1907 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS AND MINES. 237 



• 14. In cases of contestation as to the right to berths or the position of 

 bounds, the decision of the Crown Timber Agent of the locality or the 

 Inspector of Crown Timber Agencies, or other officer authorized by the Com- 

 missioner of Crown Lands, shall on notification thereof being given to the 

 parties or their representatives on their premises, or sent to their address, 

 be binding upon the parties unless reversed by arbitration commenced within 

 three months of such notification. 



15. To prevent delay or disputes as to arbitrators it shall only be neces- 

 sary for the party thinking himself aggrieved by such decision to notify in 

 writing to the officer who has given it, his dissent and the arbitrator he has 

 appointed. It shall then be the duty of the officer who has given the deci- 

 sion to take the place of arbitrator on the other part, and in case of their 

 not agreeing as to an umpire, should one be required, the Commissioner 

 of Crown Lands shall appoint one, on request of either of the parties or 

 either of the arbitrators — such arbitrators may receive evidence obtained 

 subsequent to the decision and each of them and the umpire are to be paid 

 five dollars for each day they are engaged on such arbitration, by the parties 

 jointly. 



16. Timber cut under license shall be paid for at the following rates, 

 viz. : 



8. d. 



Oak and Walnut, per cubic foot 1^ 



Elm, Ash and Tamarac 1 



Red and White Pine, Birch, Basswood, Cedar, Spruce, etc. 0| 



Pine Saw Logs, each, 13| feet long 6 



or, ten cents per standard log of 13| feet, 20 inches in least diameter. 



Unmeasured culls to be charged at average of the lot they are in. 



Spruce Saw Logs, each 13^ feet long 2^ 



Staves, Pipe, per mile 32 6 



Staves, W. Indian 10 



Cordwood (hard) per cord 8 



Soft Wood, per cord 4 



Railway Timber, Knees, etc., 10 per cent, ad valorem. 



To be charged upon the quantities shewn by measurement under the 

 direction of the Supervisor of Cullers, or Deputy Supervisor, at Quebec, or 

 Montreal, or other place of sale or shipment, or by other reliable measure- 

 ment, where that cannot be obtained, otherwise each stick of White Pine 

 may be estimated as containing 70 cubic feet. 



Red Pine as containing 38 cubic feet. 



Other kinds of wood 34 cubic feet. 

 And when any license holder is in default for, or has evaded the payment 

 of dues to the Crown on any part of his timber, they may be levied on any 

 other timber of his, cut under license, together with the dues thereon. 



17. AH square timber, logs, deals, boards, or other stuff leaving the 

 Agency in which it has been cut in any form, must be submitted to count- 

 ing or actual measurenient, and statements under oath must be furnished 

 as to the quantities of timber and logs cut under license whenever required. 

 Owners or lessees of Saw-Mills cutting under license must show by such 

 sworn statements the total number of each kind and length of logs cut or 

 acquired by them, and taken to their mills, or where left, each season, giv- 

 ing the number in standards also, and must prove by satisfactory affidavits 

 on what lots, and how many on each lot, such as are from private lands, 

 l>uve been cut; clearances to be refused in case of non-compliance. 



