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member next to him shall cause the open- 

 ing of the Auction proceedings to be 

 announced by the official of the Survey 

 Department acting as crier, and the stand 

 applied for to be put up to auction subject to 

 all the conditions of the respective contract. 



Sub-section 2. — The crier shall make a note of 

 the bidders and the prices offered, and, the 

 bidding having ceased, shall declare the 

 highest bid and the name of the person 

 making it. 



Sub-section 3. — Bidding shall only be in 

 respect of the initial payment to be made. 



Initial Payment. 

 Sub-section 4. — By initial payment shall be 

 understood the payment of an amount 

 serving to adjust the differentiation be- 

 tween the quitrent and the value of 

 the ground applied for in comparison with 

 other lands. That amount upon which 

 bidding is to take place, shall upon con- 

 sultation with the respective department 

 be Hxed by the Governor-General in re- 

 ference to each case. Its value shall be 

 assessed between the amount correspond- 

 ing to one year's quitrent and that of twenty 

 years' quitrent in terms of Article 63, and 



