222 COLONIAL REPORTS MISCELLANEOUS. 



Form of licence. 



42. Licences may be in the form given in the Appendix to these rules and all 

 conditions and clauses in any licence (whether in such form or not) shall be 

 regarded for all purposes as being prescribed by these rules. 



Reservations. 



43. Notwithstanding the grant of a licence under these rules there shall be 

 reserved : 



(a) A right on the part of the grantors to fell or cut, with the Conservator's 



consent, any trees for their own domestic uses and not for sale or 



barter. 

 (6) A right on the part of the Government with the consent of the grantors 



of the licence to fell any trees when required for the construction or 



repair of Government buildings or works. 



CONDITIONS UPON WHICH OWNERS OF LANDS MAY CUT TIMBER. 



For export. 



44. The owner of any lands in a district desiring to fell trees for export shall 

 before commencing work : 



(1) Settle with the nearest Commissioner or European Forest Officer a 



hammer mark to be made on all timber coming from his lands ; and 

 ('2) Mark with such mark alt trees which he desires to fell, and prepare a list 

 in duplicate of such trees, giving the particulars set forth in para- 

 graphs (a), (i) and (c) of rule 20, and forward the same to the 

 nearest Commissioner or European Forest Officer, who shall authorize 

 the felling of such trees in the manner and upon and subject to the 

 provisions of the said rule '20, and subject to the payment of the fees 

 prescribed by paragraph (3) of this rule. The hammer mark settled 

 as herein provided shall be entered in the register to be kept by the 

 Conservator, under rule 14 hereof. 



(3) The owner of lands shall pay in lieu of export duty and inspection fee 

 the following consolidated fees upon each tree authority to fell which 

 is given under rule 20 supra. 



(a) Upon each mahogany or cedar tree ... 46s. 



(ft) Upon any other tree 14s. 



Provided that the Governor may reduce the latter fee so as to permit the 

 profitable working of the lower classes of timber. These fees, which include 

 export duties and inspection fee, shall be paid to the Conservator or Provincial 

 Forest Officer by the owner of lands before he commences felling any of the 

 trees authority to fell which is given under rule 20 supra and shall be paid into 

 the nearest local Treasury and shall form part of the revenue of the Colony. 



For local use. 



45. The owner of any land or any person with the consent of the owner may 

 fell trees thereon if the same be not for export but for sale as timber for use 

 locally. 



Fees. 



The following fees shall be paid for each tree felled under the provisions of 

 this rule. 



The owner or other person shall pay for each tree felled 



by him an inspection fee of ... ... ... ... 4s. 



Any person other than the owner shall in addition to such inspection fee pay 

 as royalties for the owners : 



For each mahogany or cedar tree ... ... ... ... 10s. 



For every other tree ... ... ... ... ... ... 6s. 



Such royalties shall be paid to the Commissioner of the district and dealt with 

 by him according to the provisions of section (b) of rule 40 hereof. 



The owner or other person desiring to fell trees under this rule shall 

 before doing so comply with the requirements of sub-rules 1 and 2 of 

 rule 44 hereof, except as regards the payment of fees provided by sub-rule 2 

 thereof. 



