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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 ni pah 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 laud as is conveyed by his 
title, and for the improvements, if any, thereon. (Mining 
Enactment, Section 127.) 
APPLICATION FOR, 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 hoards 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 j'eserve 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 he 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 
