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THE BOOK OF THE LANDED ESTATE. 



CONDITIONS of SALE of WOOD on the ESTATE of , by , on 



the 186 , the Property of MAJOR STAPYLTON. 



1. The timber now exposed for sale is all marked and numbered, and believed to 

 be correctly stated, as under, in the following plantations, viz. : 



2. All the above wood to be cut and every other expense performed by the pur- 

 chaser, and at his own risk hereafter. 



3. In its removal from the ground, or any way on the estates through which it has 

 to pass, the purchaser must at all times be under the control of Major Stapylton's 

 forester. 



4. The above must be removed from the plantation named on or before, the 1st 

 of . Any timber found on the ground after this date will belong to 

 the proprietor, and will be sold to defray damages thereafter. 



5. Payment of the purchase must be made within six days of sale to the forester 

 in cash. In the event of not being settled, it will again become the property of the 

 proprietor, and shall be optional to re-expose the same for sale or otherwise, as the 

 forester shall think proper. 



C. Previous to payment the purchaser is requested to satisfy himself as to quantity, 

 number, or quality, or any alleged error whatever, as no deduction will be made on 

 any account thereafter. 



7. In the event of damage being done to woods, lands, crops, or tenants on the 

 estates in the removal, the purchaser must at once pay the amount on being ascer- 

 tained by the forester, whose decision shall be final in such matters. 



8. The purchaser must annex his offer and signature under this condition of sale, 

 thereby becoming bound to fulfil the same under a penalty of : : 



TENDER. 



I hereby agree to give the sum of 

 wood, subject to this condition of sale. 



for the above quantity of 



In selling timber by private bargain, which has to be measured in 

 the usual way by the tape, certain deductions have to be made in the 

 girth of a tree as an allowance for the thickness of the bark. This varies 



