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be required to be taken out, and granted by any Reve- 
nue officer before timber could be legally disposed of, or 
possession taken. This need not be of any more incon- 
venient or impeding nature than the permits for the 
removal of rum. Holders of grants or licences should 
be obliged to keep a record of all timber squared and 
beached at their different landings. Each timber should be 
impressed with the owner's brand. A declaration as to any 
timber sold being the property of the seller, the grant on 
which it was cut, and the purchaser's name, would then 
establish such a record that a weekly or monthly return 
to the Revenue Officer of the district would enable him 
in the course of his visits to check fraud or falsification. 
The registers required to be kept by the Crown Sur- 
veyor under sections 9 and 10 of Ordinance 1873 of all 
grants or licences of occupation held under a properly 
constituted or presumed title ought now to throw 
some light on what should form the different boundaries, 
and enable such steps as were then contemplated to be 
taken for putting all on a proper footing. 
