110 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. Severally Sworn before me by the De- ponents William Henry Lomas and | W. H. Lomas Louis Augustine Skinahan at the City of Nanaimo in the County of Nanaimo | Louis AUGUSTINE SKEHEN this Ninth day of May A.D., 1893. J. J. Puanta 8S. M Stipendiary Magistrate in and for Vancouver Island B.C. Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 22nd Sept 1893 JOSEPH POPE Asst. Clerk of the Privy Council Recorded 20th October 1893 Lib. 148 Fol. 9 L. A. CatTEeLLIER Dep. Registrar General of Canada. THIS INDENTURE made the fourteenth day of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety thre BETWEEN JOHN THOMPSON of the City of Victoria in the Province of British Columbia hereinafter called the said Vendor of the one part and HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY QUEEN VIC- TORIA hereinafter called Her Majesty of the other part WHEREAS by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Province of British Columbia and dated the 29th day of January 1884 the lands hereinafter described and intended to be hereby con-. veyed were with other lands granted to the said Vendor in fee simple AND WHERE- AS at the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent the said lands hereinafter described were held by Her Majesty as represented by the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs of the Dominion of Canada in trust for the use of the Indians as an Indian Settlement and should not have been included in the said in part recited Letters Patent AND WHEREAS Her Majesty as represented by the said Superintendent General of Indian Affairs-has requested the said Vendor to execute these presents which he has agreed to do. NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that in consideration of the premises and of the sum of One dollar of money lawful and current in British Columbia by Her Majesty in hand paid to the said Vendor on or before the execution of these presents the receipt and payment of which said sum he the said Vendor doth hereby acknowledge He the said Vendor doth hereby grant and convey unto Her Majesty Her Heirs and Successors All those pieces or parcels of land situate lying and being in the Town of Queenstown Quatsino District Vancouver Island in the Province of British Columbia and being known upon the map or plan of the townsite of Queens- 06/ P96 2 suleyy uelpu| Jo ydoq JoKIAINS sary) Fey a (py npas) hdor andi qeaf Ui ajoas rf ‘ BOGALAI Ga) 9 y T LIFALS 94 288 as) 111 town filed in the Land Registry Office in the said City of Victoria and numbered 319 as Lots eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen in Block five Lots one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen and the Easterly forty feet of Lot fourteen Block six the Eastern thirty feet of Lots three and four the whole of Lot five the Eastern hundred feet of Lots six seven eight and seventeen the Eastern forty feet of Lot nineteen and the whole of Lots nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen and eighteen Block eight and also all those portions of Rithet Street and Victoria Avenue on which any of the above Lots or parts of Lots front all of which said lands and premises are more particularly delineated on the map or plan hereto annexed and coloured red. Together with all the buildings fix- tures commons ways profits privileges rights easements and appurtenances to the said hereditaments belonging or with the same or any part thereof held or enjoyed or appurtenant thereto And all the estate right title interest property claim and demand of him the said Vendor in to or upon the said premises TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all the said lands and premises expressed to be hereby granted unto Her Majesty Her Heirs and Successors UPON TRUST for the use and benefit of the Indians of British Columbia so long as they shall use and occupy the same as a Reserve and from and _ after the said land shall absolutely cease to be so used and occupied UPON TRUST to re-convey the same to the said Vendor his heirs and assigns AND the said Vendor doth hereby for himself his heirs executors and administrators covenant with Her Majesty Her Heirs and Successors that for and notwithstanding any act deed matter or thing whatsoever by him the said Vendor made done committed or suffered HE the said Vendor now has good right full power lawful and absolute authority to grant and convey all the said premises hereinbefore expressed to be hereby conveyed unto Her Majesty Her Heirs and Successors in manner aforesaid AND that freed and discharged from and against all uses trusts and incumbrances claims and demands -whatsover except as aforesaid AND further that he will upon the request and at the cost of Her Majesty Her Heirs and Successors make do and execute all such further acts deeds conveyances or other assurances in law whatsoever for further or better assuring or conveying all or any of the said premises unto Her Majesty Her Heirs and Successors upon the trusts hereinbefore declared concerning the same as by Her or Them shall be reasonably advised devised or required. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the said parties hereto have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written Signed, Sealed and Delivered by the said John Thompson in the presenec of KE. E. BILLIncHuRST JOHN THOMPSON [L.S.] Clerk to Drake Jackson & Helmcken Victoria B.C. FOR WITNESS. I hereby certify that E. E. Billinghurst personally known to me, appeared before me, acknowledged to me that he is the person whose name is subscribed to the annexed Instrument as Witness, and having been duly sworn by me, did prove to me that John Thompson did execute the same in his presence voluntarily. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereto set my Hand and Seal of Office at Victoria British Columbia, this 14th jude : day of June in the year of Our Lord One . Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety- Three H. B. W. AIKMAN ie Z Notary Public 112 No 16639a Registered the 30th day of June 1893 In Absolute Fees Book. Vol. 15 Folio 269 [L.S.] F. J. LEGGATT Registrar General Kwnow atu MEN By THESE Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Principal men of The Chuk Chu Qualk Band of Indians resident on our Reserve on the North Thompson River in the Kamloops District in the Province of British Columbia 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, the coal within that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the North Thompson Indian Reserve in the Kamloops District and Province of British Columbia containing by admeasurement Four hundred and seventy five acres be the same more or less and being composed of a portion of the said Reserve described as follows Commencing at the north east corner of the 160 acre plot of said Indian Reserve thence running west 48.25 chains to the north west corner of said 160 acre plot thence northerly along the easterly boundary of said Indian Reserve 49 chains more or less to a post 9.70 chains due west of the north west corner of claim No. I. thence west 30 chains thence south 77 chains more or less to the easterly bank of the North Thompson River thence south-easterly along the east bank of said river 31. chains more or less to a post thence east 12.80 chains to a post on the east boundary of said Indian Reserve thence north easterly along the east boundary of said Indian Reserve 14.63 chains to a post at the south west corner of said 160 acre plot thence east 40. chains thence north 40 chains to point of commence- ment as shown on the annexed plan colored red. Together with all the mining privi- leges necessary for the proper working and extracting from the ground and carriage of the said coal off the Reserve and also with the permission to erect and maintain buildings and other structures necessary for the prosecution of mining the said coal —and to use the timber and stone on the above described land for the purpose ot mining operations but not further or otherwise. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty THe Queen, her Heirs and Successors forever, in trust to dispose of such coal and mining rights and privileges in the same to such person or persons, and upon such terms as the Govern- ment of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. AND upon the further condition that all moneys received from the disposal thereof, shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed to our credit and the interest paid to us and our descendants 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 disposal of the said coal and mining rights and privileges in connection therewith.