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or which are not or may not be leased or granted to any 

 person; and includes land which is or may be forfeited or 

 surrendered to the State. 



Rules for carrying out the purposes and provisions of 

 the Enactment may be made by the Resident, with the 

 approval of the Resident-General; such Rules are published 

 in the Gazette, and from the date of such publication have 

 the force of law. 



CLASSIFICATION OF LANDS (SECTION 3, LAND ENACTMENT, 1903). 



State land is divided into three classes : 



(a) Town and village lands ; 



(b) Country lands of 100 acres in area and under; 



(c) Country lands exceeding 100 acres in area. 

 Lands in class (b) are further sub-divided into 1st, 2nd 



and 3rd class lands. 



RESERVES FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES (SECTION 8, LAND 

 ENACTMENT, 1903). 



The Resident may from time to time reserve, by noti- 

 fication in the Gazette, any State lands which in his opinion 

 are required for a residential reserve, or for any of the fol- 

 lowing public purposes:. 



(i) Quarries, brickfields, quays, landing places, 

 tramways, railways and railway stations ; 



(ii) Roads, canals, reservoirs, irrigation works, 

 aqueducts or water-courses; 



(iii) Markets, abattoirs, public baths or wash-houses; 



(iv) Goverment buildings, schools, gardens, places 

 of public worship or instruction, recreation or 

 convenience ; 



(v) Reformatories, libraries, museums, hospitals 

 and asylums ; 



(vi) Experimental farms, forest reserves, or places 

 for the cremation or interment of the dead; 



(vii) Any other purpose which the Resident may 

 declare in the Gazette to be a public purpose. 



Land so reserved may not be sold or alienated until the 

 reservation has been revoked, and any disposition of land 

 so reserved except for the purpose of the reservation is 

 void. 



The entire property in, and control of, all rivers, 

 streams and water-courses is vested solely in the Ruler of 



