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prescribed in Rule 9, or, if any claim to right of 

 proprietorship, occupancy, or use in any part of the 

 lands be established to the satisfaction of the Com- 

 missioner, with a special reservation of such right, or 

 exclusive of the area in -which such right exists. If 

 the application for purchase of the land be rejected, 

 the amount deposited as cost of Survery will be 

 forfeited." 



NORTH WESTERN PROVINCES. " Where it is evident 

 that there exist rights of property, or of exclusive 

 occupancy, either active or latent, the applicant will 

 be informed that the case cannot be taken up under 

 the Grant Rules, excepting in favour of the party 

 originally possessed of those rights, or who has pur- 

 chased them from such party. (( It will be an im- 

 portant part of the Collector's duty to make certain 

 that any transfer of such rights shall have been made 

 with a complete and fair understanding on the part 

 of all concerned." 



te 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 

 exclusive, 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 8 of the 



