GRANT OF LOANS AND ADVANCES TO AGRICULTURISTS. 109 



16. (1) The re-payment of the loan shall be made in accordance 



with the Table of Equated Repayments of Takavi 

 Table of repayment. 



Loans, prepared by the Accountant-General, 



Bengal, similar to the annexed Form F, which shows the amounts of 



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equal yearly payments necessary to repay a loan advanced with 

 interest at 6J per cent, per annum for any number of years from one 

 to twenty. 



(2) When the instalments are payable half-yearly, the sum to be 

 paid each half-year shall be half the sum shown in the said Table for 

 a yearly instalment. 



17. (1) Repayment shall be by yearly or half-yearly instal- 

 ments. 



(2) The date of the first instalment shall be the time when profit 

 begins to accrue, but shall in no case be later 



Repayment by metal- c 



ments ; date of first than two and a half years from the date of the 



actual advance of the loan, or, when the loan is 

 advanced in instalments, from the date of the advance of the last 

 instalment actually paid. 



18. The date of the last instalment shall not ordinarily be later 



than twenty years from the date of the actual 

 Date of last instal- . 



ment, and principle advance or the loan, or, when the loan is advanced 



should be fixed. in instalments, from the date of the advance of 



the last instalment actually paid, the amount 



of the instalments being fixed, in cases in which such a principle is 

 applicable, with reference to the annual profit expected to accrue from 

 the improvement : Provided that the whole amount of the loan shall 

 in all cases be repaid before expiry of the period for which the im- 

 provement is likely to be effective. 



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20. (I) The realization of instalments or of interest may be 



Suspension of instal- suspended by the Collector on proof of failure of 



ments. crops from causes beyond the borrower's control, 



or of other exceptional calamity rendering the payment of instalments 



unduly burdensome to him. 



(2) The Collector shall report every such suspension to the Com- 

 missioner, who shall pass such orders on the case as may seem proper. 



. (3) No interest shall be charged for the period of suspension. The 

 total amount to be repaid shall remain the same as before. 



