[Extracts from the Land Improvement Loans Ad, 19 of 1883.'] 



4. (1) Subject to such rules as may be made under section, 10 

 loans may be granted under this Act, by such officer as may, from 

 time to time, be empowered in this behalf by the Local Government, 

 for the purpose of making any improvement, to any person having a 

 right to make that improvement, or, with the consent of that person, 

 to any other person. 



(2) " Improvement " means any work which adds to the letting 

 value of land, and includes the following, namely : 



(a) the construction of wells, tanks and other works for the 



storage, supply or distribution of water for the pur- 

 poses of agriculture, or for the use of men and cattle 

 employed in agriculture ; 



(b) the preparation of land for irrigation ; 



(<?) the drainage, reclamation from rivers or other waters, or 

 protection, from floods or from erosion or other damage 

 by water, of land used for agricultural purposes or 

 waste-land which is culturable; 



(d) the reclamation, clearance, enclosure or permanent improve- 

 ment of land for agricultural purposes ; 



(<?) the renewal or reconstruction of any of the foregoing works, 

 or alterations therein or additions thereto; and, 



(/') such other works as the Local Government, may, from 

 time to time, by notification in the local official 

 Gazette, declare to be improvements for the purposes 

 of this Act. 



5. (1) When an application for a loan is made under this Act, 

 the officer to whom the application is made may, if it is, in his 

 opinion, expedient that public notice be given of the application, 

 publish a notice, in such manner as the Local Government may, from 

 time to time, direct, calling upon all persons objecting to the loan to 

 appear before him at a time and place fixed therein and submit their 

 objections* 



