The character of homestead wanted by the settler will decide this. Very few homesteads are vacant in the southern districts; towards the centre and north portions of the provinces, homesteads are plentiful. They comprise a territory in which wood for building purposes and fuel are plentiful. =25. Is there any good land close to the Rocky Mountains?= The nearer you approach the mountains the more hilly it becomes, and the elevation is too great for grain raising. Cattle and horses do well. =26. If a man take his family there before he selects a homestead can he get temporary accommodation?= At the following places the Government maintains Immigration halls with free temporary accommodation for those desiring such and supplying their own provisions. It is always better for the head of the family, or such member of it as may be entitled to homestead, to select and make entry for lands before moving family: Biggar, Brandon, Calgary, Caster, Cereal, Edmonton, Edson, Emerson, Entwistle, Gravelburg, Herbert, Kerrobert, Lloydminster, Lethbridge, Moose Jaw, North Battleford, North Portal, Prince Albert, Regina, Saskatoon, Strathcona, South Battleford, Swift Current, Tisdale, Unity, Vegreville, Vermilion, Viking, Virden, Wainwright, Wilkie, Yonkers. =27. Where must I make my homestead entry?= At the Dominion Lands Office for the district. =28. Can homestead lands he reserved for a minor?= An agent of Dominion Lands may reserve a quarter-section for a minor over 17 years of age until he is 18, if his father, or other near relative live upon homestead or upon farming land owned, not less than 80 acres, within nine miles of reserved homestead. The minor must make entry in person within one month after becoming 18 years of age. =29. Can a person borrow money on a homestead before receiving patent?= No; contrary to Dominion Lands Act. =30. Would the time I was away working for a neighbour, or on the railway, or other work count as time on my homestead?= Only actual residence on your homestead will count, and you must reside on homestead six months in each of three years. =31. Is it permissible to reside with brother, who has filed on adjoining land?= A homesteader may reside with father, mother, son, daughter, brother, or sister on farming land owned solely by him or her, not less than 80 acres, or upon homestead entered for by him or her not more than nine miles from entrant's homestead. Fifty acres of homestead must be brought under cultivation, instead of 30 acres, as is the case when there is direct residence. =32. How shall I know what to do or where to go when I reach there?=