1927 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS 121 



And whereas the expenditure involved in the construction and equipment 

 of said proposed plant to a capacity of approximately 12,000 tons per annum, 

 as aforesaid, and in undertaking and completing all works necessary or advisable 

 for the efficient operation thereof, will approximate Seven Hundred Thousand 

 Dollars ($700,000) ; 



And whereas the construction and operation of said plant will be of benefit 

 and advantage to the Province of Ontario ; 



And whereas in view of the matters above recited, the Minister has deemed 

 it wise and in the public interest to grant to the said Grantee the right to cut 

 poplar timber as hereinafter provided, and has caused this agreement to be 

 prepared so as to secure the erection by the Grantee of said plant and to define 

 and determine the conditions relating to the cutting of said wood and the payment 

 therefor ; 



Now this agreement witnesseth that the Minister with the approval of the 

 Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council, and subject to all terms and conditions hereof, 

 doth hereby grant to the Grantee for a period of twenty-one years from the 

 date hereof, the right to cut and remove poplar timber in, upon and from such 

 parts of the following territory as may from time to time be designated by the 

 Minister, that is to say: — the following townships and parts of townships trav- 

 ersed by or lying in the vicinity of the Canadian National and the Temiskaming 

 and Northern Ontario Railways, namely: — The townships of Ivanhoe and Folyet, 

 in the District of Sudbury; the townships of McElroy, Lee and Blackstock, the 

 township of Boston, excepting the south-west part thereof, and the east half of 

 the township of Langmuir, in the District of Temiskaming, and the Township of 

 Thomas in the District of Cochrane, — sufficient poplar timber to enable the 

 Grantee to operate his said proposed plant continuously to its full capacity; 

 and if at any time during said period of twenty-one years or any extension or 

 extensions thereof as are hereinafter provided for, it should appear that for any 

 reason whatever there is not sufficient poplar timber on the said territory to 

 supply the Grantee with sufficient poplar timber to enable him to operate his 

 said plant continuously to its full capacity, the Minister will grant to the Grantee 

 the right to cut poplar timber on other ungranted Crown lands to be designated 

 by him, and to be situate as near as possible to the territory above described, on 

 the same terms and conditions as are herein contained; 



1. The said Grantee shall erect a plant with an approximate initial capacity 

 of 12,000 tons per annum of bleached soda pulp, the plans of such plant to 

 provide for the extension of the same to a capacity of approximately 25,000 

 tons per annum. The construction of the said plant shall be commenced on or 

 before the first day of September, 1926, and shall be completed on or before 31st 

 day of December, 1928. 



2. Expenditure shall be made by the Grantee in the construction of such 

 plant as follows:— $200,000 on or before the first day of July 1927, and the full 

 amount required to construct and complete the same to a capacity of approxi- 

 mately 12,000 tons per annum of bleached soda pulp not later than the 31st 

 day of December, 1928. 



3. The said plant shall be completed within the time above mentioned 

 to the satisfaction of the Minister in accordance with plans approved by the 

 Minister. 



4. The said Grantee shall expend in the construction of said plant and in 

 works necessaiy and advisable for the efficient operation thereof the sum of 

 approximately $700,000. 



