The colony of Natal; an official illustrated handbook and railway guide . - break-winds of talltrees, look like pleasure grounds. Bowered in its wealth oftinted foliage and flowers, the house presents as pleasant asight of its kind as can be had in Natal. It is two-storied,surrounded b\ balconies, the fronts of which are ornamentedwith light ironwork. A tower, fift\- feet in height, decoratesone front. The central hall, and in fact the whole of 140 the interior of the house, impresses the mind mostfavourably. The Estate has been formed into a Limited LiabihtyCom|)an\% witli a capital of ^,50,0
The colony of Natal; an official illustrated handbook and railway guide . - break-winds of talltrees, look like pleasure grounds. Bowered in its wealth oftinted foliage and flowers, the house presents as pleasant asight of its kind as can be had in Natal. It is two-storied,surrounded b\ balconies, the fronts of which are ornamentedwith light ironwork. A tower, fift\- feet in height, decoratesone front. The central hall, and in fact the whole of 140 the interior of the house, impresses the mind mostfavourably. The Estate has been formed into a Limited LiabihtyCom|)an\% witli a capital of ^,50,000, under the style and. \EARSNEY ESTATE. title of J. L. Hulett & Sons, Limited. Three its |)roperty, the total area of which is 10,000acres ; 600 acres of this are under tea. The three plantationsare named Kearsney, Kirkley Vale, and Ruhver. Theseagain are subdivided and named. One of the plantationsis to be put under sui^ar, and a factory erected next year. Of other Tea Estates in the neic;hbourhood, the followingare the principal :— (a) W. R. Hindson & Co., Limited, with an acreage ofabout 3,000, capital ^^50,000; 500 acres or more in Companys properties consist of the following Estates:Clifton, Cobham, Xonoti Peak, and ]^uri)ham. (/;) The next estate is that of S])rowstown, the propertyof Mr. T. E. Pechey, who has just started a factory on his 141 own account, having; previously sold his leaf in its raw stateto the Kearsney J^actory. This estate at the time of writingwas still in its initial stage, and had only about i8o acresunder plants, mcjst of which were immat
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