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was to be rent-free for twenty years, and one-fourth 

 rent-free for ever ; the remainder being- assessed at 

 about three farthing's an acre per annum from the 

 twentieth to the thirtieth year ; five farthings a 

 year for the next ten years ; two pence a year for 

 the next ten years ; and three pence a year from the 

 fifty-first to the end of the ninety-ninth year. 

 After the expiration of ninety-nine years, the grant 

 was to be liable to survey and resettlement, and to 

 such f moderate assessment ' as might ' seem proper 

 to the Government of the day, the proprietary right 

 in the grant, and the right of engagement with 

 Government remaining to the grantee, his heirs, 

 executors or assigns, under the conditions generally 

 applicable to the owners of estates not permanently 

 settled.' 



In Aracan, the lands were divided into five 

 classes, forest lands on hills, forest lands on plains, 

 bush jungle, reed and long grass jungle, short grass 

 jungle and fallow lands. These were given rent- 

 free for periods of 34, 24, 16, 8, and 4 years, sub- 

 ject then to rents increasing from 6d up to Is 6d an 

 acre per annum, for periods varying from eight up 

 to sixty-four years, after which setting aside one 

 fourth which was to be rent free for ever, they 

 were to be subject to assessment, not exceeding 

 that of lands of similar quality in the pergunnah 

 or district immediately adjoining the estate. 



The rules for the grant of waste lands in the 

 Tenasserim Provinces were very similar to those 



