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in such raft ; and on being satisfied of tlie correctness of such report of count, the 

 Crown timber agent may grant a clearance, in due form, for such raft, stating 

 the number of pieces and description of timber contained therein, distinguishing 

 the timber cut on private lands and under settler's license from that cut on the 

 Crown domain. 



20th. The owner or holder of any such raft or parcel of timber shall, within 

 twenty-four hours after the sani" shall have arrived at its destination at Quebec, 

 Sorel, Montreal, or other port of >ale or shipment, report the arrival of such raft 

 to the collector of Crown timber dues, or if at Sorel or Montreal, to the deputy- 

 supervisor of cullers ; and should the said raft be found by the specification of 

 measurement to contain , i greater numb r of pieces of timber than is noted in 

 the clearance, the surplus number of pieces, if not satisfactorilv explained, shall 

 be held as having been cut on Crown lands without authority, and subject to the 

 payment of dues accordingly. 



21st. Parties omitting to obtain their clearance at such agency, or omitting 

 to report the arrival of sud'i raft at its destination, as above mentioned, may be 

 refused further license, and max 1 be subject to forfeiture of the timber for evasion 

 of regulations, as provided in Cap. 23, of the Consolidated Statutes of Canada. 



22nd. Persons evading or refusing the payment of timber dues, or the final 

 settlement of bonds or promissory notes for the payment of such dues, or in 

 default with the Crown timber office or agent; also persons taking forcible 

 possession of disputed ground, before obtaining decision in their favor, and persons 

 refusing to comply with the decision, of arbitrators or of the umpire, as provided 

 by the Nth section of these regulations, or with the regulations established by 

 Order-in Council, or who forcibly interrupt surveyors in the discharge of their 

 duty, shall be refused further licenses, and their berths shall be forfeited at the 

 expiration of the then existing license. 



23rd. Dues of all kinds on timber cut under license, remaining unpaid on the 

 30th November following the season in which it was cut, shall be subject to 

 interest from that date, but without prejudice to the power of the Crown to 

 enforce payment of such outstanding dues at any time the Commissioner of 

 Crown Lands may think proper. 



(i) ON THK VARIOUS FORMS OF TIMBER LICENSES IN USE. 



There are four forms of timber license in use in the Province of Ontario ; 

 two for what is called the " Western Timber District," and the " Belleville 

 District,' one coiitamin" 1 the right to cut timber on road allowances and the other 



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not, and neither of them granting the right to cut rafting stuff on lands of the 

 Crown. Two forms of Houses ar_> used f >r t i .- " Ottawa Agency," on.' hiving a 

 stipulation concerning road allowances, and the other not, but both conferring 

 the right to cut rafting stuff from the Crown lands. 



The reason why the right to cut rafting stuff is confined to the Ottawa 

 agency, is because, on the Ottawa timber and logs come from a long distance up 

 the river, and from different tributary .streams, and have to be rafted, broken up, 

 and re-rafted in some cases several times before the timber and logs reach their 

 destination ; whereas on the rivers in other parts of the Province, no rafting 

 takes place, the timber and logs being driven down the streams loosely till they 

 reach the large waters of the lakes or the River St. Lawrence, on the shores of 

 which rafting stuff can be cut or purchased. 



The following copy of the simpler form of license used in the Western 

 Timber District, will, with its notes, give an idea of these different licenses : 



