The privilege of homestead entry applies to agricultural lands only. Final proof may be made at the expiration of three years from the date of entry. No patent. however. may issue to any person who is not a subject of Great Britain by birth or naturalization. It will be seen from this that the homesteader who has emigrated to Canada from the United States must. in order to obtain a homestead. cease to be a citizen of the United States and become a citizen and subject of a foreign country. The law in regard to the proof of residence and cultivation Is evidently more liberal than our own homestead laws. Section 126 provides thatProof of residence or cultivation required by the three last preceding sections of this act. and of the erection of a habitable house. shall be made by the claimant by affidavit. and shall be corroborated by the evidence on oath of two disinterested witnesses resident In the vicinity of the land to which the evidence relates. and shall be subject to acceptance as sufficient by the commissioner of Dominion lands or the Dominion lands board. and such aflidavit shall be sworn and such evidence given before the local agent or his senior assistant. or before some other persons named for that nlace by the minister.
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