209 within Instrument as witness and having been duly sworn by me did prove to me that W. Norman Bole did execute the same in his presence voluntarily. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of office at New Westminster British Columbia this 17th day of June in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and ninety seven H. FIENNES CLINTON [L.S.] Notary Public B. C. No. 2345F Registered the 19th day of August, 1897 in Absolute Fees Book, Vol 20, Folio 197. JOSEPH W. GAYNOR [L.8.5 District Registrar. No. 387. CANADA. TERRITORIES. 532. D. B. B. 633. DUPLICATE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE. Reference Certificate 263 Register A. D B A 203 West Saskatchewan Land Registration District. This is to Certify that Her Majesty Queen Victoria and her Successors is now the owner of an estate in Fee Simple of and in Lot number Thirty one on the North side of Third Street and Lot number Twenty nine on the South side of Third Street both West of Central Avenue in the Town of South Battleford in the Provisional District of Saskatchewan in the North West Territories according to a map or Plan of the said Town drawn by A. G. Cavana Dominion Land Surveyor and of record im the Land’s Titles office of the West Saskatchewan Land Registration District subject to the encumbrances, liens and interests notified by memorandum underwritten or endorsed hereon, or which may hereafter be made in the register. IN WITNESS WHEREOF TIT have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal this Thirty First day of August A.D. 1897 W. Y. SCOTT Registrar, [L.S.] West Saskatchewan Land Registration District. I Certify that the within Instrument is duly entered and Registered in the Land Titles Office for the West Saskatchewan Land Registration District at Battleford In the North West Territories at 1 P.M. O’clock P.M. on the 31st day of August A.D. 1897 Number 633 Book B Fol 6 ‘ W. Y. SCOTT Registrar. W.S.D.R.D. Register B Folio 232 No. 388. Kyow att Men sy ruese Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Principal men of The River Desert Band of Indians, resident on our Reserve in the Township of Maniwaki in the County of Ottawa in the Province of Quebec and. Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in Council assembled, Do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady The Queen, her Heirs and Successors forever, ALL AND SINGULAR, that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the Maniwaki Indian Reserve in the County of Ottawa and Province of Quebee containing by admeasurement One Hundred and Fifty Seven and Four Tenths Acres be the same more or less and being composed of Lot No. 24 in the Road Range West of the said Reserve, as shewn on a plan of the sub-division of part of the said Reserve made by A. G. Forrest P.L.S. in 1867 of record in the Department of Indian Affairs, containing 57.6 acres. ALSO that portion of Lot 23, Range 4, in the said Reserve lying West of Bitobee Creek and which may be described as follows; commencing at the S.W. angle of said Lot, thence North along its West boundary 12 Chains to the N.W. angle of said Lot, thence East along the North limit of the said Lot, 29 Chains more or less to Bitobee Creek, thence Southerly along the said Creek to its intersection with the South limit of the said Lot, thence West along the said Limit 29 Chains more or less to the point of beginning, containing 35.6 acres more or less. ALSO Lot No. 6 in the Desert Front Range of the said Reserve, containing 64.2 acres, more or less. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty Tue Queen, her Heirs and Successors forever, in trust to sell the same to such person or persons, and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most con- ducive to our welfare and that of our people. AND upon the further condition that all moneys received from the sale thereof, shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed to our credit and the interest thereon paid to,us and our descendants at such time or times as to the Department of Indian Affairs may seem best in our interest. AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said Band of Indians do on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the sale of the said lands and the disposition of the said moneys. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this twenty sixth day of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and ninety seven Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre- Serr AE Louis CoMMADAU [L.S.] Wi oh Mier oueanisees Simon OTIUK [L.S.] Indian Agent Joun McDovucatt [L.S.] DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, W. J. PROVINCE OF QUEBEC McCaffrey of the Township of Maniwaki County oF OTTAWA the County of Ottawa in the Province of To Wit: Quebee and Dominion of Canada and Si- mon Otjik Chief of the said Band of In- dians. AND the said W. J. McCaffrey for himself saith :— That the annexed Release or Surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Maniwaki Reserve of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according te their Rules. 211 That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Super- intendent General of Indian Affairs, That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said Release or Sur- render. And the said Simon Otjik says: That the annexed Release or Surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their Rules, and held in the presence of the said W. J. McCaffrey. ; That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not a habitual resident on the Reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said Release or Surrender. That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the Deponents at the Township of Maniwaki in the County of Ottawa this twenty seventh day of September A.D., 1897. J. DL. St. JULIEN District Magistrate for the Districts of Ottawa Terrebonne & Pontiac. W. J. McoCarrrey Sron Orsnx Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 5th Nov. 1897 JOHN J. McGEE Clerk of the Privy Council. Recorded 23rd November, 1897. Lib: 149. Fol: 399. JosepH Pope Dep: Registrar General of Canada. No. 389. Kyow att Mrn sy tHrse Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Principal men of The River Desert Band of Indians resident on our Reserve in the Township of Maniwaki in the County of Ottawa in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in Council assembled, Do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady The Queen, her Heirs and Successors forever, ALL AND SINGULAR, that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the Maniwaki Indian Reserve in the County of Ottawa and Provinee of Quebee containing by admeasurement Three Hundred and Ten acres and one terth acre be the same more or less and being composed of the land hereinafter described.