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9. The classification of the lands of the State-domain 
into— 
the Crown endowment, 
the public domain, 7 
the reserved portion, and 
the alienable portion, 
will be carried out, and may be modified from time to time by 
an order of the Resident-General, confirmed by the Governor 
of Cochin-China, after consultation with the Council of the 
Government of Cambodia. 
The division, according to communes, and the classifica- 
tion of the alienable tracts will be effected by the provincial 
Residents, after consultation with the native authorities, and 
sanctioned by the Resident-General. 
Parr IIT. 
Of the Administration of the State-domain. 
10. The State-domain is administered, under the high 
authority of the King and of the Governor of Cochin-China, 
by the French Resident-General, represented in the provinces 
by the Residents. 
The Resident-General executes, either in person or by 
those to whom he has delegated authority, all the instruments 
which affect the State-domain; purchases, sales, concessions, 
contracts, exchanges, leases and agreements, and represents it 
in Courts of law. 
Part LV. 
Of Occupiers. 
11. Exceptional advantages will be offered to occupiers 
of the soil. 
Those who have established themselves upon lands form- 
ing part of the alienable domain will be admitted, in prefer- 
ence to all other persons, either to become the owners of such 
lands on a gratuitous title, or else to acquire them by private 
contracts in consideration of a payment calculated on the 
