224 COLONIAL REPORTS MISCELLANEOUS. 



WHEREAS the Licensees have given security by Bond for the perform- 

 ance of the conditions subject to which this licence is granted in the sum 

 of 



Now THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH : 



1. The Grantors hereby grant to the Licensees the sole and exclusive right 

 to take on the lands situated at bounded by a line drawn 

 through the centres of the trees marked at the limits of the said lands, 

 which lands are delineated and surrounded with a red border line on the plan 

 attached hereto, from the day of , 19 , for a term of five years, 

 provided that after the expiration of the said term of five years the Licensees 

 shall be entitled to renew the licence hereby granted for periods of two years in 

 accordance with and upon and subject to the conditions set forth in the rules 

 printed on the back hereof and upon and subject to such special conditions if 

 any as the Governor may prescribe. 



2. The Licensee-! shall pay the royalties, and exercise the right hereinbefore 

 granted upon and subject to the conditions set forth in the rules aforesaid. 



(Here insert special clauses and conditions, if any.) 



IN WJTNESS WHEREOF the said parties have hereunto set their hands and 

 seals or made their marks and set their seals the day and year first above 

 written. 



The above parties set their hands or made their marks 

 and this Indenture was sealed and delivered in the presence 

 of 



Commissioner. 



Assented to on behalf of the Government of Southern Nigeria this day 



of , 19 . 



Provincial Commissioner. 



Rules 2, 7, 19 to 35 inclusive, and 37 to 44 inclusive shall be printed on the 

 back hereof. 



4. RULES RELATING TO FOREST RESERVES. 

 A . ProJi ibitintifi. 



The following acts are prohibited except in so far as they may be expressly 

 sanctioned in the deeds constituting the reserves, or by the rules and regulations 

 hereinafter set forth. 



(1) The felling, tapping, barking or taking of any plant or the produce 



derived from it. 



(2) The taking of earth, soil, stone, rock or minerals. 



(3) The digging, cutting and turning over of soil. 



(4) The lighting of fires, or smoking within specified areas (to be notified in 



the Gazette), at any time between 1st December and 30th April. 



(5) The hunting, trapping, snaring and catching of beasts, birds or fish, the 



poisoning of water, and the use of any explosive for the purpose of 

 killing fish. 



(6) The construction of dams or weirs across rivers or streams, and the 



obstruction of the channel of any waterway. 



(7) The erection of any building. 



B. Hi/left and Regulations. 



l._(l) ? (2) and (3) The acts prohibited may be allowed provided that a 

 licence be obtained from the Provincial Forest Officer authorizing the same, and 

 the conditions prescribed by the said licence be observed, and the fees paid as 

 prescribed therein. 



These prohibitions and provisions do not apply to lands let out for farming 

 purposes as hereinafter provided. 



(4) The lighting of fires within the prescribed period may be allowed 

 provided that : 



(i) Due notice is given to the nearest Forest Officer. 



(ii) The area immediately surrounding the spot where the fire is lit is 

 sufficiently fire-traced to prevent the spread of fire to the adjoining 

 areas. 



(iii) In the case of villages or farms situated within the reserve, such villages 

 and farms are sufficiently fire-traced to prevent the spread of fire to 

 the adjoining portions of the reserve. 



