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lands. If, however, the wood in the other part of the available territory has been 

 exhausted or is insufficient for the requirements of the Grantees' Mills, the Grantees 

 may cut in the vicinity of such pine bearing lands upon such terms and conditions 

 as may from time to time be agreed upon between the Government and the 

 Grantees, or, if they cannot come to" an agreement, upon such terms, conditions 

 and regulations as may from time to time be imposed by the Lieutenant-Governor- 

 in- Council or by the Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, for the purpose of 

 affording ample protection to the standing pine, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, and it 

 is understood and agreed, that the Grantees shall not be entitled to cut wood of any 

 kind on said territory or on any part thereof for the purposes of export in the 

 wood nor for sale to other persons for export in the wood; 



17. It is Hereby Agreed that nothing in this agreement contained shall 

 prevent the Government from selling j:he right to any person or persons to cut 

 white and red pine trees on any part of the territory here^inbefore mentioned, 

 which has not already been placed under license, and to grant timber license in 

 respect thereof under the Statutes and regulations in that behalf, and in no case 

 shall the Grantees be entitled to cut the pine trees other than banksian pine 

 unless under special permit or license from the Government or the Minister of 

 Lands, Forests and Mines. But in the case of the sale of the right to cut white 

 and red pine trees as in this clause hereinbefore mentioned, the sale of the right 

 to cut shall be confined to the white and red pine trees only, and to such other 

 timber as may be necessary to cut and remove the same ; 



18. Nothing Herein Contained shall require the Government to provide 

 any particular quantity of wood, as the Government in no case guarantees quan- 

 tities or does anything more than grant the right to cut such wood as aforesaid 

 within the aforesaid limits, and nothing herein contained shall require the Grantees 

 to purchase any particular quantity of wood, or to pay for any wood not acl^ually 

 cut upon the said territory, but it is clearly understood and agreed that so long 

 as the supply of wood upon the said territory is sufficient to supply the mills 

 of the Grantees herein referred to, the Grantees will take their supply of wood 

 therefrom; except such as may be purchased by the Grantees from bona fide 

 settlers in the District; 



(a) It is also Hereby Deciared that the intention of these presents is that 

 the Grantees shall at all times during the term of twenty-one years from the date 

 of commencement of cutting obtain a sufficient supply for their pulp and paper 

 mills, so far as the same can be found available within the limits hereinbefore 

 described, and so far as the same can he obtained consistently with the terms of 

 this agreement; 



19. If the Grantees shall not w^ithin three years from the date hereof expend 

 at least the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) in erecting the 

 said pulp mill and other necessary buildings and constructions as aforesaid, and 

 in the constructions and equipment thereof, and in preparing for the operation 

 of the same, and for getting out the wood for the supply of the said mill, this 

 agreement shall become null and void; and of no effect in so far as the whole, 

 territory is concerned; 



20. Settlement shall be made with the Govenment at the close of each season 

 of navigation for the price of the wood cut up to that time, and a correct account 

 of all wood cut by the Grantees shall be kept in the Books of the Grantees in such 

 manner as the regulations made, or to be made, shall provide, and to which the 

 officers of the Crown ©hall at all times be entitled to access, and returns shall from 



