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the party originally possessed of those rights, or 

 who has purchased them from such party." " It 

 will be an important part of the Collector's duty to 

 make certain that any transfer of such rights shall 

 have been made with a complete and fair under- 

 standing- on the part of all concerned." 



(( In case of there being* any doubt as to whether 

 existing- rights are of the exclusive character neces- 

 sary to bar alienation, the Collector will report the 

 case through the Commissioner to the Sudder Board 

 of Revenue. If the rights claimed, though not ex- 

 clusive, should appear to the Sudder Board of 

 Revenue to be such rights of pasturage, wood cut- 

 ting, &c. as commonly obtain in the Hill Districts, 

 and are entitled, as ' existing rights in a rude form/ 

 to protection under paragraph G of the Resolution 

 of the Governor General in Council, No. 3264, 

 dated the 17th of October 1861, the Board will in- 

 struct the Collector to endeavour to bring the 

 applicant for the Grant, and the parties who possess 

 a right to use the spontaneous products of the soil 

 within the tract applied for, to a mutual agreement 

 as to the terms upon which (if any) any hereditary 

 and transferable property in the soil may be given 

 to the former, subject to the exercise of their custo- 

 mary right by the latter. If an amicable arrange- 

 ment be come to, the Collector will report the parti- 

 culars for the information and sanction of the Sudder 

 Board of Revenue. Otherwise the Collector will 

 proceed to estimate the value of the prescriptive 



