A. S. Hardy, Province of Ontario Department of Crown Lands, Woods and Forests Branch, Notice of Timber Sale, June 27, 1892.
AUCTION SALE OF TIMBER BERTHS
Department of Crown Lands,
WOODS AND FORESTS BRANCH
Toronto, 27th June, 1892
NOTICE
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It is hereby given that under Order-in-Council, Timber Berths as hereunder given in the Nipissing, Algoma, Thunder Bay and Rainy River Districts, viz :- Biggar, Butt, Finlayson, Hunter, McCraney, McLaughlin, Paxton, Peck, and the northerly portion of Berth 49 lying South and West of the Wahnapitae Lake, all in the Nipissing District […] will be sold at Public Auction on THURSDAY, the THIRTEENTH day of OCTOBER next, at One o’clock p.m., at the Department of Crown Lands.
CONDITIONS AND TERMS OF SALE
CONDITIONS.-Each Berth to be adjudged to the person bidding the highest amount of bonus therefor per square mile. […]
The Government dues payable in respect of the Berths in the Nipissing and Algoma Districts shall be :-
On sawn logs and round Timber at the rate of not less than $1.25 per thousand feet board measures, and
On square, waney or board timber not less then $25 per thousand feet cubic measure.
The purchaser shall be entitled to the pine timber only, but shall be entitled to cut such other timber as may be necessary in order to make roads or for other purposes necessary to the removal of the pine timber. […]