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the time, place and manner of such sale, and may, from time to time, give 

 directions, in writing, respecting such sale, and the realization of such lien, 

 and of the costs, charges and expenses connected therewith. 



24. The award and directions in writing of any two of the three 

 arbitrators, or of the sole arbitrator, as the case may be, shall be final and 

 binding upon, and shall be obeyed by the parties, and shall be valid, not- 

 withstanding any want or defect of form, or other technical objection. 



25. The said Judge or Stipendiary Magistrate, as the case may be, 

 may, on the application of either party, grant an order to compel any per- 

 son or persons to attend and give evidence upon the arbitration, and to pro- 

 duce all books and documents relating to the matters in dispute, and obedi- 

 ence to such order may be enforced in the same way as obedience to any 

 order of such Judge or Stipendiary Magistrate made in a cause or matter 

 pending before him in court may be enforced, arid the person neglecting or 

 refusing, without lawful excuse, to obey such order shall be liable to an 

 action by any person aggrieved by such neglect or refusal for the damages 

 sustained by him thereby. 



26. All claims arising under this Act shall be made by notice in writ- 

 ing under section 16, within one year after the same have arisen, otherwise 

 they shall be barred. 



27. The Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council may, from time to time by 

 proclamation published in the Ontario Gazette, declare that any portion or 

 portions of this Province, or any water therein shall, until further proclama- 

 tion, be exempt from the operation of this Act, and thereupon the same 

 shall be exempt accordingly. 



28. Any portion or portions of the Province, or any water therein 

 exempted by proclamation from the operation of this Act, may by proclama- 

 tion published in the Ontario Gazette, be again brought within its opera- 

 tion until further proclamation, and so on from time to time. 



29. This Act mav be cited and known as The Saw Logs Driving Act, 

 1887. 



Timber Dues Increased. 



In 1887 some important changes in the tariff of timber dues were made. 

 Standing timber had considerably increased in value since the rates then 

 in operation were fixed, and the public interest required that the Province 

 should receive a share in the increased value. Accordingly the rate of dues 

 upon saw logs was advanced from 75 cents per thousand feet to fl.OO, or 

 33^ per cent., and upon square and waney timber from 1|^ cent per cubic 

 foot to 2 cents. At the same time the ground rent was increased from $2 

 per mile to $3, the changes taking effect on May 1st. An extensive sale 

 of timber limits was held in 1887, certain territory on the Muskoka and 

 Petewawa waters having become dangerously exposed to fire owing to the 

 advance of settlement. An area of 459 square miles was disposed of, the 

 prices being considerably in advance of those obtained at any previous sale. 

 A sum of 11.313,755 was realized, being an average of $2,859 per mile. 



Licenses to Cut Pine Only. 



In 1892 a radical departure in the methods of disposing of timber 

 limits was effected by restricting the rights conferred by new licenses to 

 the cutting of red and white pine only. All licenses issued previous to 

 this date had included all kinds of timber, but it was pretty generally 

 understood that the lumbermen in estimating the value of limits only took 



