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the State, and no land within 50 yards of the bank of any 

 navigable river, stream or creek or the sea-shore can be 

 alienated without the express permission of the Resident- 

 General, except for the sole purpose of the cultivation of 

 the nipah palm. (Land Enactment, Sections 6 and 7.) 



Every title to land is deemed to convey only a surface 

 right in the land, and conveys no right to remove beyond the 

 boundaries of the land any timber or other jungle produce, 

 gravel and certain other materials or any articles manu- 

 factured therefrom. (Land Enactment, Section 10.) 



No right to mine any land alienated for agricultural 

 purposes under permanent title can be granted, except with 

 the sanction of the Ruler of the State in Council. (Land 

 Enactment, Section 11.) 



All lands alienated for other than mining purposes are 

 liable to be resumed for mining purposes by the Ruler of 

 the state in Council on payment to the grantee of compen- 

 sation for such interest in the land as is conveyed by his 

 title, and for the improvements, if any, thereon. (Mining 

 Enactment, Section 127.) 



APPLICATION FOE, AND SELECTION OF, LAND (LAND RULES, 

 SECTIONS 2 AND 3). 



The alienation of land in Class (a) — i.e., lands situated 

 within the boundaries of a town or village — is always by 

 auction. The date, place and hour of any auction, together 

 with the conditions of sale, are advertised in the Govern- 

 ment Gazette and by notice at the local Land Office, and on 

 all public notice boards of the district within which the land 

 is situated. A plan, showing the lands to be sold and ad- 

 joining lands, is prepared for the information of intending 

 purchasers. 



The reserve price is the lowest price for which the 

 Government is prepared to alienate the land, together with 

 a sum sufficient to cover survey and all other fees incidental 

 to the issue of a title. 



The purchaser at an auction is required to pay imme- 

 diately after the sale a deposit of 25 per cent, of the pur- 

 chase money; the balance being payable within fourteen 

 days of the sale. In default of the payment of the deposit 

 of 25 per cent., the property may at once be again put up 

 to auction ; in default of the payment of the balance of 

 the purchase money, the deposit is forfeited and the land 

 may be resold. In either case the original purchaser is 



