130 COLONIAL REPORTS MISCELLANEOUS. 



Rs. 



" For renewal of registration of a mark after the 

 expiration of three months from the date on 

 which the registration lapsed ... 25 



' For transfer of a mark ... ... ... ... 10 



" (b) for other timber 



Kov each mark registered or transferred ... 5 



' For renewal of registration of a mark before it 



has lapsed ... ... ... ... ... 1 



4 For renewal of registration of a mark after it 



has lapsed ... ... ... ... 3 



' ; (2) The fee prescribed in sub-section (1) of this rule shall 

 ordinarily be levied before the mark is registered, but the divi- 

 sional forest officer may, for reasons to be recorded, permit the 

 fee to be paid in instalments. In the latter case the registration 

 of the mark shall cease to hold good if default is made in any of 

 the instalments. The registration of marks used by Government 

 contractors shall be free. 



.\<>tc. Fifteen rupees are equivalent to twenty .shillings, or 

 1. 



'17. Timber of which the ownership is not indicated by a 

 registered property mark shall not be entitled to a pass under 

 Rule 35. 1 ' 



The above quoted Rule is as follows :- 



"(I) No person shall move timber in transit without a pass 

 from the deputy commissioner of the district or forest officer of 

 the forest division in which the timber is, or from an officer 

 empowered by such deputy commissioner or forest officer in that 

 behalf, or otherwise than in accordance with the conditions of 

 such pass. Provided that this rule shall not apply to 



" ((() Bamboos or firewood in billets. 



' (b) Timber collected under a licence granted in accordance 

 with Rule 72. 



" (2) The pass shall be in the form of Appendix XTI. 



' (3) Such pass shall be produced on the demand of any forest 

 officer or police officer. 



" (4) Timber for which such a pass is not produced may be 

 detained by any forest officer or police officer." 



Under the Burma Rules fees are levied on timber for which 

 such passes are given, but I do not recommend this being done 

 on the Gold Coast, for the present at all events. 



This pass will usually be given when the timber is marked 

 with the Government Pass mark (denoting that all fees and 

 royalties payable on the timber have been paid), ritlc Rule 20 (4) 

 of the Southern Nigeria Timber Rules. 



In Burma timber stealing has been reduced to a fine art, and 

 the above quoted Rules have been found sufficient to meet all 

 requirements for protecting timber against theft. 



Similar rules should, I think, be enforced on the Gold Coast, 

 especially in the Axim district, where, I understand, stealing of 

 such produce is very prevalent. 



