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Delimitation of Lands. 



12. The limits of the lands included in the licence shall, when not in the 

 opinion of the Provincial Forest Officer adequately shown by natural boundaries 

 or by recognised roads, be marked out in the joint presence of the Forest 

 Officer or other person appointed by him for the purpose and of the applicant 

 or his agent. 



Such limits shall be marked out by placing on trees at the limits of the lands 

 the mark to be shown on the licence. 



Delimitation and Marks. 



13. As soon as practicable after the Governor has given his provisional 

 consent to the licence, the Provincial Forest Officer shall settle with the 

 applicant what mark is to be shown in the licence. 



Hammer Marks. 



14. In addition to the marks referred to in the preceding rule the said officer 

 shall also settle with the applies nt what hammer marks are to be made on all 

 timber coming from the lands included in the licence. 



A register of such hammer marks shall be kept by the Conservator. 



Distinctive hammer marks shall he settled in respect of each licence. In 

 settling such hammer marks the Conservator shall lake care that no mark shall 

 resemble the marks of any other exporter of timber. 



Preparation of Plan. 



15. A plan of the lands included in the licence bhall be prepared by the 

 applicant and shall be verified by the Conservator or Forest Officer, or other 

 person appointed by the Governor for that purpose. Such plan shall be attached 

 to the licence. 



Preparation of Licence. 



16. The licence shall be settled by the Provincial Forest Officer and the 

 grantee. If the Governor has not decided that the licence shall contain special 

 clauses supplementing or modifying the effect of the rules, the licence may be 

 made out in triplicate (each copy having a plan endorsed thereon) in the office 

 of the Provincial Forest Officer, and af cer due execution (see next rule) by the 

 grantors and grantees, shall be sent to the Attorney-General by or through 

 the Conservator. If the licences are found to have been duly executed and 

 stamped and to contain the provisions required by these rules, they shall be 

 forwarded by the Attorney-General to the Provincial Commissioner for signature 

 and registiation. One copy shall be filed in the Provincial Lands Registry 

 Office, and the other two copies shall be sent to the Conservator, who will file 

 one copy in his office and transmit the other to the grantee. 



If the licence has to contain special clauses, a dtaft licence only shall be 

 settled as aforesaid, and this draft shall be sent to the Colonial Secretary for 

 approval of such clauses. After such approval has been obtained the Colonial 

 Secretary shall return the draft, and further action shall be taken by all concerned, 

 as in the case of an ordinary licence. 



Registration. 



When a licence is to be executed by an agent authorized by a power of 

 attorney to execute licences relating to lands on behalf of his principal, such 

 power of attorney should be registered in the same manner as other instruments 

 relating to land at the same time as or before the licence is registered. 



Execution of Licence. 



17. Every licence (including all rules incorporated therewith) shall be read 

 over, interpreted if necessary, and explained in the presence of a Commissioner 

 of the district in which the lands included in the licence or the greater part 

 thereof is situated, to the parties thereto, and shall be executed by the parties in 

 the presence of such Commissioner and attested by him, provided that this rule 

 shall not apply to execution by the Colonial Secretary under the p r wers conferred 

 on him by section 17 of the Forestry Ordinance. 



