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If any person desires for his own benefit to raise in the land lying barren or waste outside the reserved forests for more than ten years, and does not contain any valuable forest trees, a mango grove, tamarind grove, babul grove or grove of any other kind of tree as may in some manner be deemed to be of public benefit as well, such land may be obtained by the order of the 67[XXX] 68[Collector], free of assessment for twenty years and after twenty years it shall be assessed at the dry rate, provided that the Government water is not taken; but if the Government water is taken “dastband” shall be paid.