TO THE COURT OF AVA. 
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done at the expense of the grantee, a regular in¬ 
strument, in the form of a lease, shall be given 
to the lessee. 
46 The lease, to be given as above, shall run for 
a period of nine hundred and ninety-nine years 
from the date of the location-ticket. 
“ After a period of ten years from the date of 
the location-ticket, the lands thus granted on lease 
shall be assessed with a tax rated at one-tenth part 
of their gross rental. 
“ In the assessment of the above tax of one- 
tenth of the gross rental of the land, the rent shall 
be determined at not more than one-fourth part 
of the value of the gross produce of such land. 
“ The tax of one-tenth of the rental of the land, 
as above, shall be determined from time to time, 
during the currency of the lease, for a period of ten 
years certain, or a new assessment shall be made at 
the termination of every ten years. 
“ The tax of one-tenth of the gross rental, as 
above, shall always be assessed by arbitration, one 
arbitrator to be chosen by the Honourable East 
India Company, their heirs or successors, and one 
by the lessee, an umpire being called in by such 
arbitrators, in case of disagreement between them, 
66 The tax of one-tenth of the rental, as above 
mentioned, shall be paid, by half-yearly instal¬ 
ments, into the treasury of the Honourable East 
India Company, their successors, &c. 
“ Such tax of one-tenth, as above, shall be paid 
