REPORT Of the Commissioner appointed to inquire into the grievances of the settlers within the tract of lands granted to the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company.
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alternative: INQUIRY INTO GRIEVANCES OF SETTLERS, E. & N. RAILWAY LANDS.
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is part of: Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia
creator: British Columbia. Legislative Assembly
issued: 2014-12-10
issued: [1901]
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note: 1 Ed. 7 Inquiry into Grievances of Settlers, E. & N. Railway Lands. 337 REPORT Of the Commissioner appointed to inquire into the grievances of the settlers within the tract of lands granted to the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company. By Command. J. D. PRENTICE, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, 2nd March, 1901. Victoria, January 4th, 1901. To the Honourable Sir Henri Gustave Joly de Lotbiniere, K.C.M.G., Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia. Youk Honour,—I have the honour, in pursuance of the Commission dated the 12th day of October, 1900, appointing me to inquire into the grievances of the settlers within the tract of lands granted to the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company, to report as follows :— The Commission was opened at Nanaimo on the 24th day of October, 1900. At the request of some of those who appeared, the taking of their evidence was adjourned until the 8th day of November, 1900. A circular letter was then sent by registered post to each person who was known to have claimed as a settler, and to those who were known to claim through prior settlers, calling attention to the adjournment and the time and place of holding the next sitting. Sittings, of which public notice was given, were also held at the Court House, Cumberland (Comox District), and at the Court House, Duncan (Cowichan District). No claimant appeared before me who had settled on land prior to the Railway reserve, of the 30th June, 1873. Every person who appeared before me had either received a grant under " An Act relating to the Island Railway, the Graving Dock, and Railway Lands of the Province," Chapter 14 (19th December), 1883-84, commonly called the "Settlement Act," either from the Dominion or from the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company, or had purchased or was devisee of land which had previously been so granted. Certain of the settlers on the Island Railway Belt who took possession of lands included in that Belt, and who are referred to in…
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identifier: J110.L5 S7
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