As a Sapper Yate's Regimental Pay per Diem would have been 1s. 2 1/2d. plus Working Pay per Diem of 1s. to 4s.

Yates received a military grant of 150 acres, April 10, 1873, and purchased an additional 12 acres for Lot 2, Group 5,  Yale-Lytton District (Lot 243 Group 1, Kamloops District, resurveyed land known as Harper's Camp.