. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . ary huts, with their throngs ofplumed warriors. Round the grave of Chaka a few erven have been reservedby the Government. The place was named after Dr. Stanger, the first Surveyor-General ofNatal. It has a strongly-built laager, Court Houses, and Magisterial offices,two comfortable hotels ( Victoria and Stanger ), two churches (Church ofEngland and Wesleyan Methodist), a large Government school, a Masonic Hall,a Diamond Jubilee Public Library and Reading-room, and a fine castellatedPolice Barracks. The population is about 250. It is
. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . ary huts, with their throngs ofplumed warriors. Round the grave of Chaka a few erven have been reservedby the Government. The place was named after Dr. Stanger, the first Surveyor-General ofNatal. It has a strongly-built laager, Court Houses, and Magisterial offices,two comfortable hotels ( Victoria and Stanger ), two churches (Church ofEngland and Wesleyan Methodist), a large Government school, a Masonic Hall,a Diamond Jubilee Public Library and Reading-room, and a fine castellatedPolice Barracks. The population is about 250. It is five miles from the at the mouth of the Umvoti seaside cottages can be hired, good fishingand fair shooting being obtainable in the season. Stanger itself is growing in importance, and, as is well-known, it is thecentre of the largest tea plantations in the country. Although the railwayarrived only in August, 1898, its benefits are evident, and a good fillip has beengiven to the various cultivations tea, sugar, tobacco, fruit, corn, and maize,s 274. Kearsney Light Railway The Government Experimental Farm is within the neighbourhood ofStanger, being only a mile distant. Good fishing and boating is to be obtainedat the mouth of the Umvoti River, which is a favourite resort for picnicparties and photographers. The principal products of the district are—maize,corn, tea, fruit, sugar, and tobacco. Tea District. Alighting at Stanger the visitor proceeds by the light railway belongingto Sir J. L. Hulett & Sons, Ltd., to their tea plantations, the two chief ofwhich are situated at Kearsney and Kirkley Vale. The construction of this admirable little line was undertaken on theinitiative of Messrs. Hulett, now Sir J. L. Hulett & Sons, and a laudableenterprise it is. The total cost was £18,500, which sum includes all stationbuildings and houses, engines, rolling stock, fencing, etc. The railroad built onthe two-feet gauge, is splendidly laid with the 30 lb. type of metals, thro
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