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Department of Lands and Mines
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The Department of Lands and Mines was established in 1905, when the forestry functions of the former Department of Crown Lands were transferred to the Department of Agriculture, and an act was passed which renamed the Commissioner of Crown Lands the Minister of Lands and Mines. With this change, the title of the Department of Crown Lands was also changed to the Department of Lands and Mines.
The Bureau of Colonization, formerly attached to the Department of Crown Lands, was also transferred to the Department of Agriculture at this time.
Both the Surveys Branch and the Bureau of Mines, which was placed under the direction of a Deputy Minister, continued to exist within the Department of Lands and Mines.
On April 27, 1906, legislation was passed whereby the Department of Lands and Mines was replaced with the Department of Lands, Forests and Mines, and the Minister of Lands and Mines was renamed the Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines.
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The Department of Lands and Mines was responsible for the surveying of crown lands, issuing licenses of occupation to intending settlers, keeping a register of assignments of claims to land, issuing patents, and collecting and acquiring information concerning the mines of the province.
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Act to Amend the Act respecting the Executive Council, Statutes of Ontario 1905, Chap. 5
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24
MacTaggart, Hazel. Publications of the Government of Ontario, 1901-1955 (1964)
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Archivist(s):
R. Anger