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RULES AS TO SALE OF LANDS BY THE GOVERN- 

 MENT OF JAMAICA TO SMALL SETTLER S. 



(amended.) 



1. Xo more than 50 acres will be granted to one purchaser, nor less 

 than 5 acres. 



2. The price at which the lands will be sold may be learnt at the 

 Office of the Surveyor Genei'd, or from the Bailiffs in charge of the 

 different parcels. The ruling price will be the same as that at which 

 lands in the neighbourhi od are put in the market. 



3. The Survey' r General on receipt by him of an application in the 

 form endorsed hereon and on deposit of one-fifth of the price of the 

 lands shall cause a survey to be made of the quantity of land applied 

 for, the applicant receiving notic of the time when the survey is to be 

 made. 



4. On the survey being made the applicant shall for h with be enti- 

 tled to possession of the land allotted to him on such survey. 



5. If the applicant shall be dissatisfied with the situation, or configu 

 ration of the land allotted to him on such survey, and shall within one 

 week after the survey, give writtt n notice thereof to the Surveyor Ge- 

 neral or to the Surveyor who made the survey, or to the Bailiff in 

 charge of the land, and shall deliver up possession of the land, he shall 

 be entitled to a refund of one-half of the amount deposited by him as 

 above and his application shall be deemed to be withdrawn. 



6. If such notice shall not be given, or possession delivered, the ap- 

 plicant shall at the end of one week after the survey be deemed to be 

 the purchaser of and to be in possession of the land allot 'ed to him on 

 such survey, and as soon thereafter as practicable a certificate shall be 

 delivered to him by the Surveyor General, who shall keep a duplicate 

 of such certificate in his office. 



7. Such certificate shall be in the form following : — 



Sale of Government Lands to Small Settlers. 

 Jamaica s.s. Office of Surveyor General, Kingston. 



This is to certify that of the Parish of 



Yeoman (hereinafter called the purchaser) did on the day of 

 189 , pay the sum of £ , being one-fifth of the purchase money 



of £ , in respect of acres of land part of 



in the Parish of , and that the situation and configuration 



of the said acres are as shown by survey thereof made by 



on the day of 189 , which can be 



seen on application at the Office of the Surveyor General in Kingston. 



The land comprised in this certificate is held subject to the follow- 

 ing conditions : — 



(1.) — The remaining four-fifths of the purchase money and £2 being 

 the cost of survey, together amounting to £ , are pay- 



able in ten years by ten equal yearly instalments of £ , 

 each without interest, the first of such instalments being pay- 

 able on the day of 189 , and the sub- 

 sequent instalments at intervals of one year thereafter. Pro- 

 vided that if within such period of ten years the purehaser 

 shall have brought one-fifth of his acreage into good bearing 

 in Kola, Coffee, Oranges, or other permanent crop-producing 



