SPECIAL RULES UNDER THE LAND IMPROVEMENT LOANS ACT, 19 

 OF 1883, FOR TRACTS AFFECTED BY DISTRESS. 



1. These rules shall have effect in such tracts as may, from 



time, to time be declared by the Local Govern- 



Application of rules. 



ment to be affected by distress. 



2. (I) On the first warnings of distress, the Local Government 



will call upon the Board of Revenue to submit 



Allotment of funds. . i * i 



estimates or sums required tor advances under 



the Land Improvement Loans Act, 1883, and will allot to each Division 

 such amount as may, with reference to local conditions, and the district 

 programmes of village relief works, seem to be necessary. 



(2) Commissioners may divide the sums so allotted among the 

 districts of their Divisions at their discretion, and may transfer 

 assignments from one district to another ; but the total expenditure 

 within the Division must be kept within the amount assigned. 



(3) If a Collector considers the allotment assigned to his district 

 to be insufficient, he shall report the fact and his requirements to the 

 Commissioner, who shall, if possible, arrange for a transfer from 

 another district, or report the matter, through the Board of Revenue, 

 to the Local Government for orders. 



3. (1) In distressed areas, loans may be made for land improve- 

 Loans combined merits which will afford employment to the poor, 



with the assistance of free grants-in-aid from 

 famine funds. 



(2) The general proportion of the free grant-in-aid to the total 

 expenditure will be fixed for each Division by the Local Government. 



(3) The proportion in individual cases or classes of cases 

 shall be fixed by the Collector, but the previous sanction of the 

 Commissioner must be obtained if that proportion varies by more 

 than 25 per cent, from the average proportion fixed for the Division. 



(4) Should the amount of any loan made under this rule, or any 

 part thereof, be mis-applied, or spent otherwise than in accordance 

 with the conditions on which the loan was made, the whole amount 

 of the loan shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue under section 

 7 of the Act. 



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