Section 4. (1) At the close of each month, or as soon thereafter as may be convenient, the Collector shall pay

4. (1) At the close of each month, or as soon thereafter as may be convenient, the Collector shall pay the proceeds of the lac cess, after deducting the expenses of collection (if any), to the Lac Association. (2) The said proceeds and any other monies received by the Lac Association in this behalf shall be applied by the Association towards meeting the cost of such measures as the Association may consider it advisable to take for the promotion of improved methods of cultivation and manufacture of lac by means of scientific research, experimental cultivation and the dissemination of knowledge, or by such other means, as it may be expedient to employ, for testing the value of the results obtained by such research.