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Crown reserve(s)

• 1 Hist. a tract of land set apart to assure the Crown a source of revenue free from the control of the colonial legislature.

  • 1802  For Sale, that valuable Farm, adjoining the crown reserve at Fort Erie, containing 498 acres. . . .
  • 1832  (1953)  There are still crown, and clergy reserves, which will be sold next year to gentlemen settlers, but after that, the lots here will be closed to everyone, except by private purchase. . . .
  • 1963  Little was realized from the Reserves, either Clergy or Crown, until in 1824 the Canada Company was formed. . . .

• 2 in certain provinces, lands reserved by the provincial government, which retains the rights while offering leases for sale to oil companies, lumber companies, etc.

  • 1958  The Alberta government is beginning to reap returns through the sale of oil rights in the area and the first three proven parcels of rights offered as such are up for tender at a July 22 Crown reserve sale.
  • 1958  The Saskatchewan department of natural resources has accepted . . . cash bonuses for crown reserve leases offered this week.