36 CANADA AND THE EMPIRE.

and at the end of the three years, if he has complied
 with the imposed conditions, the farm
becomes his freehold property. From the moment
the settler lands he is well looked after. He is
housed by the Government until he can run up a
dwelling upon his land. He is helped in the choice
of his farm, and is as far as possible placed among
friends or neighbours of his own race. In addition
there exist all over the farming districts loan
companies ready to advance capital to settlers at
low rates of interest on the security of their land.
So they start farming helped to the utmost degree
by the country which welcomes them.
A large amount of land is thus occupied, and
large quantities more are sold at from $3 per acre
upwards. So there need be little fear that these
wide expanses of fertile land will not fill up rapidly
enough. We give figures showing the extraordinary
inrush of settlers.
We quote from Government pamphlets two or
three quite typical settlers’ letters! This cheerful
tale of prosperity easily accounts for the fact that
settlers are arriving on the soil as fast as they
can be dealt with by the authorities. They arrive
in yearly increasing numbers to take advantage of
the free land, or the cheap farms, the good government
 and the great freedom, the peace and the
prosperity guaranteed to them by existing conditions.
 The well equipped Department of
t Immigration Statistics, Settlers’ Letters, &amp;c, See
Appendix.