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    Land, man, and the law : the disposal of crown lands in British Columbia, 1871-1913 / Robert E. Cail.

    • Title:Land, man, and the law : the disposal of crown lands in British Columbia, 1871-1913 / Robert E. Cail.
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    • Author/Creator:Cail, Robert Edgar, 1920-1958.
    • Published/Created:Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, [1974]
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Crown lands--Law and legislation--British Columbia--History.
    • Description:xv, 333 pages ; 23 cm
    • Summary:A thorough study as to how and why crown lands were disposed giving background to current topics of debate as timber and mineral rights and Indian landclaims.
    • Additional formats:Available also online.
    • Notes:Originally presented as the author's thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, under title: Disposal of crown lands in British Columbia, 1871-1913.
      Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-324) and index.
    • ISBN:0774800291
      9780774800297
    • Contents:Introduction
      Chapter 1. Colonial land settlement policy
      Chapter 2. Provincial land policy to 1880
      Chapter 3. Provincial land policy 1880-1913
      Chapter 4. Land surveys
      Chapter 5. Mining legislation
      Chapter 6. Timber legislation
      Chapter 7. Water rights
      Chapter 8. The railway belt to 1884
      Chapter 9. The railway belt after the settlement act
      Chapter 10. Intraprovincial railways
      Chapter 11. Imperial colonial indian policy
      Chapter 12. Indian land policy after confederation
      Chapter 13. The reserve allotment commissions
      Conclusion.
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