I desire to read a single paragraph from the Consular Reports. being from the report of John E. Jones. United States consul at Winnipeg. and published under date of December 13. 1911: The work of handling the Immigration movement Into Canada has brought into existence a machine of somewhat complex and yet effective character. whose ramifications reach out all over the country from ocean to ocean. Last year 3.1.000 immigrants came into the Dominion from all quarters. and this year the number will approximate closely 400.000. of whom at least 130.000 to 140.000 are from the United States. The homestead law of Canada provides that anyone who is a citizen of the Dominion or who has declared his intention to become such may acquire title to 160 acres of land by residing upon it for a period of three years. by building upon it a habitable house. and cultivating a substantial part of the ground each year. It also provides that during six months of each year the homesteader may leave his homestead and go elsewhere.
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