1907 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS AND MINES. 205 



REGULATIONS. 



Department of Crown Lands, 



Montreal, 5tli September, 1849. 



Notice is hereby given that from and after the First of October next 

 Licenses agreeable to the accompanying form will be granted, at all sea- 

 sons, to cut timber on the vacant lands of the Crown, subject to the follow- 

 ing conditions and regulations, sanctioned by His Excellency the Gover- 

 nor General in Council, in addition to the requirements of the Act, 12 

 Vict., Cap. 30: 



1st. For the River Ottawa and its tributaries above Bytown, including 

 the districts of Bathurst, Dalhousie and that part of the Midland District 

 lying north of the townships of Bedford, Hinchinbrooke, Kennebec and 

 Kaladar, applications are to be made in writing to James Stevenson, Esquire, 

 Crown Timber OiEce, Bytown, and for other parts of the Province to the 

 respective Crown Land Agents, distinctly describing the space or limits 

 for which the license is required, and furnishing sketches when required, 

 connecting with known points, and drawn to scale. 



Size of Berths. 



2nd. No timber berth or location will be licensed in unsurveyed lands 

 exceeding 10 miles in length by 5 miles in depth, or exceeding an area of 

 50 square miles, and half that size in surveyed townships ; in the latter 

 case, the lots and concessions required will have to be specified, limits to 

 be confined to one side of rivers wherever practicable. All licenses to 

 expire on the 30th April following the date thereof. Consecutive limits 

 may be held by the same individual. 



3rd. The timber cut shall be paid for at the following rates : 



Crown Dues. 



White pine square timber ^d. per foot. 



Red pine square timber Id. " 



Basswood and cedar ^d. per foot 



.Oak l^d. 



Elm, birch and ash Id. " 



Ccrdwood (hard) 8d. percord. 



Cordwood (soft) 4d. " 



Red pine logs, 12 feet long 7d. per log. 



White pine logs, 12 feet long Sd*. " 



Spruce 2|d. " 



P^ach stick of white pine to be reckoned as containing 70 cubic feet. 



Red pine 38 ** 



Oak 34 << 



Elm, ash and birch 34 ** 



Cedar and basswood 34 *• 



Railway timber will be taken at actual measurement, provided it does 

 not average more than half the regular size, or on the party exhibiting a 

 contract and specifications for such timber corresponding to the timber in 

 his raft. 



