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The premium is $1 (2s. 4r/.) for lands of the first class: 

 no premium is payable on lands of the other classes. 



The rates of quit-rents are : 



$ c. s. d. $ c. s. d. 



For the first class, per acre 1 20 (2 10) to 3 20 (7 5) 

 „ second „ 80 (1 10) 



third „ „ 60 (1 5) 



The rates above mentioned applied to virgin soil or to 

 land on which the jungle has once been felled, but which 

 has grown up again in "Milker" or secondary jungle. 

 There is one general exception to the prevailing rates — 

 namely, "lalang land." Certain parts of the country, 

 particularly in Negri Sembilan, have in the past been the 

 scene of cultivation of tapioca and similar other products 

 on a large scale by the Chinese : from one cause and another, 

 exhaustion of the soil following on reckless husbandry, or 

 a fall in prices, the fields were abandoned, quickly becoming 

 a wilderness of lalang, while the Chinaman passed on to 

 devastate another tract of virgin land. Lalang is a most 

 pernicious weed, spreading very rapidly and exhausting 

 the soil, quickly becoming an eyesore to the country, and a 

 possible danger to surrounding cultivation. Being desir- 

 ous of encouraging the re-cultivation of these lalang wastes, 

 the Government is prepared to grant concessions of such 

 land on the following terms : 



(a) No premium; 



(b) Seven years at a nominal rent of $1 per every 

 100 acres or part thereof, and therafter rent at 

 $1 per acre ; 



(c) Ordinary charges for survey fees ; 



(d) Payment of the usual export duty in force for 

 the time being; 



(e) Should jungle land be taken up together with an 

 area of lalang waste, the rates of premium and 

 quit-rent in force at the time will be charged for 

 the jungle land. 



These special terms are only applicable to the three 

 Western States, and are on offer for a limited number of 

 years only. 



SURVEY AND DEMARCATION FEES (LAND RULE 13, TABLE III). 



For the laying out of agricultural lands there are two 

 classes of survey: 



