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the grants are returned to the Registrar’s office, where they 
are numbered and registered, one copy being forwarded to 
the applicant, while the other is filed" with the register of 
grants. 
The applicant will lie notified of any fees which may 
remain outstanding, such ns premium and rent for the 
current year or the balance of survey fees; and these fees 
must be settled in full before the grant can be submitted 
to the Resident for signature. 
Where a grant is not ready for issue until after the 1st 
October, no rent is demanded in respect of that year, un- 
less the land has been occupied prior to that date. 
In cases where it appears likely that there may be some 
considerable delay between the date of the requisition for 
survey and the issue of tbe grant, an applicant, if desirous 
of entering into immediate occupation pending the issue of 
the grant, may obtain permission to do so on the following 
terms : 
(a) That the boundaries of the land approved are 
cut and cleared ; 
(b) That the occupant takes all risk of going beyond 
the boundaries of the land granted; 
(c) That premium and quit-rent for the current year 
are paid, and the rent for the succeeding years 
will be paid as it falls due; 
(cl) That the conditions as to cultivation, drainage, 
assessment, and so forth commence to have 
effect as froln the date of such occupation. 
The rates of premium and quit-rent, which may be 
charged on the alienation of State land, are prescribed by 
Rules made by the Resident of each State, with the sanction 
of the Resident-General. The rates set out in the Rules 
may be varied under special circumstances with the sanc- 
tion above stated, wherever it shall appear to the Resident 
that the interests of the State may so require; the rates at 
present in force are as follows : 
A. — Town and Village Lots and Lands. 
(i) The premium is ordinarily the price paid at auction 
by the successful bidder. In the ease of lots and lands not 
sold by auction, the premium in each case is fixed by the 
Resident. 
