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The Petition of ttie undersiped, Manufacturers of Timlier, Mercliants, and others i in tlie Timlier Trade of Canada i HUMBLY REPRESENTS,- That your petitioners regard with great apprehension the "Public Lands Bill" introduc- ed into your honorable House by the Honorable Louis V. Sicotte. your^tU ionSs S impressed with the conviction, that, should the said " Bill » in its prLent fo m mss into Law. the greatest injury will ensue to the timber and lumber trade Jf thrsVrovTuce ; And your petitioners would humbly represent ; That the holders of timber limits have expended vast sums of money in permanent oXrmf S 'T^ asthe erectioii of Milb and all their varied dependancies, the maSg nfpfJr'f^K^ '''"'^ Bndges, Booms and Slides, and the improvement of the Channel! of tivers. for the purpose of d-iving and bringing down timber and saw logs, and in various other ways m connection with their lumbering operations. various h. nrofii?^^.^ n'' expended large cipital in this manner, in the faith that they would be protected by the Government of this Province in the tenure of the timber limits wh ch they have acquired, and fur which they pay :-. annual rent to the GovernmenT 'md a S many limits which have become valuable in consequence of improvements, or frmn o?her causes, have been purchased by the present ownera. from their predecessors JorvTv ?ar.e •LT^dTy'srio^t?!'"''"^ "*""^'"^ ^"" '^'^^^ «"^^'^"«^'*- °' ^--«"-- -^"-- fi- J^'*! "Tu^ every large Saw Mill in Canada depends, for its support on the reserves of timber which have been acquired by the owner, an.l for which he pays heavy ground rents o the Government; reserves, which are invariably acquired by the owL^rs of Mfllsto h sure the ..ecessary supply of logs. That most of the large S?aw Mill^ in Canada wmdd neve hTv^ been built on the extensive scale on which they are now constructed, had the owners not hid It in their power to secure a sufficient extent of timber lands to aliord a s.ipplv ol umber for SvJd?' '' '' ' '"""^^ """''' '° *^' *''"^'" ^'^"^^^ ^^""^ ^^"^-'^ their . sSpplies wouW be inin.t;!^'''* tT'^'p- 'P ^'l" ■ ""'^f **'• ^^^ ^'"'^^'■' ^^^'"•^^'^ ^'"^^^« ^^o'j'd beexposed to grievous in ustice. The Bill puts it in the power of speculators who may pretend o be seUlers to select and buy the best timber lots within the limits held bv any person under license ^nd under this Bill (Section 38.) the receipt given for the first inWalmcMitLtoTervetE^^^^^^ purposes of a r«itent. Thus, „ot only would the limit holders be deprived of the tmber to obtain which they have paid large sums to the Government, and in fUith of the nmmnteed possession of which, they have invested and laid out so much money, but t herwould even be deprived of he privilege of passing over such lots, notwithstanding the improvements thev may have made, even though the same may afford the only practicable road^o dmwi^i S timber from the neighbouring lots to the nearest stream ; "rawm„ me Co,intr-JZl f,'*'^'""'^;^ most respectfully represent, that, the progress of the settlement of this h3 X Vf ""P^'^iT' ""-^^'^ ^"7^'''" ^'■•'•''^' have gone, and now go on together hand in hand, the latter r uinot be injured without the former h ,ng retarded ; Your n.^itioners have every reason to desire the speedy settlement of those parts of the Country in whiTthev early «n lumbernjg .jperafions The settler raises provisions for the lurnberJr ai^d fodde for TxX Zn^ltluJf ''"k T"^ ^!*'^ '""T'' '-^ ''^"^y "'''^'' f"^ ^--' P^"duce, they are thus a mutual benefit to each other. Under the present regulations the bom fide settler can acquire and deprive the lumberer of any of his timber lots, and therefore the" imber licenses dHot «r IV^"^ Tf'V^'f ^]"' ^^"'^"'"-'"^ «f ^he (\)untry, but ifthe conditions of seftlemen a e not complied with the lands are restored to the holders of the license, a regulation Xch gives equal justice and cannot fail to be satisfactory to boUi parties. hnlt ^„'y'^''^t!'^eP'-<;po^''cd new system would result in jrreat loss to the revenue, the ffreat ?hetimWf /"J"; '"'"'' rr' ^' ^"^'^Snc^h^ne, and they would be bought for he sake o IrLl nf . • 1 f "^^,? '?"'V;' '»"»"»''''«hle instances, would be many times more than the sake but ;? h"'' V l^K ^r/t «f "l^''"«"t be the object, the land will be bought for its own SaKC, out It Thft nhippf h»> that of "oftinsy the •*; — > ^i- !-'■!'' ' 3 1 » — * ii.^ v/n.ii timber is cut." "' &• "'»S ^"e timud, uic lanu wiii oe aDaiidoiied us soon as the Jour petitioners, therefore, humbly pray that the present regulations oiid conditions (30) with respectifcacitUftl settlement, the cutting of timber and the restoration to the limit holdenr of the lands not actually settled, may be continued in full force, and the. ' the Bill in question may not pass into law without some provisions being introduced which will prevent the po»- sibility of any of the evil results apprehended by your petitioners. •And as in duty bound your petitioners will ever pray. Quebec, 26th June, 1858. ALLAN GILMOUR & CO. GEO. BURNS SYMES & CO- HAMILTONS & CO. ANDERSON & PARADIS. (nan & uoss. LANE, GIBB & CO. GILLE3PIE3 & CO. CIIAS E. LEVEY & CO. J. R. YOUNG & CO. TRUSTEES OF G. B. HALL'S ESTATE Per George Pemdertom. PEMBERTON BROTHERS. GEORGE BRYSON. D. .T. O'BiaAN. EDWIN JACKSON. C. W. WILSON & CO. HENRY ATKINSON, Per T. P. Nkvins. JOHN FITZPATRICK. D. C. THOMSON. C. . J. SHARPLES & CO. BENSON BENNETT. HAMILTON BROTHERS. THOMSONS & CO. D. D. CALVIN & CO. Per Pro. T. H. DUNN & CO., \Vm. Home. RYAN, BROTHERS & CO. HENRY BURSTALL. R. M. HARRISON. HENRY W. WELCH. FORSYTH, BELL & CO. ARCHD. CAMPBELL. Per Pro. HENRY CHAPMAN & CO., John Cowas. FALKENBERG & McBLAiN. GEORGE BESWICK &C0. JOSEPH WHITE. JAS. H. MICHAUD & CO. W. W. SCOTT. R. McGILLIS, Per Pro. EDWARD BERRY & CO., William T. Holland. M. STEVENSON & CO. RICHD. McCONNELL. JAMES MITCHELL, HENRY MAY & CO. GEO. T. DAVIE, Per A. I'AViE. THIBAUDEAU, BRUYERE &, CO. BROCK, GORDON & CO. EDWD. T. GAUVREAU, W.H. FORREST & CO, WM. PRICE &, SON. .rOHN QUINN. der ion io»-