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Propositions. 

 fr< >m proceeding against contractor for default or damage in 

 any court of the colony. 



SG. That all damages awarded under this head be in propor- 

 tion to the value of the trees, shrubs, or other reserve property, 

 and the extent of injury done to them. 



Section XII.— Accounts, Debit and Credit. 



87. That accounts, debit and credit, be kept for each reserve. 



88. That proper account of expenditure in connection with 

 each reserve be kept in conservator's office. 



89. That all money received for timber and other forest 

 reserve produce, be paid to Receiver-General on approved 

 forms. 



90. That all fines, awards for damage to reserve property, 

 and value of articles confiscated, be placed to the credit of the 

 forest department. 



91. That proper accounts of all such matters be kept in con- 

 servator's office. 



92. That the forest department being a source of revenue 

 and expenditure, all accounts connected with it be kept sepa- 

 rate from other accounts in the Treasury. 



Section XIII. — Branding Timber. 



93. That Government have a private mark or marks for its 

 timber. 



94. That all wood merchants and holders of licences to fell 

 timber use "brands" or " stamps " for marking all their 

 timber. 



95. That all;' brands " or "stamps " used for marking timber 

 be registered in conservator's office. 



96. That two persons do not use stamps of the same 

 pattern. 



97. That it be criminal to counterfeit any timber brand or 

 stamp. 



98. That it be criminal for any person to mark timber with 

 another person's stamp. 



99. That it be criminal to erase a brand put on timber. 



100. That it be criminal for any one to brand the timber of 

 another with his own stamp. 



