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The timber revenue for the year ending December 



31st, 1867, was 152,266 



The timber revenue for the year ending December 



31st, 1868, was 234,209 



For the year ending December 31st, 1869 435,397 



''In round numbers," concludes the Commissioner in a tone of justifiable 

 exultation, "the timber revenue from the Upper Canada woods and forests 

 is during the present year |238,000, or say 120 per cent, in excess of iihe 

 highest amount it ever reached in any one year previous to the 1st of Jan- 

 uary, 1867 ; and is |48,000, or say 121^ per cent, in excess of the highest 

 amount ever received from the whole of the Province of Canada in any year 

 previous to the last mentioned date." 



The new Crown Timber Regulations above referred to are as follows : — 



Regulations of 1869. 



1. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may, at his discretion, cause the 

 limit lines of any timber berth under license, which have not been already 

 surveyed, to be properly surveyed and run, the costs of such survey to be 

 paid by the holder of the license, and where two or more licensees are inter- 

 ested in the survey, the Commissioner shall determine what portion of the 

 costs of survey shalj be paid by each, and such costs of survey shall be a 

 charge upon the Timber Berth, to be paid with the ground rent before 

 renewal of the License. 



2. The Commissioner of Crown Lands, before granting any licenses 

 for new Timber Berths in the unsurveyed territory, shall, as far as prac- 

 ticable, cause the section of country where it is intended to allot such 

 Berths, to be run into Townships, and each Township when so surveyed 

 shall constitute a Timber Berth, but the Commissioner of Crown Lands 

 may cause such Townships to be subdivided into as many Timber Berths 

 as he may think proper. 



3. The Berths or limits when so surveyed and set off, and all new 

 berths or limits in surveyed territory, shall be explored and valued and 

 then offered for sale by public auction at the upset price fixed by such 

 valuation, at such time and place, and on such conditions, and by such 

 officer, as the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall direct by public notice 

 for that purpose, and shall be sold to the highest bidder for cash at the 

 time of sale. 



4. All forfeited Timber Berths may be offered for sale on the second 

 Tuesday in August in each year, by public auction, at such upset price 

 and at such place as the Commissioner of Crown Lands may fix and appoint 

 by public notice, or at such other rate as he may fix by such notice, and 

 shall be awarded to the highest bidder, making payment at the time of 

 sale, but should the said Timber Berth not be then sold, the same may be 

 granted to any applicant willing to pay the said upset price and ground 

 rent, or on such other terms as the Commissioner of Crown Lands may 

 direct. 



5. License holders who shall have complied with all existing regula- 

 tions, shall be entitled to have their licenses renewed on application to the 

 Commissioner of Crown Lands, or to such local agent as he may appoint for 

 that purpose. 



6. The Commissioner of Crown Lands shall keep a Register of all 

 licenses granted or renewed and of all transfers of such licenses; and a 

 copy of such reeristers, with a plan of the licensed limits, shall be kept by 

 the Crown Timber Agent of the locality, and open to public inspection. 



