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Rule 25. Alter as follows : 



" No mahogany trees of the genus Khaya (known to the natives 

 as Dubini and Kwabaho), and no cedar trees of the genera Pseu- 

 docedrela (known to the natives as Penkiva, Punkwa, and Tiama- 

 Tiama), and Guarea (native name Bosse), and no tree of the 

 species Lovoa Klaineana (native name Pebedum), and no tree of 

 the species Baku (Mimusops Djave), and no trees of the genus 

 Cyanothyrsus (guni copal trees, native name Hyedua), and no 

 tree of the species ChloropJiora excelsa '(Odoum of the natives) of 

 a less girth than 12 feet at a height of 4 feet H inches from the 

 ground, or, when buttressed, at the height at which the buttresses 

 merge into the stem, and no trees of the specie* Funtumia elastica, 

 Pentaclctlira macropliylla (the oil-bean tree, native name 

 Athawah), Ridnodendron africanus (native name Aw am a}, and 

 trees of the genus Carapa of less than 6 feet in girth at a height 

 of 4 feet 6 inches from the ground, or, if buttressed, at the height 

 at which the buttresses merge into the stem, shall be felled : 

 Provided that the Governor may by Order reduce these dimensions 

 in any district or locality named in such Order, where the trees 

 do not attain such dimensions." 



This rule protects undersized trees of the above-mentioned 

 species against felling by timber licensees. 



Rule 38. The fees paj-able on application for a timber licence 

 and on execution of the same should stand. 



Rule 39. The fees payable under (a) for mahogany and cedar 

 trees should be altered as follows : - 



(1) For each mahogany tree ... ... ... 50s. 



(2) ,, ,, cedar tree ... ... ..." ... 30s. 



(3) Upon any other tree ... ... ... ... 20s. 



The rest of the rule in question can stand as it is. 



Rule 40. Omit the words " inspection fees " from the first sen- 

 tence of this rule ; 



And replace (a) and (b) by the following : - 



(a.) "Three-fifths of the fees (i.e., 30*. in the case of maho- 

 ganies, 18*. in the case of cedars, and 12s. for other species) for 

 any of the above-mentioned trees shall be paid into the nearest 

 local treasury, and shall form part of the revenues of the Colony. 



'(5.) " Two-fifths of the fees (i.e., 20s. for mahoganies, 12s. for 

 cedars, 8s. for other species) payable on mahoganies, cedars, and 

 other .species of trees shall be paid to the Commissioners of the 

 districts in which the lauds included in the licence or the greater 

 part thereof are or is situated and distributed by them among the 

 grantors of the licence in the proportion to which they are 

 entitled." 



Sub-section (c.) of this rule can stand. 



In Rule 39 the fees have been charged per tree instead of per 

 log. Experience has shown in Southern Nigeria that the former 

 arrangement prevents the wholesale waste of timber that used to 

 go on when an export tax per log was charged. Trees of the pre- 

 scribed girth used to be felled right and left, and only one or two 



