YUKON TERRITORY
PLAN FOR ACQUISITION BRITISH COLUMBIA AGREEMENT WITH OTTAWA (Received April '27, 0.30 p.m.) VICTORIA, April 26 The Premier of British Columbia, Mr. T. D. Pattullo, to-day announced an agreement with the Federal Government for the acquisition of the Yukon territory by the province subject to the approval of the Provincial Legislature. Under the terms of the agreement the Federal Government would retain the Post Office, National Bevenue, Justice and Indian Departments, and pay the province 120,000 dollars a year for the next five years to meet expenditure on reservations for use by the Indian population to be mutually agreed upon later. The Yukon territory was constituted a separate political unit in 1898. It is governed by a Comptroller and a Territorial Council of three elected members. The area of the territory is 207,076 square miles and its chief industry is mining, gold and silver being produced.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22714, 28 April 1937, Page 11
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