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(3) Gratuitous licenses, which will provide for the cutting, 

 collecting, and removing of forest products from public forests 

 and forest reserves free of charge. Such licenses may be granted 

 under certain conditions, restrictions, and limitations to needy 

 residents, miners, or to officials for use in public works. 



(4) Ordinary licenses, which will provide for the cutting, col- 

 lecting, and removing from public forests and forest reserves of 

 forest products on which the full charges prescribed in section 

 12 of The Forest Act are due. 



(c) Every license issued will be delivered to the licensee 

 attached within the covers of a book containing a copy of The 

 Forest Act, of these regulations, and of any special rules appli- 

 cable to said license, together with lists of the forest reserves 

 and of protected areas, and such other information as may be 

 deemed of value by the Chief of the Bureau of Forestry. 



(d) In granting licenses covering given forest tracts or other 

 tracts in their immediate vicinity, preference will be given to 

 persons to whom licenses have previously been granted and who 

 have obeyed the law and regulations and have aided in pro- 

 tecting the forests ; to residents of municipalities or settlements 

 in which the timber or other forest products to be collected are 

 situated ; to applicants for small amounts of timber or other 

 forest products for their own immediate use; and to persons 

 or associations of persons contemplating the employmejit upon 

 a considerable scale of modern machinery and logging methods. 



(e) Licenses will ordinarily be granted for a period of one 

 year, except in cases where special cause is shown for granting 

 them for a longer period. 



if) The number of licenses granted in each province will be 

 limited, and will depend upon the forest conditions in the prov- 

 ince and the needs of the people. 



(g) No license will be granted except upon the express con- 

 dition that the licensee assumes responsibility for all the acts 

 of his agents. 



APPMOATIONS FOK LICENSES. 



X. (a) Applications for licenses must be made on official 

 forms, which will be furnished on request by any executive officer 

 of the Bureau of Forestry or by the Chief of the Bureau, and 

 must contain the following information: 



( 1 ) The class of license desired. 



(2) The kinds and amounts of timber or other forest products 

 applied for. 



(3) The name, age, citizenship, residence, and occupation of 

 the applicant. 



(4) A statement of former licenses granted to him or to 

 any corporation, partnership, or association of persons with 

 which he has been connected. 



(5) The amount of forest products gathered under last license 

 granted applicant, if any. 



(6) Facilities for logging. 



(7) Amount of capital applicant has available and purposes 

 to employ in operations under the license if granted. 



(8) Applicants for gratuitous licenses must state in detail 

 the use to be made of the forest products for the taking of 

 which a gratuitous license is requested, and any person niaking 

 use of such forest products other than that stated in the license 



