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14. The cutting and removing of timber in the said area or any part thereof 

 shall not be deemed to have been completed until it has been examined by an 

 officer of the Crown, nor until such operation shall have been declared satis- 

 factory by the said Minister. 



15. The Grantee shall not at any time or at any place deposit, empty, 

 run or turn into any river, stream, or other waters whatsoever, any refuse, saw- 

 dust, chemicals or matter of any kind which shall or may be injurious to fish 

 life or have the effect of destroying, harming, or driving away the fish in such 

 river, stream or water. 



16. All water powers and privileges on said territory and the right of the 

 Crown to raise, hold, lower and maintain the waters on the rivers, streams 

 and lakes in said territory at such height and in such conditions as may be found 

 necessary and expedient for the development of such water power, are reserved 

 to the Crown. 



17. The Crown shall retain the right to sell, lease, locate or otherwise 

 dispose of any lands included in the said area on the same terms and conditions 

 for settlement, mining or other purposes as ordinary Crown lands situated else- 

 where, and this agreement is not to impede or retard settlement or mining 

 operations, and nothing herein contained shall limit or affect the right of the 

 Crown or its Ministers to sell, lease, locate or otherwise dispose of lands in the 

 aforesaid territory for settlement, mining or other purposes. 



18. Nothing herein contained or to be done hereunder or by virtue hereof, 

 shall entitle the Grantee to a monopoly of any rivers, streams or lakes, or 

 tributaries thereof in the said territory, but the same shall be and continue 

 open for the use of the public in accordance with the law in that behalf, and in 

 the event of the works of the Grantee in any way interfering with the driving 

 of logs or timber down the said rivers, streams, or lakes, or tributaries thereof, 

 the Minister shall have full power to determine from time to time the provisions 

 necessary to overcome such an interference, and thereupon the said Grantee 

 as and when directed shall make provision accordingly. 



19. It is distinctly understood and agreed that nothing herein contained 

 shall, without the consent in writing of the Minister, be deemed to confer any right 

 to cut or remove any timber from any area while under license or permit from 

 the Crown. 



20. The sum of fifty thousand dollars (s$50,000) deposited by the Grantee 

 with its tender for the above area shall remain on deposit to guarantee the due 

 performance by the Grantee of all the obligations of the Grantee under this 

 agreement, which said deposit shall be forfeited to the Crown in the event of 

 the failure of the Grantee to fulfil all or any of the obligations or conditions of 

 this agreement. The said deposit shall be returned upon due performance of 

 the obligations and conditions herein contained to the satisfaction of the Minister. 



21. In the event of failure on the part of the Grantee to erect, construct 

 or operate the said pulp or paper mills as herein agreed or in default of the said 

 Grantee keeping said pulp or paper mills in operation after the erection thereof 

 as herein agreed, or keeping the required number of persons employed as herein 

 agreed, or upon default of compliance with any other of the terms, requirements 

 provisions, or conditions as aforesaid, the Crown may revoke the right, license 

 or permit to cut the said forest products, and upon said revocation all rights 

 of the Grantee under this agreement shall be and become ipso facto null and void, 

 and all moneys paid as a deposit, or bonus herein, shall be forfeited to the Crown, 

 provided that thirty days' notice in writing of intention to revoke the said right 



