1927 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS 123 



lands within the area allocated for settlement, mining, summer resort 

 or other purposes, on such terms and conditions as may be deemed 

 advisable. 



(c) All water powers and privileges on the said territory are reserved to the 



Crown. 



(d) The Grantee shall not have the right to cut or remove timbei of any 

 kind from any lands already under timber license or permit from the 

 Crown, without special permission in writing of the Minister. 



11. On or before the 1st of September in each year, should the Grantee 

 intend to conduct woods' operations on the limits hereby granted during the 

 course of the then coming season, the Grantee shall apply to and get the permis- 

 sion in writing of the Minister for the area within said territory on which the 

 cutting for the then coming season shall take place, and the Grantee shall not 

 be entitled to cut at any other place or places in said territory other than and 

 except those specifically designated in such permission. At the end of each 

 season's operations, and on or before the first day of June in each and every 

 year, the Grantee shall file with the Minister a map indicating thereon the area 

 cut over during the preceding season, and the kinds and quantities of wood and 

 timber taken therefrom. 



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

 provided for in the preceding paragraph 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 poplar and other timber on such 

 areas, that he may think right and proper for the purpose of preserving young tim- 

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

 shall also have the right to require the Grantee 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 poplar and other timber he 

 may deem proper. 



13. The Grantee 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. 



14. Poplar 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. Poplar 

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

 basis and each 100 cubic feet shall constitute a cord. 



15. 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 Grantee hereby is the right to cut poplar and such other timber (if any) as 

 may be designated by the Minister, on such areas within said 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, con- 

 ditions 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. 



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

 during the course of any 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 Govern- 

 ment in addition to all the rights and powers herein contained shall have all the 



