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enterprise by making freehold grants of land 

 according to the area cultivated, and I think some 

 such system might be adopted to encourage a 

 start in the Mozambique district, provided that 

 land occupied and cultivated in extensive areas 

 by natives collected together in large settlements 

 should not be appropriated. With this reservation 

 the Government could offer within this dry belt 

 grants of land up to, say, 10,000 hectares in 

 extent, free of all licences, fees, and charges of 

 any kind, to be held for a period of five years, at 

 the end of that time the land under cultivation, 

 as well as an additional block equal to twice the 

 cultivated area, to become the permanent property 

 of the concessioner free of all charges except cost 

 of surveying. For example, if at the end of five 

 years a concessioner had 1,000 hectares under 

 cultivation, he would be entitled to a freehold 

 grant of land of 3,000 hectares within the block 

 of 10,000 hectares reserved to him. A definite 

 complexion could be given the scheme by pro- 

 claiming that a limited number only of such 

 grants would be made — say ten ; that the offer 

 would remain open for a period of two years, and 

 that grants would be liable to be cancelled if 

 after the expiration of one year no cultivation 

 had been attempted. 



One or two successful ventures would attract 



