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liable to the Government for any deficiency of price arising 

 from the second sale. 



Possession is given on the completion of the sale, and 

 a title to the land is registered free of cost as soon as the 

 necessary formalities have been complied with. 



AGRICULTURAL LAND. 



The alienation of the State lands for agricultural pur- 

 poses may be by auction or otherwise as the Resident may 

 from time to time generally or in particular cases direct 

 (Land Enactment, Section 28). Auction in the case of 

 country lands exceeding 100 acres is very rarely resorted 

 to: the usual procedure is by way of application for the 

 land selected to the local Land Office when, if available, the 

 land is alienated on payment of the prescribed fees. 



Application from persons other than Asiatics must 

 always be in writing: printed forms for making appli- 

 cations can be obtained from any Land Office. (Land 

 Rules, Section 4.) 



The form of tenure may be by grant or by entry in the 

 mukim register: the latter is generally regarded as the 

 more suitable for native land-holders, and is not applicable 

 to areas which exceed 100 acres; the advantages given by 

 the former are in almost all cases preferred by European 

 applicants. 



The application should set out the area required, the 

 title under which the land is to be held, the purpose for 

 which the land is to be used, the name and address of the 

 person who can point out the land, and the postal address 

 to which any communications concerning the land can be 

 sent. 



( 'are should be taken that the situation of the land ap- 

 plied for is defined as clearly as possible, and attention 

 should be given to the instructions which are printed on 

 the back of the application form. Whenever possible a 

 tracing of the locality, showing adjoining alienated lots, 

 which can be obtained on payment of a small fee from the 

 local Survey Office, should be attached to the application, 

 the boundaries of the land applied for being entered ap- 

 proximately on it. 



The application form duly filled in should be forwarded 

 to the Col lector of Land Revenue of the district within 

 which the land is situated; if the information given in the 

 application is not such as will enable the Collector to iden- 



