CO885-5 — Page 2

Miscellaneous, No. 40.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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C.O. 885/5

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(1) Forest Conservation.

EXTRACTS of ORDINANCE enacted by the GOVERNOR of CEYLON, with the Advice and

Consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

(Extract.)

No. 6.-1878.

AN ORDINANCE to amend the Law relating to the felling, destruction, and removal of Timber grown on Crown Lands.

Crown land

5. No person, other than an officer of Government acting in the discharge of his duty, No person to shall fell or destroy any trees or remove any timber on or from any land in this Island cut timber on belonging to the Crown without having previously obtained a license from the Govern- without a ment Agent of the province in which such land is situated, specifying the name and license. residence of the holder of such license, the number and description of the trees to be felled, the place where and the time when and the terms and conditions on which the same are to be felled and removed. And such license shall be directed to such headman of the district or place where such land is situated, as to the Government Agent shall seem fit, and shall be as near as is material in the form in the schedule hereunto annexed, marked B. And there shall be paid or delivered to such Government Agent for the said license by the person or persons to whom the same is granted such sum of money, or such share of the timber, as shall be determined by such Government Agent when issuing the license. Provided always, that it shall be lawful for such Government Agent to extend the time within which the trees or timber are to be felled or removed, or to refuse a license to any person whomsoever, if he shall deem it advisable so to do.

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addressed,

6. Every such licensed person shall by himself or by his servant or agent, before fell- License to be ing any of the trees mentioned in such license, produce the same to the headman to the hedman whom it is addressed and furnish him with a list of the names of every person whom he to whom it is intends to employ in felling or removing the trees or timber specified in such license. And it shall be the duty of such headman to write upon such license the date of its production to him, and to sign his name thereto, and thereafter to return the same to the person from whom he received it together with a copy also signed by him of the said list; Provided however, that it shall be lawful for the Government Agent granting any such license to state in writing in or upon the same that the holder thereof shall not be required to furnish such headman with such list as aforesaid; and in such case such list shall be dispensed with.

without notice

und grant

7. It shall not be lawful for any such licensed person to remove or cause to be Timber not to removed any timber felled in virtue of such license, unless notice of his intention to be removed remove the same shall have been given to the headman to whom the license is addressed, to headman. or to some other person to be appointed in that behalf by the Government Agent Who shall in- granting the license. And it shall be the duty of such headmau or other person afore- spect the same, said to inspect such timber previously to its removal and, if he finds that the timber has permit for ita been felled conformably with the license, to grant a permit to the holder of such license removal. for its removal, which permit shall be as near as is material in the form in the schedule hereunto annexed, marked C., and to stamp or otherwise sufficiently mark cach log intended to be removed. And the said headman or other person aforesaid shall forthwith deliver or transmit a duplicate of such permit to the Government Agent by whom such license was granted. Provided however that it shall be lawful for the Government Agent granting such license to state in writing thercon that the holder thereof shall not be required to give any such notice of removal or obtain such permit as aforesaid; and in such case such notice and permit shall be dispensed with.

felling timber

8. If any person, other than an officer of Government acting in the discharge of his Penalty on duty, shall fell or destroy any trees or timber, or remove any timber on or from any on Crown land Crown land in this Island for any purpose whatsoever, without having obtained a license without a

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license, or be