Every such notification shall be deemed to be an advertisement under Act No. XXIII of 1863 (to provide for the adjudication of claims to waste lands), section one;
     the demarcation of such lands shall be deemed to be a disposition of them within the meaning of that Act;
     the Settlement-officer shall exercise all the powers vested in the Collector by that Act; and
     claims to or over the land comprised in such notification shall be dealt with as nearly as may be in the manner prescribed in that Act.