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said territory on which the cutting for the then coming season shall take place, 

 and the Company shall not be entitled to cut at any other place or places in said 

 territory other than and except those specially 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 Company 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. 



13 (a) 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 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 think proper, 



13 (b) For the purpose of watershed or fire protection j game preserves 

 or game shelters, the Minister may, as occasion requires, out of the areas herein 

 described, withdraw certain timber from cutting and direct that such timber 

 be left standing and the Company shall not be entitled to any compensation for 

 such timber so withdrawn unless directed by the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council. 



14. 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 first annual amount in connection therewith shall 

 be due and payable within thirty days from the date hereof and each and every 

 amount thereafter on the first of May in each and every year during the currency 

 of this agreement. The Minister shall fix the area upon which fire protection 

 charge is payable. 



15. 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 eight feet shall be measured in the log on the 

 cubic basis and each 100 cubic feet shall constitute a cord. 



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

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

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

 sufficient to enable the Company to operate its plant or plants continuously to 

 its or their 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 conditions herein con- 

 tained, 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. 



17. 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 



