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31. No portion of the Crown lands shall be sold, if the same be within 600 feet from tions of Crow the summit of a mountain, hill, or hillock, measured as herein-after provided for, and no solal or leased, portion of the Crown lands shall be leased or temporarily granted, unless upon the report and exceptions of the Surveyor-General.

lauds not to be

thereto.

Preamble.

No one to set

tire to trees,

&e, standing.

No one to set

fire to trees,

&c. felled, ex-

cept, &c.

Fires may be

made for cer-

tain purposes.

Proviso.

Precautions to

be observed by

persons mak. ing fires.

Selection of locality;

Clearance of

the place with-

in a certain

radius ;

Extinguishing the fire.

Persous drop- ping burning

mubstances

shall extin- guish them

at once.

Penalty, &c.,

No portion of the Crown lands lying within 1,000 feet of the source of a river, or within 100 feet of the banks of a river or stream, shall be sold, leased, or temporarily granted, unless upon the report of the Surveyor-General, and after three notices published in the "Government-Gazette,”

Provided that should the Governor, upon the report of the Surveyor-General, be of opinion that such Crown lands as are described in the two preceding paragraphs may be leased or granted temporarily, it shall be one of the conditions of any and every lease that the lessee thereof shall not cut down, destroy, or mutilate, or suffer to cut down, destroy, or mutilate any tree or trees growing thereon, without the written permission of the Surveyor-General.

(2.) Prevention of Forest Fires.

EXTRACT of the STATUTES of the PROVINCE of QUEBEC, 34 Vict. cap. 19. CAP XIX.—AN ACT respecting the clearing of Lands, and the protection of Forests

against Fires.

[Assented to 24th December 1870.]

WHEREAS it is expedient to determine the periods of the year during which fires may be lighted in forests, for the purpose of clearing or improving lands; and whereas it is further necessary to protect forests against fires; Iler Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislature of Quebec, enacts as follows:

1. No person shall at any time set fire to or cause to burn any tree, shrub, or other plant growing, or standing in any forest, or at a distance of less than one mile from any forest.

2. No person shall set fire to or cause to burn any pile of wood, branches, or brush- wood, or any tree, shrub, or other plant which shall be situate or felled in the forest, or at a distance of less than a mile, or any turf, peat, stumps, fallen trees, or other timber, at any period of the year, for any cause or pretext whatsoever, except for the purpose of clearing lands, and in such latter case only between the

day of day of

and the

fire in or

3. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions, it shall be lawful to make near the forest to obtain warmth, and for cooking or other necessary objects, or for all industrial purposes, such as the manufacture of tar, turpentine, charcoal, or making of ashes, for the manufacture of pot or pearl ash, provided that the obligations and pre- cautions imposed by the following section are observed.

4. Every person who shall, between the

of

and the

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make a fire in the forest, or at a distance of less than half a mile tlierefrom, for the purposes mentioned in the preceding section, must-

1. Select the locality in the neighbourhood in which there is the smallest quantity of vegetable matter, dead wood, branches, brushwood, dry leaves, or resinous trees :

2. Clear the place in which he is about to light his fire, by removing all vegetable matter, dead trees, branches, brushwood, and dry leaves from the soil, within a radius of twenty-five feet, as regards fires made for the necessities of any industry, as mentioned in section three, and within a radius of four feet as regards fires made for the other necessary objects mentioned in the said section;

3. Totally extinguish the fire before quitting the place.

5. Any person who shall throw or drop on the ground, in any place whatsoever, whether in the forests, open fields, or other place, any burning match, ashes of a pipe, cigars or part of a cigar, or any other burning substance, or who shall discharge any firearm, shall be bound, under the pains and penalties imposed by this Act for his neglect so to do; completely to extinguish, before leaving the spot, the fire of such match, ashes of a pipe, cigars or part of a cigar, or the wadding of such firearm.

6. Any person contravening any of the provisions of this Act shall be liable upon

for contraven conviction before any Justice of the Peace to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars, and

ing this Act,

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in default of payment of the said penalty and costs of suit, with or without delay, to he imprisoned in the common gaol of the district wherein he shall be convicted for a period not exceeding three calendar months, unless the said penalty and costs of suit, together with the costs of apprehension and conveyance of the said offender to the said common gaol, be sooner paid, or to be simprisoned in the said common gaol for a period not exceeding three calendar months; or to be condemned for each such offence to the said penalty and further to the imprisonment herein-above mentioned, with costs of suit in

all cases.

7. Any person of full age may prosecute for any contravention of this Act, and one who may pro- half of the penalty, in case of conviction, shall belong to the prosecutor, and the other cute. half to the Government of this province, to form part of the consolidated revenue fund of Application of

the same.

penalty.

8. Every suit for contravention of this Act shall be commenced within the three Limitation of calendar months immediately following such contravention, and not afterwards.

prosecution.

may impose

9. Any Justice of the Peace who shall himself view any contravention of this Act Justices or cur may impose the penalty therefor without other proof, and, for the purposes of this Act, tain others all agents for the sale of Crown lands, all employees of the Department of Crown Lands, penalty on all sworn land surveyors, and all wood rangers employed by the Department of Crown view. Lands, shall be ex officio Justices of the Peace.

(3.) Re-establishment of State Forests.

NEW ZEALAND.—Tricesimo Octavo Victoria Regina, No. XXIV,

Title. Preamble. 1. Short Title.

ANALYSIS.

2. Annual sum of 10,000 for 30 years to be paid quarterly out of Copsoli-

dated Fund to the Special Fund, to

an account to be kept there and called "The State Forests Ac- count.' All receipts from State Forests to be paid to said account.

3. Moneys at State Forests Account, on

what to be expended.

4. One of the Responsible Ministers to

be Commissioner of State Forests.

5. Conservator of Forests, and salary. Assistant Conservators, and salaries. Other officers.

6. Definition of State Forests.

7. Agreements for cancellation of pastoral

leases. Rents to go to State Forests

8. Leases, &c. of State Forests may be granted, not extending beyond the year 1884.

9. Town may be constituted within State'

Forests.

10.

11.

Surplus revenues may be invested.

Byelaws. Byelaws may apply to State Forests generally, or to one or more in particular.

imposed.

12. Proof of byelaw.

Penalties

13. Forfeiture of lease, &c.

may be

14. Conservators, &c., may apprehend

offenders without warrant.

15.

Account.

If no agreement, lease

16.

not to be affected.

Persons found on proclaimed land in possession of timber, not accounting for possession, liable to apprehension and penalty.

Recovery of penalties, and part payable

to State Forests Account.

AN ACT to provide for the Establishment of State Forests, and for the application of Title.

the revenues derivable therefrom.

[31st August 1874.]

WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for preserving the soil and climate by Preanible. tree planting, for providing timber for future industrial purposes, for subjecting some portion of the native forests to skilled management and proper control, and for these purposes to constitute State Forests:

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