CHAPTER III. </ 



Acquiring land in Ceylon The upset price Present value 

 of forest-land Rules for S. India compared Pro- 

 perty intrinsically less valuable Why Private titles 

 more advantageous Coffee Land Assessment Rules in 

 Coorg. 



IF land is required in Ceylon, should it belong 

 to Government, application must be made at the 

 Court of the Agent, or Chief Revenue Official of 

 the district or province in which the land is situated. 

 Within a reasonable time after this application has 

 been sent in, the block within the specified boun- 

 daries will be gone over by the Government sur- 

 veyor if indeed this had not been done previously 

 and carefully surveyed. Should there be grass- 

 land adjacent, a certain proportion of this will be 

 included with the forest-land, and an advertisement 

 will then be published in the Government Gazette, 

 and in the newspapers, giving the name of the 

 applicant, and 'naming a day for the sale of the 

 entire tract by public auction, at the Cutcherry or 

 Civil Court of the district. The " upset " price 



