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(4) This states that the whole proceedings are 

 to be declared void by the Governor- 

 General in case the deposit referred to 

 above is not made within the period therein 

 mentioned. 



Expiration of Leases — Auction Sales. 

 Art. 131. — In leasehold concessions where the 

 lands are already demarcated, and in the matter 

 of which the Governor- General has power to act 

 exclusively or with the deliberative vote of the 

 Government Council, the following shall be 

 observed: — 



(1) If within the last six months of his contract 

 the leaseholder, when entitled to do so, 

 does not apply for the conversion of his 

 leasehold contract into one of sale, and the 

 State not deciding to use the lands for 

 other purposes, the Survey Department 

 shall submit the papers relating thereto, 

 with the necessary information, to the 

 Governor- General or the Government 

 Council as the case may be, in order that 

 they may determine the basis of price at 

 which the ground is to be offered at a new 

 public auction, and likewise the period for 

 which the contract is to run and all further 

 clauses of the new lease. 



