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Land company, the former being 12,000 and the latter 2i,;(>o acres 

 in extent. These estates are used as sheep run-. South of location 

 257 the boundaries of the electoral district of Plantagenent, which is 

 represented in the Legislative Assembly by Mr. A. Y. Hassell, arc- 

 entered, and for 12 miles the line passes through Crown lands that 

 did not form part of the Western Australian Land company's land 

 grants, from which it may be inferred that the area is not of the best 

 agricultural kind. There is some good agricultural and pastoral land 

 in location 203, which is south-east of the Ewlyamartup agricultural 

 area, and recently a number of blocks in this locality have been ap- 

 plied for. The Gordon river runs south through this location, which 

 largely consists of a chocolate loam timbered with salmon gum, jam, 

 and white gum. In the moist, low-lying places along the course or 

 the river-paper bark trees are seen. The southern boundary or 

 location 263 runs to within 91 miles of Albany. Here we get into 

 open country that the West Australian Land company passed by, 

 but there are some excellent arable lands in the neighborhood with- 

 in six miles of the line. The nearest siding to this land is at Tam- 

 bellup, between Tenterden and the Broomehill stations. There are 

 between 3,000 and 4,000 acres adjacent. At the time of writing 

 Surveyor Angove is examining and plotting this piece of country. 

 By the time the GUIDE is before the public his plan and report will 

 have been furnished to the Lands department. He is dealing with 

 an area that extends to within 82 miles of Albany. It touches 

 location 41 1, 12,000 acres, mostly pastoral country, some of which 

 was obtained from the company by Mr. Hugh Climie and Messrs. 

 Garrity and Co. for the pasturing of sheep. The next land grant 

 still going south is No. 407 ; it takes in part of the Stirl- 

 ing range, and comprises 77,400 acres. The Stirling range is 

 not rich country. This grant is, generally speaking, a sand plain. 

 East of it, and divided from location 407, is the Tenterden 

 agricultural area of 30,000 acres, one of the recommendations of 

 which is that it has a larger rainfall than those further north. It 

 has excellent railway accommodation, for the Pootenup siding, the 

 Cranbrook station, and the Tenterden siding, are all within 17;} 

 miles of each other. Cranbrook is 175 miles from Beverley. A 

 large tank, containing two and a quarter million gallons, was made by 

 the company for the purposes of the railway. It soon became full 

 of good fresh water, which shows how easily water can be con- 

 served in the south at a moderate outlay. The Land company 

 planted a wattle plantation for experimental purposes at Cranbrook. 

 The descriptive prospectus of the Western Australian Land com- 

 pany says : " From indications in the ranges of this district it is 

 confidently anticipated that valuable mineral deposits will be dis- 

 covered." 



Mount Barker, after passing Kendenup siding, is the next rail- 

 way station in the direction of Albany, from which it is 203 miles 

 distant. About seven miles to the east of Mount Barker is the 



