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without oxeeption, where disputes or differences of opinion may 

 subsist between the tenant and his landlord, which cannot other- 

 wise be compromised, the appeal lies to Government. 



Wednesday, llth October, 1S26. 



As the nature of the landed tenures, so far as respects the re- 

 lative right of Government and the landed proprietors, remains 

 mvolved in some obscurity, the following order was issued, and it is 

 believed that the question at issue will be satisfactorily elucidated 

 when the Register required in this order may be completed. 



With a view to ascertain the precise nature of the landed 

 tenures, so as to complete the information which was yesterday 

 elucidated at a meeting of the principal landed proprietors, the 

 Dutch Translator is requested to examine the records in the office 

 of the Registrar, who is to assist in the said enquiry, and extract 

 from thence the particulars necessary to fill up an Abstract Regis- 

 try of the following form : — 



Abstract Registry of the Grants of Land made by Government 

 from the earliest periods to the Inhabitants of Malacca. 



Date of Grant. 



Names of 

 Grantee. 



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Remarks. 



The Land Surveyor will also draw up a draft of the Territory 

 of Malacca, grounded upon the map in the Resident's office. In 

 this draft, the Land Surveyor will trace, in double lines, the several 

 divisions according to the original grants of Government and with 

 Roman letters will refer to the foot of the map, or to an appended 

 Schedule, exhibiting the dates of the original grants, names of the 

 grantees, and other particulars as set forth in the Register to be 

 completed by the Dutch Translator as above directed. The Land 



