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An Economic Land-Settlement Policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

W. D. Albright*
Affiliation:
Beaverlodge, Alberta
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Abstract

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Notes and Memoranda
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Political Science Association 1936

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References

1 Sale of School Lands, July, 1928

In the summer of 1928 auction sales of school lands were held at five points in the Peace River district, and at High Prairie adjacently situated but actually lying in the Athabasca watershed. The following is a statement supplied by the acting commissioner of Dominion lands showing the highest, lowest, and average price obtained at each of the six points:

Sale of Indian Reserve Lands

Sold at Fairview, Alta., June 15, 1929, per memorandum from J. D. McLean, assistant deputy and secretary, Department of Indian Affairs, Ottawa:

While these were boom-time sales and prices were admittedly excessive, they are nevertheless significant.