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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. 



17. The Company shall take such precaution 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 protec- 

 tion charge is payable. 



18. Pulpwood taken out in four 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. 



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

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

 Company hereby is the right to cut wood and timber hereinbefore described 

 sufficient 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 ter- 

 ritory or within any other territory as from time to time may be designated by 

 the Minister pursuant and subject to the terms and conditions 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. 



20. 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. 



21. 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 of Lands and Forests. 



22. No refuse, sawdust, chemicals or matter of any other kind shall be placed 

 or deposited in any river, stream or other waters, which shall be or may be in- 

 jurious to game and fish life. 



23. All slash made about camps, dumps, along tote roads, railroads or any 

 other points which constitute a serious fire menace shall be disposed of by and 

 at the expense of the Company in accordance with the Forest Fires Prevention 

 Act and amendments thereto, and regulations made thereunder. 



