stumpage dues

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a tax or royalty paid to the government on each tree taken out of a timber berth.

See: stumpage(def. 1b)

Quotations

1896

Having no stumpage dues to pay, they could afford a little extra outlay for the difficult hauling [of stolen lumber].

1963

It is estimated that . . . the farmer has paid his stumpage costs to the government. . . .