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Gardens, North- Western Provinces, as far as may be in his 

 power. 



By order of the Honourable the Lieutenant-Governor of the 

 North- Western Provinces. 



(Signed) W. MUIK, 



Secretary to the Government of the N. W. Provinces. 



APPENDIX E. 

 NOTIFICATION. 



Lahore, 28th December, 1859. 



AT the time of the regular settlement of the Kangra district, 

 the waste lands were marked off and surveyed as belonging to 

 different Mouzahs. No waste lands (except near Holta) were 

 specially reserved as Government property ; nor are any avail- 

 able for grant by Government to individuals. 



Parties desirous of obtaining such lands must consequently 

 apply to the village communities, in the area of whose villages 

 they are included. Maps showing the situation of villages may 

 be inspected in the office of the deputy commissioner of Kangra, 

 and in the surveyor-general's office, Calcutta. 



A list is also hereto appended, showing the names of villages 

 in which the largest area of waste land is contained. Of the land 

 described as barren, a considerable portion is well adapted for 

 tea cultivation. 



Similar statistics for every village are procurable in the dis- 

 trict office. 



Land can be obtained for lease or purchase only with the 

 consent of the village communities, in whom the proprietary 

 right is invested. 



In one instance* a perpetual lease has been granted by a 

 community on the agreement that four annas f is paid for twenty 

 years (or until the termination of the settlement), and that at 

 the next settlement the rent is not to exceed one rupee { per acre. 

 The communities are generally averse to dispose of their pro- 

 prietary right by sale. But it is calculated by the local autho- 

 rities that the price of waste land will at present range from five 

 to ten rupees. Where the proprietary right of waste land is 



* Mr. M k n. A. T. M. f Sixpence. J' Two shillings. 



