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(1) The assessment on all lands in respect of which a settlement or resettlement has been directed under section 6 shall be determined by dividing the land to be settled into groups and sub-dividing each group into classes and fixing the rates for each group or class, as the case may be. (2) The groups and classes shall ordinarily be formed on a consideration of the following factors, namely: - (a) soil and physical configuration; (b) yield of principal crops and their prices; (c) facilities of irrigation and rainfall: 480 Provided that, if deemed necessary, the following additional factors may also be taken into consideration for forming groups or classes, namely: -- (a) marketing facilities; (b) agricultural resources; (c) communications; (d) population and supply of labour; (e) wages and ordinary expenses for cultivation of principal crops; and (f) sale value of lands used for agriculture. (3) The assessment of individual survey numbers and sub-divisions shall be based on the rates fixed for the respective groups and classes. Manner of making settlement or resettlement