XXXVIII APPENDIX. 



XVII. GoTeniment further retain the power of taking, on fair and 

 equitable compensation, any land included within the limits of a Lease, 

 wliich may be required for the construction of a Boad, Channel, or 

 other work of general utility and convenience, or for the exigencies of 

 the Pubhc SerTice. The compensation referred to in this and the 

 preceding Kule shall be determined by arbitration, one Assessor being 

 named on the part of the Lessee, and of Government, respectively, 

 which two are jointly to choose a third. The award of the majority 

 shall be taken, except in cases wherein gross partiahty or incompetency 

 on the part of the Arbitrators shall be proved to the satisfaction of 

 G-overnment, in which case the award shall be set aside, and tliree fresh 

 Assessors nominated in the manner above stated, whose decision, what- 

 ever it may be, shall be final. 



XTIII. In all questions which may arise regarding the sense in 

 which the provisions of his Lease are to be construed ; in all boundary, 

 or u-rigation disputes, or differences with the Natives ; the Lessee shall 

 be bound to abide by the decision of the local Kevenue Authorities, 

 subject however to an Appeal to the Board of Eevenue and Govern- 

 ment. 



XIX. Stipulations to the effect contained in the preceding Bules 

 will be introduced into the form of Lease which is now under prepara- 

 tion by the Law Officers of Govern- 



* JteviseAformsof Leases were ment,* and which, when completed, 



fy^nisUdbyOovtimOet. ftu^nished for the guidance of 



in con. Wth Nov. 1850, Mev. ° 



Dept. No. 956. the Kevenue Officers, and wliich the 



Board direct may in all cases be adopted, 



XX. It will, however, be understood that although land for which 

 appUcation may be made upon the ISTeilgherries, wiU, as a general rule, 

 be disposed of by pubhc auction, in the mode and on the conditions 

 specified in the preceding Rules, the Government nevertheless reserve 

 to themselves the right of granting land without prior competitioner 

 exposure at an upset price, and on such terms as they may see fit in all 

 cases wherein, with a view to promote agricultural undertakings, or 

 improvements, or for any other purposes, it may seem to them desira- 

 ble to do so. 



XXI. It win be seen from the Honorable Court's Despatch of 2l8t 

 June, 1843, that the rights of the Todas over the NeUgherry table-land 

 are, in the judgment of the Home Government, simply those of pas- 

 turing, their herds over the hitherto unreclaimed portion of it. They 

 can, as the Court have remarked, dispose of such rights only as they 

 themselves possess. No party, therefore, purchasing land from the 



