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General ; when they exceed two thousand dollars, they must, 
in addition, be submitted for the approval of the Governor of 
Cochin-China, the Council of the Government of Cambodia 
being consulted. 
18. The putting up of land for sale by public auction 
must, in every case, be authorised, as a prelimmary measure, 
by the Resident-General, who has subsequently to confirm the 
report of the sale. This report must, in addition, receive the 
approval of the Governor of Cochin-China, in consultation 
with the Council of Government of Cambodia, if the price 
realised at the auction exceeds two thousand dollars. 
19. In case the confirmation of the Resident-General, or 
the approval of the Governor, is refused, the alienations men- 
tioned in sections 16, 17 and 18 wiil be rendered void and will - 
be of no effect. 
20. The draft of the instrument of free concession or of 
private contract is shewn on the counterfoil of the register of 
alienations kept at the Residency of the Province in which the 
land is situated: a duplicate is made out ou the detachable 
part of the same register and an extract thereof upon the butt 
attached to the latter. These three documents are signed by 
the provincial Resident and by the purchaser or concessionaire, 
or by two witnesses ifthe latter be illiterate. The detachable 
copy and its butt are then torn off and despatched to the Re- 
sident-General, who will transmit them, if necessary, to the 
Governor. 
After all the prescribed formalities have been performed, 
the butt is detached from the duplicate and kept at the Chief 
Residency (la Résidence Générale) while this latter is made 
over to the party interested to serve as his document of title. 
21. The approval of the Governor of Cochin-China may 
be given in a general way, by a resolution mentioning the 
various instruments, to several alienations. 
22. Sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 18, 14, 15 (the three first 
paragraphs only), 16, 17, 18 and 19 of the resolution of the 22nd 
August, 1882, relating tothe alienations of publicland in Cochin- 
China, shall be applicable to sales by auction of public lands in 
Cambodia. The Resident-General is to perform the functions 
which in Cochin-China devolve on the Director of the Interior. 
