Pigs eating 
     
     beechmast. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Timber clauses 
     
     in leases. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Lot 6 7 - a 
     
     well- wooded lot. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The forest is 
     
     ’cul/ed already’. 
     
    
   
   
    
     considerable inconvenience and loss to the proprietor, while it is an accommodation 
     
     to the tenant. [pp. 46-47] 
     
    
   
   
    
     Monday, September 10, 1860, Charlottetown. 
     
    
   
   
    
     J. Robertson [with others from Lot 34]: 
     
    

    
     we have labored hard under inconvenience, cut down the forest, cleared the land, 
     
     and thus enhanced its value; besides, the wood on it at that time was not worth a 
     
     farthing. the remainder [i.e. the uncleared land] being worth nothing unless it be 
     
     for the beech nuts which the pigs eat. [p. 52] 
     
    
   
   
    
     J. S. McLeod [from Lat 34]: 
     
     I paid £2 an acre for cutting down, and £3 for clearing it, &c. [p. 53] 
     
    
   
   
    
     Wednesday, September 12, 1860, St. Eleanor’s. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Hon. James Warburton [a delegate representing Lot 7]: 
     
    

    
     I will now read a clause in the lease of Robert Vincent, who is a tenant of Mr Robert 
     
     Bruce Stewart on Lot 10: — "Except all timber trees, which are only to be felled by 
     
     the said Robert Vincent, his heirs, as the land is cleared for agricultural purposes, 
     
     and for timber to be used only for building purposes on said premises. 
     
    

    
     Com. Gray. — It would appear that they do not encourage lumbering in this country. 
     
     Mr W. — Mr. Conroy can show you one of Mr Cunard’s leases which has a clause in 
     
     it similar to the one in Mr Stewart’s. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Coun. Haliburton. — I think it would be difficult to find leases anywhere without such 
     
     clauses. I think it is customary to insert similar clauses in leases in all countries. 
     
     Coun. Thomson. — I am much obliged to my friend for admitting that all the leases 
     
    
   
   
    
     on this Island have these clauses, 
     
     Coun. [Char/es] Palmer. — Many took leases for the sake of cutting the timber which 
     
     grew on the land. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Com. Howe.— These leases might do in England where there is no timber but it is 
     
     hard to tie down a poor fellow in America in that way. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Com. Gray. — In our province [i.e. New Brunswick] a man likes to sell wood, knees, 
     
     &c., off his farm, to help him along while he is clearing it. [pp. 61-62] 
     
    
   
   
    
     Coun. Haliburton. — Do you know the highest price paid for wild lands? 
     
     Mr. Warburton. — In some localities I believe £3 per acre for wood lands, for the fuel; 
     
     [p. 68] 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mr. B. Davis [a delegate for Township number 1; the Brae, Cascumpec and for Lots 
     
     2 7 and 28]: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Lot 67 in the heart of the Island, and well wooded, he [Governor Fanning] purchased 
     
     for £7. [p. 73] 
     
    
   
   
    
     Wednesday, September 13, 1860, St. Eleanor’s. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mr John McKay [Lot 3]: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Com. Gray. —— What use do you make of the knees and timber which you get on your 
     
     lands? 
     
     Mr. McK. — The forest on our lands has been culled already. Gentlemen get permits 
     
    
   
   
    
     of the whole tract of country, and if a tenant need timber he must go to these parties 
     
     for permission to obtain it. I endeavored to get a permit to obtain 20 tons of spruce 
     
    
   
   
    
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