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(d.) At the time of taking out a license the licensee 

 shall register a distinctive brand or mark, which 

 he must place in at least one conspicuous spot on 

 every tree stripped, and also upon every stack of 

 bark before its removal from the stripping ground. 

 Such brand to consist of one or two Roman capital 

 letters, at least three inches high, and the trees and 

 bark must be branded in such a manner as to be 

 easily seen by the Crown lands bailiffs, or other 

 officers appointed to enforce these regulations. 



(e.) That any breach of these regulations shall render 

 the licensee liable to a penalty of not less than five 

 pounds for the first offence, and that the license 

 shall be cancelled ; the holder of such license to be 

 disqualified from stripping on Crown lands during 

 the current season. 



(f.) All bark adjudged to have been stripped in contra- 

 vention of these regulations to be confiscated. 



11. Finally, it is recommended that the State should also 



encourage the cultivation of the wattle on selected 

 lands still in a measure under the control of the Govern- 

 ment. In all cases where a selector shall adopt the 

 systematic rearing of wattles on his holding, and pro- 

 duce a certain number of tons of bark per annum, that 

 this should be considered an improvement under the 

 Land Act. 



12. Should the recommendations of the Board be carried into 



effect, the Board are of opinion that the necessity for 

 an export duty on bark or restrictions other than those 

 specified in the Regulations will be obviated. 



E. J. DIXON, Chairman, 



J. BOSISTO, 



M. L. KING, 



GEO. R. FINCHAM, 



JOHN REES, 



THOMAS COPE, 



FERD. VON MUELLER. 



