GOLD COAST REPORT OX FORESTS. 211 



Fees. 

 20. The following fees shall be paid, namely : 



c rJ 



<~t b. (t. 



One issue of every licence ... ... ... 10 



Royalties. 



The following commuted royalties shall be payable, namely : 



.s. d. 



By every licensee, other than a licensee who 

 is a member of a Native community of 

 the district 10 



Distribution of Royalties. 



21. (1) Where the lands upon which rubber is collected under a licence are 

 Native lands, the commuted royalties, if the lands are owned by one community, 

 shall belong to such community, or, if the lands are owned by two or more 

 communities, shall be allotted to such communities in such proportions as, 

 having regard to the number of trees tapped or vines cut, tne Forest Officer 

 having the supervision of such lands shall advise, and the royalties belonging 

 to or allotted to each community shall be divided among and paid by the 

 District Commissioner to the Chiefs, Headmen and other members of such 

 community in such proportions as may be prescribed by Native law, or in the 

 absence of a Native law, in such proportions as the District Commissioner may 

 direct. 



(2) Subject to the provisions of these rules all fees and royalties shall be paid 

 into the Treasury and form part of the revenue of the Colony. 



Remission, Ac. of Fees, &c. 



22. The Governor may, if he thinks fit, lessen or remit any fees or royalties 

 prescribed by these rules, and if any fees have been paid into the Treasury may 

 order their refund. 



Licence, Register. 



23. The Forest Officer deputed in every district by the Conservator of 

 Forests for the purpose shall keep a Register of all licences issued in the 

 district. The Register, which ?hdl be known as a Licence Register, may be 

 in the Form B appended hereto, and may contain the particulars indicate .1 in 

 the said form. 



Seizure. 



24. Any Commissioner or Forest Officer may himself, or by any person acting 

 under his directions, seize any rubber collected, prepared, sold, offered for sale, 

 purchased or possessed, or suspected of having been collected, prepared, sold, 

 offered for sale, purchased or possessed in contravention of any order or rule 

 made under the Forestry Ordinance, and may detain the same until the Court 

 has given directions as to the disposal thereof. 



Forfeiture of Licence. 



25. Upon breach of rules 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 or 17 the licence of the person 

 committing the breach may be forfeited, and shall be delivered on demand 

 to any Commissioner or Forest Officer of the district in which the breach has 

 been committed. 



Penalties. 



26. Any person who shall commit a breach of rules 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 

 or 17 shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, or 

 to imprisonment for any period not exceeding six months, with or without 

 hard labour. 



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