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WHEREAS by notice issued under the
provisions of subsection (1) of
Section 5 of the Forests Ordinance
and published in the Gazette No.
68 of 2nd August, 1952, 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, which area of
land includes the area of land the
situation and limits of which are
described in the First Schedule to
this order, and by the aforesaid
notice appointed CHRISTOPHER
HERBERT COOKE, ESQ., to be Reserve
Settlement Commissioner:
AND WHEREAS C. H. COOKE, ESQ. was
unable to complete his duties as
Reserve Settlement Commissioner, a
further notice under the
provisions of subsection (2) of
Section 5 of the Forests Ordinance
was published in Gazette No. 77
dated 1st December, 1956,
appointing P. M. 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 which
area he recommended for
reservation as a forest reserve:
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 (Yongwa 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
Yongwa Forest Reserve.
Order 3—Second, Third, Fourth and
Fifth Schedules.
The Yongwa Forest Reserve is
hereby declared to be affected by
the rights particularised in the
Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth
Schedules to this Order.
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA OF THE
YONGWA FOREST RESERVE
All that area of land lying within
the boundary following, that is to
say a boundary commencing at B.P.1
which is situated on the
Obopa-Kabosi footpath 35 chains
from Obopa, thence following this
footpath in a Westerly direction
for 42 chains to Boundary Pillar
2: thence on a bearing of 28
degrees for a distance of 83
chains to B.P.3; thence on a
bearing of 118 degrees for a
distance of 3 chains to B.P.4;
thence on a bearing of 28 degrees
for a distance of 37 chains to
B.P.5; thence on a bearing of 298
degrees for a distance of 3 chains
to B.P.6; thence on a bearing of
34 degrees for a distance of 43.16
chains to B.P.7; thence on a
bearing of 124 degrees for a
distance of 10.46 chains to B.P.8;
thence on a bearing of 34 degrees
for a distance of 7 chains to
B.P.9; thence on a bearing of 148
degrees for a distance of 5.50
chains to B.P.10; thence on a
bearing of 43 degrees for a
distance of 4 chains to B.P.11;
thence on a bearing of 323 degrees
for a distance of 16.20 chains to
B.P.12; thence on a bearing of 34
degrees for a distance of 27
chains to B.P.13; thence on a
bearing of 108 degrees for a
distance of 9.85 chains to B.P.14;
thence on a bearing of 34 degrees
for a distance of 10.10 chains to
B.P.15; thence on a bearing of 298
degrees for a distance of 25.44
chains to B.P.16; thence on a
bearing of 307 degrees for a
distance of 19 chains to B.P.17;
thence on a bearing of 26 degrees
for a distance of 20 chains to
B.P.18; thence on a bearing of 73
degrees for a distance of 70
chains to B.P.19; thence on a
bearing of 118 degrees for a
distance of 68 chains to B.P.20;
thence on a bearing of 224 degrees
for a distance of 68 chains to
B.P.21; thence on a bearing of 251
degrees for a distance of 47
chains to B.P.22; thence on a
bearing of 169 degrees for a
distance of 43 chains to B.P.23;
thence on a bearing of 211 degrees
for a distance of 32 chains to
B.P.24; thence on a bearing of 301
degrees for a distance of 1 chain
to B.P.25; thence on a bearing of
211 degrees for a distance of 8
chains to B.P.26; thence on a
bearing of 121 degrees for a
distance of 1 chain to B.P.27;
thence on a bearing of 211 degrees
for a distance of 80 chains to
B.P.28; thence on a bearing of 256
degrees for a distance of 17.75
chains to B.P.29; thence on a
bearing of 211 degrees for a
distance of 12.60, chains to
B.P.30; thence on a bearing of 258
degrees for a distance of 10.13
chains to B.P.1, the point of
commencement.
All bearings are approximate and
refer to True North. All distances
are more or less.
The Letters B.P. followed by a
number refer to a boundary pillar
bearing that number.
SECOND SCHEDULE
DETAILS OF COMPENSATION AWARDED
1 2 3
Name of Farm Company Acreage
excluding demarcated farms
Compensation awarded
Akoma Teye & Company . .
. .
Teeteh Gbame Amade & Company .
. 861.83
974.85 £516
£
586
Total £1,102
To the Compensation figure in
column III is to be added in each
case 5 per cent compound interest
to run from February 1937 until
the date the Governor-General
makes his order under Section 17
of Cap. 157.
THIRD SCHEDULE
COMMUNAL RIGHTS
1 2 3
Nature of Right Extent of
Right Persons Permitted
to exercise Rights
1. Hunting Unrestricted but
no Steel traps to be
used. Members of each
farm Company on their own Huza.
2. Fishing Unrestricted but
no dams to be made or water
courses altered.
do.
3. Collection of Snails,
Honey, Fruits.
Unrestricted do.
4. Collection of deadwood for
fuel Unrestricted for personal
use and not for sale.
do.
5. Collection of sand, Stones, and
Clay. On Free Permit at the
discretion of the Forestry
Officer. do.
6. Collection of Tie-Tie, Sponges,
Canes, Raffia, Thatch, Building
Poles, Bamboo, Grass. do.
do.
7. Collection of Palm nuts and
Tapping for Palm wine.
do. do.
8. Use of existing bush
paths Unrestricted By
the landowner on his own land.
To general public.
FOURTH SCHEDULE
INDIVIDUAL FARMING RIGHTS
Unrestricted rights of access to
and cultivation in the demarcated
farms shown in columns 1 and 2
below in favour of the persons
named in column 3.
1 2 3
No. Acreages
Owners
1. )
2. ) Blocked 2 acres
Tekper
Manya Teye
Nartey Badua of Yongwasi.
3. . 17 acres Teye
of Yongwasi.
4. . 89 acres Tetteh
Kwame of Yongwasi.
5. 3.46 acres orda
Tekper
Akoma Teye
Tetteh Asare
Tetteh Tekper
Tetteh Korla of Yongwasi.
Total _________
6.52 acres
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FIFTH SCHEDULE
CLAIMS NOT ESTABLISHED
Claims by the Stool of Kotropei
not to have sold the land in the
Reserve to the Manya Krobo Farm
Companies.
Dated at Accra this 11th day of
July, 1958.
By the Governor-General’s Command.
F.Y. ASARE
Minister of Agriculture.
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