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IM3IIGKANTS IX C031MI NITIKS. 



Tlic 40tli st'ctimi makes provision for tlie M'ttlfiuuiit of iiuiui- 

 grauts in coiiniiuuitie.s, ami of lionic-twul settlers in groups of 

 not less tlian twenty families, should sudi desire to st.4tle to- 

 gether ill liamlets or villa<;es. In snch cases the Governor in 

 Council may, at discretion, vary the requii'ements as to rtsi- 

 dence, but not as to cultivation of each separate quarter section 

 as a homestead. 



TIMBEK AND TIMBKK LANDS. 



Sections 54 to 65, inclusive, regulate the lea.sing of tiniLer 

 lands, aul)ject to such reservations as are necessary for tlie pur- 

 poses of the fisheries. 



LICENSES TO CUT TIMBER. 



After one month's notice in the Roijnl (j(c:i-ftc the Governor in 

 Council may grant licenses to cut timl)er on the ungranted 

 Crown lands for a period not exceeding twenty-one years ; the 

 lessee to erect a saw-mill or mills of a certain caj^acity, and com- 

 mence work within two years from the date of said license ; 

 also to pay, ill addition to the Ixuius, an annual ground-rent of 

 two dollars 2)er stpiare mile, and further, a royalty at the rate of 

 fifty cents per 1,000 feet, board measure, on the trees cut down. 

 For the other conditions attached to timber licenses the Acti 

 itself must be consulted. 



PAPER PULP ACT. 



The Governor in Council may, after one montlfs notice in the 

 Royal (rKrcettc, grant licenses to cut timber on ungranted Crown 

 lands, in extent not less than five or more than one hundred and 

 fifty square miles, which shall be in one parcel or block, for the 

 jnirpose of manufacturing paper or jiaper pulp, for a period not 

 exceeding ninety-nine years, and containing the following con- 

 ditions : The licensee, on the issue of his license, to pay at the 

 rate of twenty dollars for each sf[uare mile of land included in 

 liis license : and, at the end of twenty-five years of the said term, 

 a further sum at the rate of twenty dollars for each square mile ; 

 and, at the end of fifty years a similar sum, and at the end of 



