220 COLONIAL REPORTS MISCELLANEOUS. 



Accounts. 



30. The holders of every licence shall keep correct books of accounts showing 

 the number of timber trees felled, and shall on the days appointed for the 

 payment of the royalties and the permit fees hereinafter mentioned render to the 

 Provincial Forest Officer a copy of the accounts for the preceding half-year, and 

 shall verify such accounts by affidavit of themselves or their agent. The holders 

 of every licence shall permit the Conservator and any Forest Officer and any 

 person appointed by the Governor for the purpose to inspect the books of 

 accounts and take copies thereof and extracts therefrom at all reasonable times. 



Transfer of Licences. 



31. The rights conferred by a licence shall not be tranferred by the holders 

 wholly or in part or for all or any part of the period for which they are granted 

 or renewed except with the consent of the Governor in writing. 



Determination of Licence on Exhaustion of Timber. 



32. If, before the expiration of the term for which a licence is granted the 

 holders prove to the satisfaction of the Governor that the timber within the 

 lands included in the licence is exhausted, they may determine the same on the 

 30th day of June or 31st day of December in any year by giving six calendar 

 months' previous notice in writing to the grantors. 



Determination of Licence if Timber not sufficiently n-<n-l:ed. 



33. If at any time the Governor is satisfied that the holders of a licence are 

 not working the timber on the lands included in their licence with sufficient 

 diligence, he may cause the latter to be warned that they must work the timber 

 in a more satisfactory manner, and if at the expiration of nine months from the 

 date of such warning no sufficient improvement is in the opinion of the Governor 

 shown in the manner in which such timber is being worked the Governor may 

 cancel the licence, and no compensation shall in such case be payable by the 

 grantors or any other person to the holders of the licence or to any one 

 claiming directly or indirectly through them. 



In causing such warning to be given regard will be paid to the market prices, 

 to the seasons, and to the manner in which timber on lands similar to those 

 included in the licence is being worked at the time of the warning. 



Such warning shall be in writing, and shall specify the various reasons which 

 cause the Governor to be dis : atish'ed with the manner in which the timber is 

 being worked. 



Determination of Licence on non-payment of Royalties <>/ Breach of Rules, dr. 



34. Upon breach of rules 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30 or 31 or of any 

 special conditions or clauses in any licence by the holders thereof or in default 

 of payment by such holders of the royalties or permit fees set forth in rules 39 

 and 40 within bix weeks from the date fixed for the payment thereof, or if the 

 holders of the licence shall become bankrupt or shall compound or arrange with 

 their creditors, or suffer their effects to be taken in execution, the Governor may 

 by notice in writing determine their licence, and any person authorised by the 

 Governor may thereupon take possession of the lands to which licence relates, in 

 the name of the grantors. Provided that in spite of such determination the 

 Governor may direct that such further action as to him may seem necessary 

 shall and may be taken on the Bond against the holders of the licence or against 

 any or all of the sureties to such Bond. 



Liabilities t<> Continue after Determination. 



35. The determination of a licence under the provisions of rule 33 or 34 shall 

 be without prejudice to the rights and remedies of the grantors against the 

 holders of such licence for recovery of royalties and in respect of any breach of 

 these rules which may have been committed prior to such determination. 



Security. 



36. The Governor shall require the grantees and the subsequent holders of 

 every licence to give security for the payment of the royalties and duties and 

 performance of the conditions contained in these rules and in the licence either 



