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" Every tree on Gevcrumeufc or private (Mountain) Reser- 

 ves should be mai^ked and stamped by the Gruardian of 

 Woods and Forest previous to its being felled. 



" For every tree felled on tlie Reserves ten others should 

 be planted by seed sowing or otherwise, nnless the ground 

 underneath such tree be well stocked with young trees, of 

 any or all of the before mentioned kinds. 



*' No part of fhe Reserves should at any one time be com= 

 pletely denuded of fall grown trees, even although there be 

 on the Reserves more young trees than will suffice to recover 

 the land. 



" Every person transgressing these rules or not complying 

 with them should be prosecuted. 



" No permission should be granted to cultiv^ite any part 

 of the Mountain Reserves in the vicinity of Port Victoria, or 

 any parts of the Mountain Reserves on which the water for 

 the supply of the Town are collected — especially those of tha 

 Eochon River from which the water for the lower part of 

 Port Victoria is to be taken. 



" All ownei's of un wooded Reserves should be called upon 

 to replant them with useful fruit or timber trees according to 

 law, and within a reasonable delay-say one tenth of the Re- 

 serve each yeai", — and be bound to maintain such planta- 

 tions and prevent the young trees from being destroyed by 

 animals or choked by weeds. 



Signed : "J. Horne. 

 *' Seychelles, September 1874. 



