1921-22 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS 267 



Appendix No. 4Q. 



Agreement Between Province and E. W. Backus et Al. 

 Referred to in Appendix No. 50. 



THIS INDENTURE made in triplicate this thirtieth day of September, 

 A.D. 1920. 



BETWEEN: 



His Majesty the King, represented by the Honourable 

 the Minister of Lands and Forests for the Province of 

 Ontario, hereinafter called the Crown, 



OF THE FIRST PART, 

 — and — 



Edward Wellington Backus, of the City of Minneapolis, 

 in the State of Minnesota, Manufacturer, The Keewatin 

 Lumber Company, Limited, and The Keewatin Power 

 Company, Limited, hereinafter called the Company, 



OF THE SECOND PART. 



WHEREAS the Company did on the 7th day of July, A.D. 1920, enter 

 into an Agreement with the Town of Kenora for the establishment of pulp 

 and paper mills and saw mills in the town of Kenora, a copy of which Agreement 

 is hereto attached, marked Schedule "A," 



AND WHEREAS the said Agreement has been ratified by the ratepayers 

 of the said Municipality; 



AND WHEREAS the Crown did by Agreement dated the 19th day of 

 August, 1914, agree to sell to the Keewatin Lumber Company, Limited, the 

 pulp wood on the area known as The Lake of the Woods Pulp Limit, a copy 

 of which last-mentioned Agreement is hereto attached, marked Schedule "B"; 



AND WHEREAS the Keewatin Lumber Company, Limited, is in default 

 under the terms of the said last-mentioned agreement and has now no rights 

 thereunder; 



AND WHEREAS there is not now, nor is there capable of development 

 at Kenora, water power sufficient to produce electrical energy to operate a 

 pulp mill of the capacity in the said Agreement, marked Schedule "B": 



NOW THEREFORE THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that in 

 consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants, promises and agree- 

 ments hereinafter contained, it is hereby agreed as follows: 



1. The Crown hereby agrees that the said Agreement of the 19th day of 

 August, 1914, between the Crown and the Keewatin Lumber Company, Limited, 

 set out in Schedule "B" hereto, is now revived and is to be construed as in full 

 force and effect from and after this date, save that paragraph 7 of the said 

 Agreement, dated the 19th day of August, A.D. 1914, shall be and the same is 

 hereby amended by striking out the figures "40" in the first line of said 

 paragraph, and substituting the figures "80" and by striking out the figures 

 "20" in the second line thereof and substituting the figures "40." 



2. The Crown agrees to grant to the Company a lease of the water power 

 known as the White Dog Rapids on the Winnipeg River in the District of 

 Kenora, together with a strip of land on each side of the said rapids and all 



