aimed at is to get sonic land cleared even it" it be only a l~c\v acres 

 and some' crop in the first season. The amount of capital each 

 man will require in .lining on the land cannot be stated on one 

 unit'orm scale ; it will depend upon the individual thril'l, good 

 management, and the number of the family who will have to be 

 supported while the preliminary work is being d< me and tin.- first yield 

 is as yet in the- ground. The only sate general rule that can be 

 formulated is that the sum in hand should be suflicicnt to 

 buy tools, plough horses, stores, fencing wire, clothing and 

 sundries for the lirst twelve months. That is to say, this rule 

 will apply if a man has no intention to work hall time at 

 home and half time to assist in giving him a start wherever lie can 

 mployment in his neighborhood. This method Q getting in 

 the foundation of one's own homestead has been followed by some 

 of the settlers in every district with the happiest results. A man 

 who is determined to lift himself out of the grade of a laborer for 

 hire into that of an independent cultivator, may have some difficul- 

 ties to overcome and his headway will not be so rapid as that of 

 others who have the potent leverage of means to help them to 

 achieve their goal, but, nevertheless, the path is not an insuperable 

 one to tread. Moreover, those who have the grit, the youth, and 

 the foresight to choose it, are pretty sure to have the qualities that, 

 as they get over the lirst struggle, will enable them to make a better 

 use of their earnings and their opportunities than some of those 

 who have never had to surmount so many obstacles in the was* of 

 their success. The man who, starting life with no adventitious aids, 

 but, having a stout heart and a pair of arms that he is not afraid of 

 using, puls his wages into the best of all bunks in accepting 160 

 acres as a free homestead farm in Western Australia, lie saxes 

 house rent, municipal taxes, water rates, and a bill for firewood 

 and many other items of expenditure th;,t drain the purse of the 

 worker in the city, while he is stimulated not only by the freshness 

 of the air in the country, but also by the knowledge that he is mak- 

 ing a certain provision 'for middle life. The settler in the Bunbury 

 district need have no qualms that his children will not be within easy 

 reach of a school, or that the schoolmaster's fees will be an item 

 that he will have to reckon among his bill of expenses, for the 

 Government has made the most liberal provision for the gratuitous 

 education of the rising generation. There are public schools in 

 charge of certificated teachers at Bunbury, Picton, \Va 

 Brunswick, Cookernup, Yarloop, Coolingup, Boyannp, Daidanup, 

 Ferguson, Donnybrook, and Upper Preston. Another qn 

 may arise " How much land should I take up, supposing I -elect 

 outside an agricultural area where there are no free honu 

 farms?" The counsel of capable guides, touching the Biinbury 

 district, is that net less than the minimum conditional purchase 

 area ico acres should be obtained in preference to a 

 " garden block " of smaller size, for several reasons, the chief 



