IOO Tenures in the North- West Provinces. 



still remaining due, he becomes further liable for 

 interest at 10 per cent, per annum. If, however, the 

 arrears still continue unpaid by the 3Oth of June 

 following the date of decree, the tenant shall be ejected 

 on application made by the landowner. Notice is 

 issued, and, failing payment within 1 5 days from receipt 

 of notice, the tenant will be ejected. 



All tenures, of whatsoever class, are also liable to 

 be enhanced, under conditions peculiar to each, for 

 the nature and process of which enhancement we 

 would refer the reader to the Act. 



The produce of all land is liable to be distrained 

 for arrears, being hypothecated for rent due in respect 

 of such land. It is also optional for the landowner 

 to substitute recovery of rent by distress and sale of 

 the produce for the more tedious process of a regu- 

 lar suit. Standing crops of every kind, and crops 

 which have been reaped and gathered into the kha- 

 lian (threshing-floor), are liable to be distrained pro- 

 vided only that they are the produce of the identical 

 lands for which arrears of rent have accrued. 



The tenant is also liable to have a suit filed against 

 him, for the determination of his rent and the 

 nature of his tenure. 



7. Rights of Proprietors and Tikadars in tenant- 

 less holdings. The proprietor or tikadar has a full 

 right to dispose of any land from which the tenant has 



