Forests (Lembus) Rules (Chapter 176)

THE FORESTS (LEMBUS) RULES 1. These Rules may be cited as the Forests (Lembus) Rules. 2. These Rules shall apply to all that part of Lembus Forest Reserve which is comprised in Land Reference No. 503 to the north of the Sclater Road and proclaimed to be a forest area. 3. A member of any of the families mentioned in the Schedule attached to the instrument dated the 12th December 1923 defining the African rights within the area the subject of a licence made by an indenture dated the 8th March. 1926 to Major Ewart Scott Grogan of Nairobi, residing in the area mentioned in rule 2 hereof shall be entitled (a) to collect dead wood for firewood for his own use, but not for sale or exchange: (b) to fell trees for his own purposes for domestic use or for building his own house, that is to say, a house to be inhabited by him or by his wife, but not for sale or exchange: (c) to graze cattle on grasslands contained within the area and which for the time being may not, in the opinion of the forest officer in charge of the forest, be necessary to the operations of the licensee: (d) to collect honey and to put up honey barrels in trees, subject to the provisions of the Ordinance and any rules made thereunder: (e) to cultivate land not required for reafforestation purposes. 4. No trees shall be felled under these Rules unless the permission of the forest officer in charge of the forest has been previously obtained. 5 The rights exercised under these Rules shall be so exercised free of charge. Cap. 176 (1948), Sub. Leg.