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(1) That the mark shall only be impressed on mahogany and 

 cedar log's already bearing the registered property mark. 



(2) That the person using the hammer shall carry the licence. 



(3) That the licence is not permanently transferable, but may 

 be temporarily transferred to a servant or fellow-servant of the 

 licensee, if the transferee's name and date of transfer are 

 endorsed on the licence. 



The limits referred to are 



(District, forest, &c.). 



The time for which permission to use the hammer mark hereby 

 licensed is granted is from . . to 



Date 



Provincial Forest Officer, 



Province. 



The Ti inlici- Reuiuctil Puss should be in the following form :- 

 Book number Pass number 



Pass to remove timber has been granted under Hule of the 

 Timber Kules to 



(1) Owner's name; 



(2) Destination ; 



(3) Kind of timber; 

 (4i) Hammer mark ; 



(5) Amount of timber; 



(6) Place at which Pass must be presented (Timber depot) ; 



(7) Date of expiry. 



Any one moving timber without a pass in this form is liable 

 to a fine of or months' imprisonment. 



Date 



Signature and designation of 

 Officer granting the pass. 



Xote. The depots to which timber has to be taken should be 

 notified from time to time in the Official Gazette. They should 

 be placed at the termini of the various lines of export unless a 

 large local trade between one district and another springs up, 

 in which case they should be established at the most convenient 

 places on these local lines. 



Lastly, as regards the question of drift timber, I cannot do 

 better than quote in- extenso the Burma Forest Rules on this sub- 

 ject. They should be closely followed in any adaptations made 

 for the Gold Coast :- 



" 46. Timber falling under any of the following descriptions, 

 namely : - 



"(a.) Timber found adrift, beached, stranded, or sunk; 

 " (&.) Timber bearing marks that have not been registered 



under rules made under Section 43 ; 

 ' (r.) Timber whidi lias been super-marked or on which marks 



have been obliterated, altered, or defaced by fire or 



otherwise; and 



