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with the regulations laid down from time to time, and equally secure in 

 the possession and working of his limit, without having to maintain his 

 claim by physical force against his rivals, it lessened the temptation to 

 reckless over-production and unsystematic, wasteful methods of operation. 



In 1851 a conspicuous advance was made by the issuing of new regula- 

 tions, which, while framed on the same general lines as those of 1849, con- 

 tained several new provisions of importance, aimed at some of the abuses 

 that had been indicated by the investigation which preceded the Act of 1849. 



The following are the regulations in full : 



Province of Canada. 

 CROWN LANDS DEPARTMENT, 



Toronto, 8th August, 1851. 



NOTICE is hereby given, that from and after the date hereof, 

 LICENSES agreeably to the accompanying form, will be granted, at all 

 seasons, to cut timber, on the Vacant Lands of the Crown, subject to the 

 following conditions and Regulations, sanctioned by His Excellency the 

 Governor General in Council, by Order dated the Seventh instant, in 

 addition to the requirements of the Act 12th Vic, Cap. 30. And the 

 Regulations of the 5th September, 1849, and 15th March, 1850, are hereby 

 superseded. 



1st. Applications for Licenses to cut timber on the vacant Lands of 

 the Crown on the River Ottawa and its tributaries from the Gatineau, and 

 the Townships of Hull and Wakefield inclusively, upwards ; and the 

 Counties of Lanark, Renfrew and Carleton, and that part of the Counties of 

 Frontenac, Lennox and Addington north of the Townships of Bedford, 

 Hinchinbrooke, Kennebec and Kaladar — are to be made to A. J. Russell, 

 Surveyor of Crown Timber Licenses, Bytown; and in other parts of the Pro- 

 vince to the respective Crown Land Agents. 



2nd. Applications must be in writing, distinctly describing the space 

 or stating the lots of land for which license is required, the applicants 

 furnishing sketches of the limits asked when required, connected with 

 known points, and drawn to scale. No timber berth shall be licensed in 

 nnsurveyed lands, exceeding ten miles in length, by five miles in depth, 

 nor exceeding an area of fifty square miles, and half that size in surveyed 

 townships, in the latter case the lots and ranges to be stated — berths to be 

 confined to one side of rivers, wherever practicable. All licenses to expire 

 on the 30th of April following the date thereof. Consecutive berths maj" 

 be held by the same individual. 



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



Oak and Walnut per cubic foot I|d 



Red Pine, Elm, Birch, Ash and Tamarac Id 



White Pine, Basswood, Cedar, Spruce, etc 0|d 



Rod Pine Saw Logs, 12 feet long, per log 7d 



While Pine do do , 5d» 



Spruce do do 2^ 



Cord Wood, (hard) and Lath Wood per cord 8d 



do (soft) per cord 4d 



Each stick of White Pine to be reckoned as containing 70 cubic feet. 



Each stick of Red Pine to be reckoned as containing 38 cubic feel. 



All other kinds of wood as containing 34 cubic feet. 



