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WHEREAS by notice issued under the
provisions of subsection (1) of
section 5 of the Forest Ordinance
and published in the Gazette No.
94 dated 26th November 1955 the
Governor stated his intention of
constituting as a Forest Reserve
the area of land the situation and
limits of which were specified in
the said notice, and by the same
notice appointed PETER MYLES RILEY
ESQ. hereinafter referred to as
“the Reserve Settlement
Commissioner” to be Reserve
Settlement Commissioner:
AND WHEREAS in pursuance of the
duties imposed upon and powers
vested in him by section 9 of the
Ordinance the Reserve Settlement
Commissioner proceeded to hold an
enquiry into the limits of the
aforesaid area of land and into
the existence, nature and extent
of rights affecting the land or
over the land which have been
claimed, alleged to exist, or
brought to his notice:
AND WHEREAS the Reserve Settlement
Commissioner has completed his
enquiry and has delivered his
judgment in accordance with
section 15 of the Ordinance:
AND WHEREAS the Reserve Settlement
Commissioner in his said judgment
inter alia described the limits
set out in the first schedule
hereto, of an area of land for
reservation as a forest reserve:
CAP. 157.
NOW THEREFORE in exercise of the
powers conferred upon the
Governor-General by section 17 of
the Forests Ordinance the
following order is hereby made:—
Order 1—Title.
This Order may be cited as the
Forests (Bediako Forest Reserve)
Order 1958.
Order 2—First Schedule.
The area of land the situation and
limits of which are specified in
the First schedule to this order
is hereby constituted a Forest
Reserve under the name of the
Bediako Forest Reserve.
Order 3—Second, Third and Fourth
Schedule.
The Bediako Forest Reserve is
hereby declared to be affected by
the rights particularised in the
Second, Third and Fourth Schedules
to this Order.
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA OF THE
BEDIAKO FOREST RESERVE
All that area of land lying within
the boundary following, that is to
say a boundary commencing at B.P.
31 of the Nsuensa Forest Reserve
thence following the Eastern
boundary of that Reserve in a
general Southerly direction for a
distance of 495 chains
approximately through B.P. 32, 33,
etc. to Forest Reserve B.P. 52
which lies on the junction of the
boundary with the Aiyaola Forest
Reserve, thence following the
Western boundary of the Aiyaola
Forest Reserve, in a general
Northerly and Westerly direction
for 435 chains approximately
through G.C.S.E.P. 1512 1513 etc.
to 1533 etc. to Nsuensa Forest
Reserve B.P. 31 the point of
commencement.
All bearings are approximate and
refer to True North.
All distances are more or less.
The letters B.P. and G.C.S.E.P.
followed by a number refer to a
“Boundary Pillar” or Gold Coast
Survey Eastern Province pillar
bearing that number.
SECOND SCHEDULE
COMMUNAL RIGHTS
1 2 3
Nature of Right Extent of
Right Persons permitted
to Exercise Right
1. Hunting
2. Fishing
3. Collection of Snails, Honey,
and sponges.
4. Collection of deadfall for
firewood.
5. Building Poles for personal
use, Chew Sticks and Tie Tie.
6. Collection of Stone, and Sand
for building purposes.
7. Timber felling and Minerals
8. Access to and maintenance of
existing paths. Unrestricted but
no steel traps to be used.
Unrestricted but no streams to be
dammed.
Unrestricted.
For personal use only.
Unrestricted.
For personal use on Free Permit.
Unrestricted.
Subject to restriction based on
proper Forest Management.
Unrestricted. The subjects of the
Akokoaso Stool.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
THIRD SCHEDULE
Unrestricted access to and
cultivation of the demarcated
farms shown below in favour of the
persons named in Column 3.
1 2 3
Farm No. Area Right
Holder
1. 17 Acres Nana
Bediako
Opanin Kweku Poku
Kofi Fofi.
2. 6 Acres
Opanin Kweku Poku, Kwesie Asare.
3. 3.75 Acres Opanin
Kweku Poku.
FOURTH SCHEDULE
STOOL RIGHTS
1 2 3
Right Holder Extent of
Right Nature of
Right
The Akokoaso Stool The Bediako
Reserve All Communal
Rights as detailed in Second
Schedule.
All residual rights of ownership
on land within the Reserve
together with the natural products
and minerals therein are vested in
the Akokoaso Stool subject to
obligations to comply with Native
Customary Laws and the provisions
of any Ordinance and directions
given by the Forestry Department
for the management of the Reserve
in accordance with the provisions
of section 18 of the Forests
Ordinance Cap. 157.
The Akokoaso Stool do.
Dated at Accra this 17th day of
March, 1958.
By the Governor-General’s Command.
FRANCIS Y. ASARE
Minister of Agriculture.
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