GOLD COAST REPORT ON FORESTS. 



213 



FORM B. 



LICENCE REGISTER. 



(Insert iKinie of district} District. 



2. ORDER SETTING FORTH THE ACTS PROHIBITED UNDER SECTION 18. 



The following acts are hereby prohibited : 



(1) The taking on Native lands of mahogany trees of the genera Khaya 

 (known as the Oawango of the Benis and Gadeau of the Yorubas) and 

 Entandrophragma (known as the Ikpwapobo and Onomokyukyu of the Benis 

 and Ahtore of the Eiiks), of so-called cedars belonging to the genera Trichilia, 

 Pseudocedrela and Guarea (known as the Opobo, Opobonikwi and Opobonufwa 

 of the Benis), and of ebony and other timber for export by persons other than 

 the holders of licences to take timber or the owners of such lands : Provided 

 that this prohibition shall not apply to ebony on Native lands in the Calabar or 

 Bende district. 



(2) The taking of cedars of the genera Trichilia, Pseudocedrela, and Guarea, 

 mahoganies of the genera Entandrophrama and Khaya, Funtumia elastica 

 (known as lyeri of the Benis), Landolphia owariensis, the vine rubter plant 

 Clitandra elastica, Chlorophoia excelsa (known as Oroko of the Benis), the 

 oil bean tree (Pentaclethra macrophylla), the oil nut (Irvingia Barter!), the 

 African oak (Oldfieldia africana), for use in the Colony or Protectorate except 

 in accordance with the rules relating to timber for the time being in force. 



(3) The collection of rubber on Native lands and forest reserves by persons 

 other than the holders of licences to collect rubber. 



(4) The collection of root rubber from the roots of Funtumia elastica 

 (known as lyeri of the Benis) and of any other rubber-yielding tree or plant, 

 excepting such rubber-yielding species as may from time to time be noticed in 

 the Gazette as exempted from the provisions of this Order. 



(5) The sale, offering for sale, purchase and export of rubber collected, 

 prepared, sold and purchased in any territories near or adjacent to the 

 Protectorate in contravention of the law for the time being in force in such 

 territories ; and 



(6) The sale, offering for sale, purchase, possession or export of rubber 

 collected in contravention of the Forestry Ordinance or any rules or orders made 

 thereunder. 



(7) And it is hereby ordered that the onus of proof that any rubber has not 

 been collected or acquired in contravention of this order shall lie upon the 

 person in whose possession the same is found, and that in default of such proof 

 the rubber and the person in whose possession the same is found shall be dealt 

 with as if proof had been given that he had acquired such rubber in 

 contravention of this order. 



3. RULES RELATING TO TIMBER. 

 Applications for and Grant of Licences. 



Title. 

 1. These rules may be cited as ' The Timber Rules." 



