. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . e secon between 400 and 500 acres. It is an essential condition of the sugar lease thai ol i olass farms, each settler shall plant with cane 5 per cent, of the area of hi mg h of the first three years from date of allotment, and thai he shall thereafter- maintainunder cane a minimum of 15 per cent, of the t< creage of his farm. In the case oi md- class Farms, half the above percentages apply, and a minimum area of lh per cent, of the totalarea of such farms has to be maintained under cane. It is considered that applicants forsuga
. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . e secon between 400 and 500 acres. It is an essential condition of the sugar lease thai ol i olass farms, each settler shall plant with cane 5 per cent, of the area of hi mg h of the first three years from date of allotment, and thai he shall thereafter- maintainunder cane a minimum of 15 per cent, of the t< creage of his farm. In the case oi md- class Farms, half the above percentages apply, and a minimum area of lh per cent, of the totalarea of such farms has to be maintained under cane. It is considered that applicants forsugar farms should be in possession of at least £500, and with such a capital a man should,with due economy, be in a position to cultivate a larger area than that laid down in theleases as a minimum. Plans or sun-prints of the various Crown Lands in Natal and Zululand. together* withcopies of the regulations governing the disposal of such lands and information in regard tothe meetings of the Board, can always be obtained upon application to the Secretary. 4*.,. Lucerne Fie hi 428 A GLANCE AT THE SETTLEM ENTS.—Let us take a brief glance at the varioussettlements, taking the reader over the lands which are at present, or which may be in theimmediate future, available for allotment to new settlers, in order that he may gain some ideaof the extent of those lands, and of their eminent suitability for profitable settlement. Weshall naturally commence with the oldest and best-known of these— THE WEENEN IRRIGATION SETTLEM ENT.—This Government Irrigation Settle-ment is on the Bushmans River, in the Thorn Country, and was formerly part of thecommonage laid aside for the village of Weenen. It is distant from Estcourt 30 miles byrailway and 25 miles by road, and is by rail 176 miles from Durban and 105 miles fromPietermaritzburg. The height above sea level is 2,841 feet. The settlement is surrounded byhills, and is consequently much hotter than other parts of the Province at the same al
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