A Thousand Miles in a Machilla 



numbered 1,626, an increase of over 400 from the 

 previous March, necessitating the opening of fresh 

 schools. 



Twenty scholarships of ^40 per annum are to 

 be obtained, while three Rhodes scholarships, 

 valued at 300, are annually allotted to Southern 

 Rhodesia. 



A geological survey of Rhodesia has been 

 begun, and the Department of Agriculture has 

 been re-organized. The staff now consists in 

 addition to the Director of two agriculturists, a 

 botanist, a chemist, an entomologist and an agri- 

 cultural engineer. There is also a veterinary 

 branch. 



It is proposed to create a Forestry Department 

 in Southern Rhodesia. Much valuable timber 

 exists which it is considered by experts should be 

 periodically and systematically cut. A large timber 

 area in Gwaai forest between Bulawayo and Wankie 

 is now being worked. 



Imports for the year ending October 1910 

 show an increase of ,591,817 over the same time 

 in 1909, while the receipts from Customs showed an 

 increase of ,43,508 over the corresponding period 

 of the previous year. 



It is noted in the latest Report of the Chartered 

 Company that great signs of progress and pros- 

 perity are everywhere apparent in Rhodesia. 



The railways there are also benefiting from the 

 improved conditions, and increased receipts are 

 shown in the general goods, passenger, and mineral 

 traffic. 



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