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annual assessment, and the place, time, and conditions of sale. It shall 

 be posted for three clear months on the land itself, as well as in the 

 neighbouring villages, in the offices of the Collector and the Tahsildar 

 of the taluk, and the nearest police office. A notification of the 

 intended sale shall also be inserted in the District Gazette. The Collector 

 shall at his discretion fi.x the time and place of sale, and may alter both 

 if necessary, provided that not less than fourteen days' notice be 

 publicly given of every such alteration, and that no land be sold until 

 it has been advertised, as aforesaid, for three full months. 



X. The Collector shall send written notice of the place and time 

 of sale, as also of any alteration, tinder the provisions of Rule IX, 

 to the applicant ; but no sale shall be disturbed in consequence of 

 the non-receipt of such notice, or delayed in consequence of the 

 non-appearance of the applicant. 



XI. On receipt of applications for lands under these rules, the 

 Collector will hold a preliminary inquiry, and if he sees reason to believe 

 that claims will be put forward for the lands applied for, he will duly 

 warn the applicant that the survey will be undertaken only at his 

 request and at his risk. Should the applicant prefer that the survey 

 should be proceeded with on these terms, the same will be done, and if 

 after the survey it should prove that the lands are not saleable under 

 these rules, the applicant must pay the expense of surveying them, 

 as well as of surveying any excess beyond the limits prescribed in 

 Rule III. If no such warning be given, and the laud should even- 

 tually prove not to be saleable, then the survey will be at the expense 

 of Government. An applicant withdrawing his application prior to 

 the sale of the land will be entitled to the refund of so much only 

 of his deposit under Rule VI as may not be expended. 



XII. On the withdrawal of an application, it shall be discretional 

 with the Collector to proceed with the sale of the laud or not, as he 

 considers best for the public interests. 



XIII. The upset price shall in all cases be merely the cost of the 

 survey and of the erection of durable boundary marks. If the original 

 applicant be the purchaser, he shall receive credit for his deposit or 

 payment ; otherwise the amount shall be repaid to him at once from 

 the sale proceeds. 



XIV. If, before the time of sale, no claim of private proprietorship, 

 or of exclusive occupancy, or of any other right incompatible with the 

 sale of the land under these rules, be preferred to the land, the lot 

 shall, as advertised, be put up to auction, and sold to the highest 

 bidder above the upset price, subject to an annual assessment, payable 

 on or before the 30th June of each and every year, of one rupee for 

 each acre of land contained in the lot. 



XV. The successful bidder shall, immediately on the sale being 

 declared, pay down 10 per cent- of the price. The residue of the pui-chase- 

 money may, at the option of the purchaser, be paid in full within 

 thirty days, or in three yearly instalments of equal amount, bearing 

 interest from the day of sale at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum. In 



