Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 5, 1878, Winnipeg, Manitoba We port of the minister 1 the Interior. The minister of the Interior has under his supervision and control six separate and distinct branches of the Public service North West territories District of Keewatin indians and Indian lands ordnance and admiralty lands Dominion lands geological Survey. Embracing these the department is one in which this part of the Dominion has Peculiar interest. We there fore purpose reproducing copiously from the annual report now lying before us. Noktih West territories. During the last session of parliament an was passed amending the North West territories the principal object of the amendments being to define the scope of the legislative functions of the of the North West territory and to Uncle cd to to make better provision for the administration of Justice in the territories. Immediately after the establishment of the territories in october 1876, As a Separ ate government the honourable or. Laird. Sex minister of the Interior was appointed lieutenant governor and proceeded to Winnipeg in route for Livingstone or Swan River Barracks the provisional seat of Bov emment. His Honor reached Livingstone on the Lith november and took the oaths of office and entered upon his duties As lieutenant governor on the 27th of that of Tho Secretary of state to the gentlemen composing the Council of Keewatin inti mating that the emergency which had necessitated their appointment As Council lore having ceased to exist the government would be prepared to accept their Resigna Tion of their offices and on the 16th april last his Honor lieutenant governor Morris in his despatch of that Date notified the Secretary of state that the members of the Council had formally resigned. Although the accounts for the greater part of the expenditure made by the coun cil of Keewatin were approved by the Council and transmitted to the department for payment it was found necessary in order to guard the department against improper or extravagant demands to make some investigation in conjunction with the Mani Toba government into the accounts so presented. Dominion lands. The business of this Branch for the twelve months ended the 31st october last is fully set Forth in the report of Tho Surveyor Gen eral which will be found in Tho general appendix. Surveys. The area of land already surveyed in Mani Toba and the adjoining part of the North territories and will also serve to show Haw greatly the labors of this position of the staff of the department have been augmented. I have no doubt that the colonization and settlement of our North West territories will go on at an accelerated Pace and i nay Here say that your excellency s visit to that portion of the Dominion will be of very great advantage. The speech of your excellency at Winnipeg before your Depar Ture from Manitoba will i am confident 1w arest Council of the Lem Tonos is a present composed of Matthew Ryan esq., Hugh Richardson esq., and James a Mcleod , the officer in command of the mounted police Force in the territories. The two first named gentlemen being stipendiary magistrates Are sex offi Cio members of the Council. A legislative session of the Council was Holden from the 8th to the 22nd March last both Days inclusive. At that session several ordinances were passed which in accordance with Law were transmitted through the Secretary of state to this department for the consideration of your excellency. West territories amounting to some ten and a half millions of acres having proved sufficient for the immediate requirements of settlement it was not deemed expedient to incur further expenditure in this direction during the past season beyond subdividing township one in the ninth eleventh and twelfth ranges West of Tho Meridian thus completing the surveys of Tho South Westerly part of the province also townships nine teen and Twenty in the third Range East and township Twenty four in the fourth Range East situate in the Vicinity of the icelandic settlement on Lake Winnipeg. Indian 11kshkvh. Fourteen Indian reserves in connection with Indian treaties 2, and were surveyed during the year. Icelanders Road. The Survey and construction of the Road for die icelanders 1ms been satisfactorily completed during the year and those intelligent and Thrifty settlers now possess a convenient and direct communication of Espe Cial value in the Winter season Between their Colony and the old settlements in Mani Toba. I Tauisii Axi us Uvick. Surveys have been made of Tho several Ture from Mam Toua win j not Only attract to the North West people of other portions of Canada who Are Dis posed to look for new Homes but will also secure the favourable attention of those in the British Isles who contemplate Emigrant in to this continent. Upon the settlement vast regions depends the Realiza Tion of the aspirations of the Canadian peo ple to which your excellency to eloquently alluded of making the Northern half of this continent the Home of an intelligent enter prising population who no matter what their nationality shall become fused into one people possessing the habits of self Reliance and love of self government characteristic of our race. Safety. Ceo. F. Carruthers insurance Agency. Canada hotel Post office Street Winnipeg. The subscriber begs to inform his friends and the i bloc in general that the above hotel is for guests. Tho House is Large and can furnish splendid accommodations. Large Rook and Tiitu Bali second to none in this City. Only the test wine liquors and i Oaks Dkl t. War War the English Fleet Are lying before Constan Flint will be the result Kussian leather Anil Advance in Price to your Money you had better at once Call at and alld room. Lunch counter Iff the a is solicited. C. Prud homme. Foni fire fire and Marino urls lakh Globe Mutual life Toronto London Ping. Toronto out. . Toronto out. T to k Caledonia restaurant main Street is now open for the accommodation of the Public. Lila firm class House cannot be surpassed by any House in the province for style or Superior Ity in cooking. Charges moderate. The proprietor in returning thanks to his numerous friends for Pant patronage Lopes by strict attention to by illness to Merit a Large patronage for the future. Fresh oysters always on hand and done no in every style. Und Purchase your boots ill shoes lie is showing the largest Stock this All Tho newest Stylos in ladies an a gentlemen s roots or shoes travelling skiing or Sleigh ing. Arctic Over hot a Mosc Tisins in a great variety. Ojer certain of the ordinances in question being considered of special importance were translated into French printed in both the English and French languages Neil subsequently distributed throughout the territories. The following Are the titles of the ordinances so printed and distributed j a Dimanco to provide for the Protection of the Buffalo ordinance for the prevention of Prairie parishes in the province of Manitoba and of the outer two Miles or Hay privilege in the several cases appertaining thereto and also of the old settlements of Tho so called settlement Belt existing in Manitoba previous to the Transfer to Canada. So Kohy 01 . A number of Tho old highways or trails to which reference is made in Tho not 39th Victoria Cap. 20 have been surveyed and marked on the ground preliminary to Tho ii fro risks taken it. Current rates and policies department policies Aro granted on All the Moat modern and approved systems special feature endow mint policies at Kates. Old and Vloe pub Bents of above companies. Lubbock , , London eng. Kirk uni Ujj. Uoo son esq., lion. J. To Murrley. Toronto. Ont. Charles Magrath esq., pour palc son esq., 1 lion. Win. Cayley. Pliny Freeman esq., coring Andrews ksq., w. J. It Mcdonell Esq Consul for w. J. Shaw esq., fire Board for Winnipeg. Hon. A. G. B. Bannatyne Leo. Biown esq., Ontario Bank. Luce Kotrc Dame Street Winnipeg in Telegraph office. P. 0. Box 85. Call and Hee me. Donald Mccaskill proprietor. Fire and ma1unk Durance co. Of Hamilton. In new York . Rear of f25m National insurance company next Mooij to Donaldson hro., main Street. Look it tic Wili Dows Lom of bankrupt Stock having purchased the bankrupt Stock of Palmer Clarke Biro at 5oc. In "5? we intend to Clear it out for what it will i fetch. To be seen in the old premises i jmj r nearly opposite the Post office. Out the of oots and shoes. And Forest Prairies o. Ordinance for the prevention of Gam t.g6rdinance respecting infectious diseases and 5. Ordinance respecting masters and ser vants. The ordinances above referred to with the others which have been transmitted will be Laid before both houses of Lara ment As the Law requires. Keewatin. By i tue of your excellency s proc Lama bearing Date the 7th october 1876, the 39 Vic. Cap. 21, in titled an respect ing the North West territories and to create a separate territory out of part thereof came into Force and off pct. By this a Largo portion approximately about Square Miles of the North West Ler tones became detached therefrom and was set apart As a separate District with its own autonomy under the name of the District May be roughly described Asj. To. V . It i la Lull waa w Al being confirmed As Public roads under Tho provisions of that . The remaining trails it is intended to Survey Early in the ensuing season. Special Survey. The operations of the special Survey in the territories have been of a very satisfactory character the 3rd principal Meridian the 100th West of Greenwich having been reached on the 10th base and projected North of the Saskatchewan liver. Near fort Carlton and eastward of that Meridian Sut Focient Block outlines have been projected to locate Prince Albert and other important settlements on the North and South branches of that River. Important additional in formation has been obtained by the Survey season giving evidence of thai existence in Tuo Wiit Oiin of tracts of country admirably adapted agriculture. In this connection Tho sub depot of or. A. L. Llu Ssell d.l.s., in immediate charge of the Eastern division of the special Survey party will Well repay perusal. Or. Russell s b f4ll and Winter Stock. Robert Strake agent for Manitoba. Odd co. Thousands sav10u o v doll a us Lingo now on hand n most extensive Anil Cire Lully selected Stock of Kail and Winter Orous comprising every variety of comprising that part of the North West territories included Between the following meridians that a to say 91 dec. 8 my. And 100 Deg. 8 min. Both West of Greenwich stretching North to the northerly limits of Canada and bounded on the South by the province of Manitoba and the International Boundary. It May be Here remarked parenthetically that the supervision of the affairs of this vast District was was in the first instance assumed by Tho department of the Secre tary of state but was after some months transferred to this department to which it was thought More properly to belong. His Honor or. A. Morris then Lieut. Governor of Manitoba became sex a Fukio lieutenant governor of the new District of Keewatin. At the Earnest solicitation of lieutenant governor Morris immediate Steps were taken for the organization of the govern ment of Keewatin. Accordingly on the 25th november 1870, your excellency in Council sanctioned in order appointing temporarily under the provisions of the already cited the 39th Vic., Cap. 21, a a Council of six persons to Aid the Lieut. Governor in the administration of the affairs of the District and on the same Day and Date your excellency in Council approved another order authorizing the lieutenant governor of the District with the advice and consent of his Council to make provision for the administration of Justice in Tho District and generally to make and establish such Laws ordinances As might be necessary for the peace order and Good boots and shoes report is Given in Tho appendix to that of the Surveyor general. Disposal of lands. The Public interest in Manitoba and the territories continues steadily to increase As their great value for farming purposes be comes better known. The lands entered for the twelve months ended the 31st october were actual settlement i.e., Homestead and Preemption entries acres All other entries As sales military Bounty ac., entries totals entries acres. Amounting to one fourth More than the Quantity entered in any two previous years added together. Tho crops of Tho past season were very Fine there being happily return of the Grasshopper plague during Tho year. The great and growing demand for information respecting Manitoba and the North West from All parts of Canada and from Tho United states reported by the Surveyor general indicates the probability of even a still More rapid Progress in the future in the settlement of the province and Terri tories. Chant. The allotment of the land set apart for Tho half Breed children in Manitoba has been effected for the following parishes. The greater number of the claimants in these parishes of Tho age entitling them to Grants have actually received their respective patents that is to say Parish of St. Peter the Parish of St. Clement the Par ish of St. Andrew s North and South the fir .1 rubbers Felt overshoes parties wishing to Purchase or rent sewing machines Cabinet organs pianos lite., will save Money by calling at the Ware rooms of a. R. Ruth co., where will be found a first class Block which will be Nohl at living prices and on the most Liberal terms. Sewing machines n my instruments to rent with privilege repairing of sewing machines u specially. A. R. Ruth co., near the court Honse main Street Winnipeg for the convenience of ladies who Are it not Able to get out during the Day we i. Shall keep open every evening until 8 further notice until 9 o cock p.m., except saturday evening when we shall go hold an auction Sale. Pearson. Stock oo., of government of the country provided that such Laws and ordinances should not unless in Case of urgency come into Force until approved by your excellency in Council. The necessity for the immediate organization of the machinery of government in Keewatin. Arose from the fact discovered shortly before the District was officially proclaimed that the dreadful epidemic Small pox had been in existence for some months previously on the West Side of Lake Winnipeg among the icelanders who had settled there during the summer of 1876 and the preceding year and before it was known that the disease Vas Small pox it had spread amongst Tho Indiana in the Vicinity of the Lake. On the 31st november 1876, the six l enl men who had been appointed As the Council of Keewatin by your excellency on the Lith of that month were named by his Honor lieutenant governor Morris As a Uotani of health for the District. In the official report of 12th March last addressed by the Board of health to Lieut. Glovernor Morris and by him transmitted to Tho department will to found a Narra Tive of the measures taken by the Board for the repression of the disease. In transmitting this report his Honor states that when Tho Board of health was the spread of the Small pox throughout Keewatin Manitoba and the North West territories seemed inevitable and that the fact that the disease was localized and confined within comparatively in Tow limits was under Providence due to the Energy and vigor of Tho Board of health and its officers. A much larger expenditure was incurred by the Council than ministers had expected Parish of St. Paul the Parish of St. John the Parish of Kildonan the Parish of head singly the Parish of Poplar Point the Par ish of High blurt the Parish of Prairie por Tage including White mud the Parish of St. Ann the Parish of St. Laurent. The parishes remaining to be allotted Are Parish of St. Charles 5 the Parish of St. Francois Xavier the Parish of St. James the Parish of St. Boniface the Parish of St. Vital the Parish of St. Nor Bert the Parish of St. Agathe. The lands in All these parishes will shortly be distributed. Snowshoes Plain and fancy moccasins. entirely new Ami novel vix the Manitoba foxed with nimber sole specially got no and admirably adapted Lor this climate. Ladies Box toe and Cork sole boots Button and lace All of the la next Quality and at moderate prices. Ust kick lived dry Hui nor co incl toil Luicir fall and Winter soc la arc prepared to offer inducements i winces dress goods blankets tweeds underclothing we invite attention to our Lino of h. S. Donaldson bro., j1ay common right. Satisfactory Progress has been made in the commutation of these rights. Scrip to the extent of at the rate of one Dollar per acre was issued Din ing the year in satisfaction of the right enjoyed in connection wit i the occupation of land outside of the old parishes and the lands appertaining to the latter in the outer two Miles Are now being granted to those of the owners of the corresponding River lots who have made application therefor. Patents. Patents have issued As follows since the report of last year that it is to half Breed children under Manitoba and 38 Vic., Chap. Homesteads 139 sales 609 military Bounty Grants 132 outer two Miles or Hay privilege. 19 free Wood lots 2 making a total of exceeding in number by More than one third the total number i patents issued in the previous six years or since the establish ment of the Branch. The very Brief and important review which i have Given of the year s operations of the Dominion lands Branch of my department by the noun ii Wil suffice to indicate the rapid Progress would be necessary on the 31st March last which has been made during the past year 4-Tia in a unit Nevin. Norl in ordering this Stock the requirements of traders and country storekeepers were duly considered and they Are cordially invited to Ca 1, examine and Price our goods. No trouble to show them. Country orders promptly Aud care fully attended to. First Csiss workmen employed and custom work a specially. Remember the store opposite the office main Stu bet a. Large assortment of periodicals tenders will be received by the minister of Public works for the building of two Bridges a in the Parish of St. Francois Xavier East on the great Highway opposite the farm of the late Bobert Morgan. For particulars apply at the office of the undersigned. Tenders will be received up to tuesday the 5th Day of March 1878. The government is not bound to accept the lowest or any tender. John Norquay minister of Public works feb. 21st, 1878.___________________ f21-m5 a Uriu to a circular was addressed by the department in settling Manitoba and the North West Jyom Dodd co. Tenders will be received for the lease of the Winnipeg and St. Boniface ferry by the minister of Public works up to tuesday the 5th Day of March 1878. The government is not bound to accept tin highest or any tender. Plans and specifications of the ferry i3o.it maj be seen at the office of the undersigned. John Noel stay minister of Public works feb. 21st, lists. F21-m5 expect cd daily from Fisher s Landing ten casks dark Moulin eng prints which will be Oik red at extremely Low mi01ch Fau mix for Salk. I Cash for wheat Cash Poh Oats at a. C. B. Who Sale and retail Ca con i v pit n to 21 it ,t7 1 a Vuk. A to j Bee Kli Foll pit Homi in n in in c a i Ali in i jews paper i in spa Peri ;