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RULES WITH RESPECT TO THE CONSERVATION OF FORESTS. 



(s. 30 (9) ). 



1. (a) No timber tree mentioned in Part I. of the Schedule hereto 

 of smaller girth than nine feet at a point one foot above the convergence 

 of the buttress roots, if any, or at the base where there are no such 

 roots, and 



(b) No timber trees mentioned in Part II. of the Schedule hereto 

 of smaller girth than four and a half feet at a point one foot above the 

 convergence of the buttress roots, if any, or at the base where there 

 are no such roots, and 



(c) No timber trees mentioned in Part III. of the Schedule hereto 

 of smaller girth than three feet at a point one foot above the base 

 shall be felled without special permission in writing of the Chief 

 Commissioner or Officer deputed by him. 



2. Any contravention of the above rule will render a person liable 

 to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds or to imprisonment with 

 hard labour not exceeding three months. 



3. (i) No person shall buy, sell, export or be in possession of timber 

 which has been cut from a tree below the girths prescribed in rule I. 

 [a), (b), and (c) of these rules. 



4. Any person contravening the above rule shall be liable on 

 conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds or to imprison- 

 ment with hard labour not exceeding three months ; and the timber 

 cut in contravention thereof shall be liable to forfeiture. 



The Schedule. 



Part I. 



MAHOGANY OR DUBINI (Khaya senegaJensis). 



OPAPAO (Afzelia africana). 



BAKU {Mimusops species Djava). 



ODUM {Clorophora excelsa). 



KOKOTE (Kokote alata) Ofuobrodejui). 



HYEDUA (Gum Copal Tree). 



CEDAR. 



KWABOHOL (Genus and species unknown). 



PENKWA (Genus and species unknown). 



YANKUM (Genus and species unknown). 



Part II. 



ODAN {Piptadenia africana) . 

 EPRO (Genus and species unknown). 

 OSUABISE [Carapa guineensis) . 

 KAKU {Fillacopsis Kaku). 

 BOMPAJA (Paranarium robustum). 



Part III. 

 KUBE (Borassus csthiopum). 



(Rules I and 2 and the Schedule made 13th April, 1915 and approved 

 nth May, 1915 ; rules 3 and 4 made 30th August, I9i5,and approved 

 30th September, 1915.) 



