The colony of Natal; an official illustrated handbook and railway guide . teresting one. The farm from whichthe place takes its name, thirty-two years ago, was owned byMr. Vanderplank, senior. In those early days it was no easymatter to obtain tenants or to utilise the land in any order to induce settlement the owner cut his land upinto small holdings and let them out to eligible farmers forfive years free of rent, on the condition that they beneficiallyoccupied and dwelt on their areas. At the expiration ofthis period the ground could be leased for a term of twentyyears at the rate of
The colony of Natal; an official illustrated handbook and railway guide . teresting one. The farm from whichthe place takes its name, thirty-two years ago, was owned byMr. Vanderplank, senior. In those early days it was no easymatter to obtain tenants or to utilise the land in any order to induce settlement the owner cut his land upinto small holdings and let them out to eligible farmers forfive years free of rent, on the condition that they beneficiallyoccupied and dwelt on their areas. At the expiration ofthis period the ground could be leased for a term of twentyyears at the rate of two shillings and sixpence per acreper annum. Mr. William Thrash, now of Maritzburg, wasabout the first settler. Messrs. Thomas and Joseph l^lllerkerwere the next, and one by one others followed, until in thedistrict there are now about forty occupied and prosperousfarms. Land is now valuable and much sought after. umiaas In the vicinity of Umiaas Road Station there is a siding ^j^^jiescalled after Mr. C. E. Thrash, This farmer has shown \Zh^„^ Alt. 2,606 especial enterprise and determination in working up a millingindustry, and from the smallest imaginable beginning has nowa large and constantl} increasing yearly turnover of the right of the line, Table Mountain, already alluded to, andits companion hill of conical form called Spitzkop, come intofair view, and promise something out of the common in thescenic line. Here, as at Krantz Kloof, the botanical andentomological student will find a rich field awaiting every species of fern, bulb, shrub or flower indigenousto South Africa, thrive in their wild state amongst the cliffsand rocks; while deer, game-birds, insects and reptiles canbe easily studied and captured by those interested in thisdepartment of natural history. This little station, which lies on the right of the line, may Manderston, •-> ? 54^ miles be classed with the last, it being only a few miles distant. rj°ban New Leeds
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