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upon such portions of said area and in such manner as the Minister may from 

 time to time direct. 



10. To prevent injury or destruction by fire upon such area, the Grantee 

 shall take such precautions and employ such means as the Minister may require, 

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

 an annual ground rent of $2.50 per square mile, or such other rates or charges 

 as may from time to time be fixed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. 



11. 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. 



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

 quantity of wood on the said area and the only right conferred upon the Grantee 

 hereby is the right to cut sufficient timber of the character hereinbefore described 

 as may be on the said area to enable the said Grantee or its subsidiaries to 

 operate these said plants continuously to their full capacities during said term 

 of twenty-one years, and any extension or extensions thereof as are herein- 

 after provided for on such area, 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. 



13. Proper sworn returns of the quantity of timber cut each season shall 

 be made to the Government in conformity with the Crown Timber Regulations, 

 and payment shall be made for 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 6 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. 



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

 carried on by the Grantee 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 operations 

 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 Grantee at the same rate of dues 

 and bonus as if it had been actually removed. 



15. 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 injurious to game or fish life. 



16. 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 Grantee in accordance with The Forest Fires 

 Prevention Act and amendments thereto, and regulations made thereunder. 



17. The Grantee shall co-operate to the satisfaction of the Minister in the 

 purchase of all bonafide settlers' pulpwood. 



18. All bona fide accounts due for settlers' pulpwood purchased by the 

 Grantee shall, subject to the rights of the Crown, constitute a first claim against 

 the Grantee. 



19. The Grantee shall pay to the Minister, subject to the provisions and 

 conditions herein contained, and subject to such other conditions, orders and 



