned and\npartly stumped ; resident.\nSub-Division No. 11 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N. W.D.\nLeased by C. Lobley : 6.56 acres. House in course of erection 12 feet x 22 feet; ditching\n(good) 5 chains 39 feet; road to house about 7 chains. About 3 acres slashed and burned\nover, of which about ^ acre is cleared; residential occupation.\nSub-Division No. 12 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N. W.D.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 Leased by T. Brocklebank : 6.79 acres. House 22 feet x 14 feet; lean-to 10 feet x 24\nfeet; shed 10x16; piggery 5x8 and enclosure 24x24; fencing (picket) 8 chains 33 feet; well\n20 feet in depth ; draining 9 chains 59 feet; cleared land 4 chains x 2 chains 12 feet; about\n3 acres slashed, burned over, partly logged and stumped; resident; well improved claim.\nSub-Division No. 13 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, A. W.D.\nLeased by W. Bailey : 7.02 acres. House 30 feet x 45 feet; well 8 feet in depth ; shed\n12 feet x 10 feet; fruit trees and bushes ; cleared 3 chains 33 feet x 1 chain ; about 2 acres\npartly logged and burned ; continuous occupation by self and family.\nSub-Division No. 14 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N. W.D.\nLeased by A. McKay : 7.25 acres. House 18 feet x 36 feet; work-shop 18 feet x 24 feet;\nabout 2\ acres slashing ; stumped 1 chain 46 feet x 1 chain 36 feet; cleared up ; residential\noccupation.\nSub-Division No. 15 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N.W.D.\nLeased by G. Keefer : 7.48 acres. The whole claim chopped and burned over ; foundation\nposts for house 12 feet x 18 feet.\nSub-Division No. 16 of Lots 151-2 3, G. 1, N. W.D.\nLeased by H. Hoffmeister: 7.74 acres. House 16 feet x 24 feet, with stable beneath ;\nchicken-house 12 feet x 25; (this is one building); root-house 24 feet x 10 feet; about f acre\nfenced (rail) ; cleared for cultivation, about 2 acres ; ditching 41 feet; well 15 feet in depth.\nThe whole claim slashed; partly burned; partly stumped. One horse, fruit trees, bushes,\nchickens, &c, &c ; continuous occupation ; improvements substantial,\nSub-Division No. 17 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N. W.D.\nLeased by R. Hoffmeister: 7.99 acres. House 18 feet x 16 feet; wood-shed 14x12;\npiggery 10 feet x 10 feet; well 15 feet in depth ; rail fence 2 chains 40 feet; picket fence 104\nfeet ; ditching 100 feet; whole claim slashed and partly burned; garden about \ acre. 600 Burnaby Small Holdings. 1897\nSub-Division No. 18 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N. W.D.\nLeased by J. W. Weart: 8.22 acres. Large and commodious house in course of erection,\n45 feet x 36 feet\u00E2\u0080\u0094a handsome building; substantial outbuildings 40 feet x 14 feet; about 3\nacres cleared; good road, 10 feet wide, between Vancouver-Westminster trunk road and\ntramway line (depth of claim); ditching 6 chains; very substantial improvements. A negro\nand some Chinamen working on the place.\nSub-Division No. 19 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N. W.D.\nLeased by W. Colter : 8.46 acres. House in course of building, 18 feet x 24 feet. A\nlarge school-house and buildings occupy an acre of this claim.\nSub-Division No. 20 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N. W.D.\nLeased by Sarah E. West : 7.82 acres ; unimproved.\nSub-Division No. 21 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N. W.D.\nLeased by J. Hatch : 6.66 acres. House 12 feet x 15 feet, with addition 12 feet x 15\nfeet; about 40 fence posts put in ; a well; a little slashing and clearing. I found no one on\nthe premises.\nSub-Division No. 22 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N.W.D.\nLeased by Jas. Bunting : 7.28 acres; unimproved.\nSub-Division No. 23 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N. W.D.\nLeased by G. Bulman: 8.08 acres. House 20 feet x 20 feet; lean-to 20 feet x 10 feet;\nbarn 24 feet x 12 feet; well (protected); slashed and burned, perhaps 2 acres ; cleared about\n\ acre ; trees, &c. ; resident.\nSub-Division No. 24 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N. W.D.\nLeased by G. Paonessa : 7.27 acres ; unimproved.\nSub-Division No. 25 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N.W.D.\nLeased by Henry Greenway : 7.26 acres; unimproved.\nSub-Division No. 26 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N W.D.\nLeased by Arch'd Fowler : 5.49 acres. A little slashing and burning.\nSub-Division No. 27 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N.W.D.\nLeased by C. Kelly : 4.64 acres. A shack 10 feet x 12 feet; perhaps an acre of slashing.\nSub-Division No. 28 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N.W.D.\nLeased by C. H. Barrett: 5.17 acres. The whole claim slashed; partly burned ; partly\nstumped. From appearances a large clearance is being made here.\nSub-Division No. 29 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N. W.D.\nLeased by Smith Hamer; 5.18 acres. House 10 feet x 22 feet; well 10 feet in depth ;\nchicken-house 15 feet x 24 feet, with run on each end, each 84 feet in length, one being well\nenclosed with boards and picket fencing, the other partially boarded and practically ready for\npicketting; the whole claim slashed and partly burned ; a large number of chickens ; residence\ncontinuous.\nSub-Division No. 30 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N. W.D.\nLeased by A. Lobley: 8.83 acres. About 2 or 3 acres slashed and burned over; nonresident.\nSub-Division No. 31 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N.W.D.\nLeased by Jno. Moon : 7.70 acres. Cleared 4 chains by 1 chain 56 feet, the same being\npartially fenced (a thoroughly good piece of work); partially logged and burned, a patch rather\nlarger than this in area ; well 7 feet in depth. A small, well-cleared garden patch at back of\nhouse; house 22 feet x 13 feet; occupation continuous. 60 Vict. Burnaby Small Holdings. 601\nSub-Division No. 32 of Lots 151-2 3, G. 1, N. W.D.\nLeased by Charles Burchell : 4.91 acres. About 1 acre slashed, partially logged and\nburned; house in course of erection, 21 feet x 21 feet; occupant living in neighbourhood.\nSub-Division No. 38 of Lots 151-2-8, G. 1. N. W.D.\nLeased by D. Patterson : 5 acres. House 24 feet x 26 feet; wood-shed 10 feet x 12 feet;\nhay-shed 20 feet x 10 feet; chicken house 10 feet x 24 feet; chicken-run (picketed) 47 feet\nx 33 feet; well 22 feet in depth; the whole claim slashed, burned over and partially logged ;\ncleared for garden, 1 chain 30 feet by 3 chains 25 feet; occupation continuous by self or\nfamily ; improvements good all through.\nSub-Division No. 34 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N.W.D.\nLeased by H. Lockley : 5.92 acres; unoccupied.\nSub-Division No. 35 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N.W D.\nLeased by J. Wolf : 7.20 acres. Cabin 6 feet x 10 feet; foundation for house, 20 feet x\n18 feet; some bricks and lumber on the ground; non-resident.\nSub-Division No. 36 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N.W.D.\nLeased by A. Russell: 7.21 acres. Cabin 14x10; about 1| acres cleared; about 2 acres\nslashed, burned, partly cleared (impossible to measure, being under water); about 2 chains of\nditching ; a number of fence rails, shingle bolts, &c. ready ; very difficult to clear and drain;\ngood work done here, for which little can be seen ; occupation fairly continuous.\nSub-Division No. 37 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N. W.D.\nLeased by W. T. Woodean : 7.21 acres. House (1J story) 16 feet x 24 feet; lean-to 12\nfeet x 12 feet; stable and chicken-house 34 feet x 12 feet; hen-run (picketed) 48 feet x 32\nfeet; cleared land 4 chains 6 feet x 4 chains 27 feet; considerable slashing, difficult to estimate ;\nhorse ; fruit trees, &c. ; chickens; occupation continuous.\nSub-Division No. 38 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N. W.D.\nLeased by A. J. Alcock : 7.21 acres. Unoccupied.\nSub-Division No. 39 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N. W.D.\nLeased by W. M. Kitchen : 7.21 acres. Unoccupied.\nSub-Division No. 40 of Lots 151-2-8, G. 1, N. W.D.\nLeased by F. H. Harmer : 7.21 acres. Cabin 12 feet x 13 feet; slashed, burned and\npart logged, 4 chains x 2 chains 30 feet, a small patch of this being grubbed; occupation by\nresidence.\nSub-Division No. 41 of Lots 151-2-8, G. 1, N.W.D.\nLeased by P. Gray: 7.21 acres. A small patch slashed ; unoccupied.\nSub-Division No. 42 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N. W.D.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 7.21 acres.\nii ii 4^ \" 11 11 11 6.93 acres.\nLeased by Jno. Telford and Geo. Telford respectively. On the former claim is a clearing\n2 chains 43 feet x 3 chains 63 feet. On the latter claim is a clearing 3 chains 38 feet x 2\nchains 53 feet; well 8 feet in depth ; house 24 feet x 12 feet; wood shed 9 feet x 15 feet;\nrabbit run 12 feet x 15 feet; chicken-house and run (enclosed) 64 feet x 64 feet; fruit trees,\nchickens, pigeons, rabbits, &c, &c ; about 2 acres slashing. These claims adjoin and the\nlatter is continuously occupied by John Telford, the brother George or his wife being in and\nout from Vancouver. The work here is good.\nSub-Division No. 44 of Lots 151-2-8, G. 1, N. W.D.\nLeased by O. Goodacre : 5.90 acres. House 20 feet x 16 feet; kitchen 12 feet by 12\nfeet; chicken-house 20 feet x 12 feet; chicken-run 30 feet x 84 feet (picketed); well 17 feet\nin depth ; wood-shed and small chicken-house; rabbit corral 12 feet x 12 feet; slashing about\n1 chain x 3 chains ; slashing about A acre behind the house ; residential occupation. 602 Burnaby Small Holdings. 1897\nSub-Division No. 45 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N. W.D.\nLeased by W, Franklin : 8.41 acres. About 1 acre slashed and partly burned ; partly\nlogged up and burned 2 chains 19 feet x 2 chains 44 feet; occupant lives continuously on\nSub-Division 44.\nSub-Division No. 46 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N. W.D.\nLeased by George Brown : 4.24 acres. Unoccupied.\nSub-Division No. 47 of Lots 151-2-8, G. 1, N. W.D.\nLeased by Jno. Telford : 6.37 acres. Unoccupied.\nSub-Division No. 48 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N. W.D.\nLeased by : 7.20 acres. Unoccupied.\nSub-Division No. 49 of Lots 151-2-3, G. 1, N. W.D.\nLeased by James Carr : 8.41 acres. Shack 12 x 10 feet; an irregular-shaped cleared\npatch of not less than Jr acre ; small fruit trees, &c Leaseholder has not been seen in the\nlocality for months past.\nSub-Division No. 50 of Lots 151-2-8, G. 1, N. W.D.\nLeased by W. M. Smith : 2.5 acres. Store and Post Office 24 feet x 12 feet, with small\nlean-to ; house 24 feet x 16 feet; well 12 feet deep ; chicken-house 24 feet x 44 feet; grapery\n6 feet x 24 feet; cleared patches 2 chains x 36 feet; 4 chains x 35 feet ; 1 chain x 58 feet;\nfence posts, pickets, &c on the ground ; chickens ; continuous occupation. A small church is\nsituate on this land.\nSub-Division No. 1, Lots 36-49, G. 1, N. W.D.\nLeased by J. Grant : 5.84 acres. Clearing 4 chains 38 feet x 4 chains, having within it\na house 24 feet x 24 feet, a chicken-house and run 1 chain 62 feet x 6 chains 4 feet, a well 16\nfeet in depth, and being partially enclosed by 5 chains of rail and 4 chains of picket fencing.\nAnother cleared patch 2 chains 40 feet x 1 chain 25 feet. With the exception of about ^ acre,\nthe whole claim is slashed and partially burned. The clearing on this claim is quite exceptional, all stones, roots, "Legislative proceedings"@en . "J110.L5 S7"@en . "1897_29_0597_0604"@en . "10.14288/1.0063699"@en . "English"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Victoria, BC : Government Printer"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy or otherwise distribute these images please contact the Legislative Library of British Columbia"@en . "Original Format: Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Library. Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia"@en . "RETURN To an Order of the House for a return showing how many of the settlers on what are known as the \"Burnaby Small Holdings\" have complied with the conditions on which they were allowed to enter upon the lands; also, for any reports relating to these settlers and their holding which the Government has in its possession."@en . "Text"@en . ""@en .