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17. The Minister shall have the right in and by the written permission 

 provided for in the preceding paiagraph hereof, to fix a minimum diameter for 

 all timber to be cut and to make any regulations and impose any restrictions and 

 conditions in connection with the cutting of pulpwood and timber on such 

 area, that he may think right and proper for the purpose of preserving young 

 timber in the interests of reforestation or for any other purpose. The Minister 

 shall also have the right to require the Company to leave any suitable seed trees 

 that may from time to time be selected by him, and to conform to any other 

 regulations in connection with the cutting of such pulpwood and timber he may 

 deem proper. 



18. The Company shall take such precautions and employ such means to 

 prevent injury or destruction by fire upon said territory as the Minister may 

 require, and shall pay an annual charge for fire protection of $3.20 per square 

 mile or such other rate as may be from time to time fixed by the Lieutenant- 

 Governor-in-Council. The Minister shall fix the area upon which fire protection 

 charge is payable. 



19. Pulpwood taken out in four foot or eight foot lengths shall be measured, 

 returned and paid for on the basis of 128 cubic feet to each stacked cord. Pulp- 

 wood taken out in lengths above 8 feet shall be measured in the log on the cubic 

 basis and each 100 cubic feet shall constitute a cord. 



20. It is distinctly understood that the Minister does not guarantee any 

 quantity of wood on the said territory and the only right conferred upon the 

 Company hereby is the right to cut sufficient wood and timber of the character 

 hereinbefore described to enable the Company to operate its enlarged plant 

 continuously to its full capacity during said term of twenty-one years, and 

 any extension or extensions thereof as are hereinafter provided for on such 

 areas within said territory or within any other territory as from time to time 

 may be designated by the Minister pursuant and subject to the terms and con- 

 ditions herein contained, and subject to such further terms, conditions and 

 regulations as to the cutting, measuring, removing and driving of the same, 

 as may from time to time be imposed by the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council, 

 or by the Minister. 



21. Proper sworn returns of the quantity of wood and other timber cut 

 each season shall be made to the Government in conformity with the Crown 

 Timber Regulations, and payment shall be made for such wood and timber not 

 later than the first day of October in each year, and the Government in addition 

 to all the rights and powers herein contained shall have all the rights and powers 

 in respect of enforcing such payment as are now provided in the case of timber 

 cut under The Crown Timber Act. On all arrears of accounts due and payable 

 on October 1st, interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum shall be charged 

 up to the 31st of October of the same year, or for one month, and thereafter 

 at the rate of one per cent, per month until paid. 



22. The Minister shall have the right to inspect the timber operations 

 carried on by the Company at any time he may deem it advisable, or in the 

 public interests so to do, and if such inspection shall show that the timber opera- 

 tions are carried on in such a way that any merchantable or valuable timber 

 which should be removed, is being left or destroyed, he shall have the right to 

 estimate the said timber and charge the same to the Company at the same rate 

 of dues and bonus as if it had been actually removed. The cutting and removing 

 of the timber on the territory, or any part thereof, shall not be deemed to have 

 been completed until it has been examined by an officer of the Crown, and the 

 operation has been declared satisfactory by the Minister. 



