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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 lauds 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 

 promulgated for Arracan for the first fifty years. 

 From that up tc the ninety-ninth year they ranged 

 6d. an acre higher. 



In Assam and Cachar one fourth of the grant, as 

 usual, was to be rent free for ever ; and the remainder 

 rent-free for fifteen years. On the expiration of this 

 period, it was to be assessed at 4jd. an acre per annum 

 for the first ten years ; and for the next seventy-four 

 years at 8|d. an acre. After ninety-nine years, 

 the grant was to be subject to the same rule as 

 that applicable to grants in the Soonderbuns. 



About the Hill Sanatarium at Darjeeling, grants 

 were permitted to be sold for Us. 10 an acre. 



In the Himalayan Range of the upper Provinces, 

 where the climate is most healthful and invigorating 

 to the European constitution, one fourth of the grant 

 v> as to be rent-free for ever. The term of the first 

 lease was to be for twenty years. For the first four 

 years, the grant was to be held rent free ; in the 

 fifth year about l|d. an acre per annum was to be 

 charged on three fourths of the grant; 2fd. in the 





