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Propositions. 



Section IV. — Timber and Fuel Reserves. 



23. That there be timber and fuel reserves for the supply of 

 Euro] iean towns, sugar mills, factories, &zc, with wood for fuel, 

 and timber for building and industrial purposes. 



24. That in addition to reserves of other kinds named, 33 

 per cent, of arable land be set apart as reserves for supplying 

 timber for the purposes before stated. 



25. That after due consideration, based upon experience, the 

 above per-centage may be lessened. 



2G. That timber and fuel reserves be also laid out in " blocks " 

 in which timber may be felled in rotation of a given number 

 of years, to be arranged by conservator and approved by Go- 

 vernment. 



Section V. — Marsh, Stream, and River Reserves. 



'11. That a " marsh " (not salt water) be a place where water 

 stands during nine months of the year. 



28. That a "watercourse" be a place in which water flows 

 during nine months of the year. 



29. That a streamlet, however small, in which water flows 

 during the year be reckoned a " stream." 



30. That marshes, springs, kc. be reckoned part of streams 

 or watercourses. 



31. That rivers, streams, marshes, &c, be Government pro- 

 perty. 



32. That mangrove swamps on the sea-shore, at the mouths 

 or on the banks of rivers be reserves, providing that they 



eed one acre in area, or if they exceed 20 yds. in width, by 

 a Length of 200 yds. or more. 



:>:>. That Government grant access through these reserves to 

 river or sea-shore at certain specified places. 



34. That at least 10 ft., measured horizontally, be reserved 

 in trees along each side of streams, and that conservator plant 

 trees on such reserve where they do not already exist. 



I i:;tt ;i board of conservators be appointed for navigable 

 rive;-, their jurisdiction to extend from the mouth of the river 

 to the point where navigation ceases. 



