1907 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS AND MINES. 175 



Treasury as to the course to be pursued in dealing with the timber on the 

 Crown Lands. 



He was directed to make a survey of the woods and forests of the Pro- 

 vince in order to ascertain in what districts there might be any considerable 

 growth of masting or other timber fit for use of the navy ; and also in what 

 districts there might be any considerable quantity of other descriptions of 

 timber. Evidently the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, in cut- 

 ting out Mr. Eobinson's work on this extensive scale, had but a hazy idea 

 of the Canada of 1827. After further instructing the Surveyor General to 

 issue certificates whenever required by the Governor General or Commissioner 

 of Crown Lands stating whether any lot or lots proposed to be sold contained 

 any considerable timber fit either for naval or other purposes, the following 

 directions as to the granting of timber licenses were given. 



Provincial Timber Licenses. 



"And, whereas, much of the timber standing and growing on the waste 

 and ungranted lands within the said Province may not be fit and proper for 

 the use of His Majesty's Navy, and it may be expedient that permission 

 should be granted to His Majesty's subjects to fell the same : We do there- 

 fore require and enjoin you that you do in the month of May, in each year, 

 make a report to the Governor or Officer administering the Government, 

 stating the districts in which it may appear to you advisable that Licenses 

 should be granted to such of His Majesty's subjects as may be desirous of 

 cutting timber not fit for His Majesty's Navy, specifying the quantities 

 which, in your judgment, may be fit to cut in each district, and the quan- 

 tities for which you would recommend that licenses should be granted in 

 the then ensuing season." 



Upon the Governor signifying his approval of the granting of licenses 

 in the districts indicated by the Surveyor General the licenses were to be 

 disposed of by public auction after due notice by advertisement in the York 

 Gazette and some other newspaper circulating in the Province. Each 

 license was to be for a quantity not exceeding 2,000 feet with upset prices 

 s follows : 



Oak, per 1,000 feet £4 3 4 



Ash, elm, beech, per 1,000 feet 2 10 



Red pine, per 1,000 feet 3 



White pine, per 1,000 feet 1 10 



Staves, per standard 1,000 1 



Handspikes, standard 1,000 1 



West Indian staves and other timber, per 1,000 ft. 1 



Time Limit. 



The conditions of these licenses were such that the timber should be cut 

 within nine months, otherwise the license to be void. Purchasers were 

 required to pay for the timber cut within fifteen months from the date of 

 license and one or more measurers of timber were to be appointed in each 

 district to certify as to the quantity of timber cut. The Surveyor Gen- 

 eral was authorized to incur contingent expenses on the following modest 

 .scale : — 



£ 8. d. 



"Wages to measurers, net 12 6 per day. 



Rent of an office 25 perannum. 



For fuel 10 



Messenger 25 " 



