B. RULES FOR THE SALE AND LEASE OF WASTE LANDS IN THE 

 CENTRAL PROVINCES.* 



I. The maximum limits of the quantity of laud which will be sold in one lot 

 in the several districts are as follows : In the districts of Raipur, Belaspur, 

 Sambalpur, Mandla, Upper Godavari, Hoshungabad (5,000) five thousand acres. 

 In other districts (3,000) three thousand acres. 



II. The upset price of the lands to be sold will, ordinarily, be as follows : 

 In the Eaipur, Belaspur, and Mandla districts eight annas (one shilling) per 

 acre. In the Sambalpur and Upper Godavari districts, one rupee (two shillings) 

 per acre. In other districts, two rupees and eight annas (five shillings) per 

 acre. 



III. On payment of one-tenth of the purchase-money, and of the expenses of 

 survey, demarcation, advertisement, and sale, the purchaser will receive a deed, 

 signed by the Deputy Commissioner, conveying to him the lot in full hereditary 

 and transferable proprietary right, free from all demand on account of Land 

 Revenue for ever, but subject, nevertheless, to all general taxes and local rates 

 imposed by Law or by the Local Government. There is no prohibition against 

 the same person applying for two or more lots of land, provided that each appli- 

 cation contains no more than the maximum of acres prescribed for the District 

 or locality on which the said lots are situate. Every lot must be compact, and 

 shall not include more than one tract of land in a ring-fence. Reserves of 

 grazing land and forests ; of land for the growth of firewood near towns and 

 stations ; of building sites, parks, recreation-grounds ; of tracts possessing 

 mineral wealth, stone quarries, and the like ; and of land required for other 

 special purposes, are not to be sold under these rules without the express 

 sanction of the Chief Commissioner. 



IV. It being found that many natives, who would not purchase under the 

 above rules, would yet be desirous of taking leases of small quantities of waste, 

 it was decided to offer further facilities for this object, tending to the reclaiming 

 of the waste bit by bit, and thus to the gradual increase of the land revenue. 

 Accordingly rules have been promulgated for the grant of waste lands on 

 clearance leases, on the following terms : 



(1) The leaseholder shall be allowed a rent-free tenure of three years from 

 the date of the grant coming into operation. 



(2) The minimum area to be granted shall be 100 acres. 



(3) On expiry of the terms of rent-free tenure, the grantee shall pay two 

 annas (3d.) per acre per annum on the whole grant for the next seven years, 

 and a rent of four annas (6d.) per acre during the next ten years. 



* These rules have been extracted from the Provincial Administration Reports. 



