214 COLONIAL REPORTS MISCELLANEOUS. 



Definitions. 



2. In these rules : 



" Licence" and "Timber Licence" mean a licence granted under these rules 



to take timber ; 

 "Provincial Commissioner" and "District Commissioner" mean respectively 



the Provincial Commissioner of the province and District Commissioner 



of the district in which the timber referred to issituated ; 

 " Holder of a Licence " includes the grantee and the assignee of a licence ; 

 " Conservator " means the Conservator of Forests ; 

 " Owner" includes any Chief or Chiefs having the disposition of any lands, or 



rights thereover, belonging to a Native community, and any member of a 



Native community having authority from the Chief or Chiefs of the 



community to take timber ; 

 Other expressions shall have the same meanings as are given in the Forestry 



Ordinance. 



No Licence to be Granted without Approval of Governor. 



3. No licence shall be granted except with the consent of the Governor. 



Particulars to be Furnished by Applicant. 



4. Applicants for the consent of the Governor to a licence shall forward to 

 the Provincial Forest Officer a statement (which shall be regarded as confidential 

 by all concerned) in writing in triplicate, giving, as far as they are able, the full 

 names, addresses and occupations of the proposed grantees and their financial 

 position, the species of timber to be cut, and the estimated area, positions and 

 boundaries of the lands to be included in the licence. 



Procedure on Receipt of Application. 



5. (1) The Provincial Forest Officer, as soon as he has received an application, 

 shall forward such application, with his recommendations respecting the same, 

 to the Provincial Commissioner. If applications have been received from other 

 applicants for licences relating to the same area or any other portion thereof, he 

 shall call attention to the fact, and shall state his reasons for recommending 

 that the licence be granted to the one applicant in preference to the others. 



(2) The Provincial Commissioner as soon as possible shall forward the 

 application to the Conservator, and shall state the political reasons, if any, why 

 the licence should not be granted ; and the Conservator shall forward it to the 

 Colonial Secretary for submission to the Governor. 



(3) If the Governor decides to approve the grant of licence provisionally, he 

 shall direct the Provincial Commissioner to enquire into and advise as to the title 

 of the proposed grantors and of any other persons claiming to hare, or, in the 

 opinion of the Provincial Commissioner, having a right to grant or oppose the 

 grant of a licence, and to grant or refuse the licence accordingly, subject to an 

 appeal to the Governor. 



Consent of Secretary of State required in Certain Cases. 



6. No licence over an area exceeding one hundred square miles shall be 

 approved or granted except with the consent of the Secretary of State. 



General Rights conferred by Licences. 



1. (1) Licences shall confer the right to fell and carry away the species of 

 trees named therein, and shall not confer any exclusive right to the use of roads, 

 waterways and river frontages within the area over which the licence is 

 granted. 



Mining liit/lits. 



(2) The grant of a licence to cut timber shall not preclude an exclusive or 

 general mining licence or a mining lease being granted under the Mining 

 Regulation Ordinance, or any law amending the same, to persons other than 

 the holders of the licence. Provided that when a licence has been gran'ed under 



