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cession to Great Britain, which must be sifted thorough!} 

 before Crown grants are issued. 



Land can be obtained from the Government by intending 

 settlers. The upset price is : 



s. d. 



For first-class Land 200 per acre 

 ,, second ,, 100,, 

 ,, third ,, 15 ,, 



I shall deal with the subject of the titles for land in the 

 subsequent chapter. 



There are many people in Fiji holding big estates [with 

 thorough knowledge of their requirements, who would, I feel 

 convinced, gladly make terms Avith energetic young men 

 from the mother country possessing a command of ready cash 

 to a small extent, and who are willing to work. Here is an 

 opening for those who would naturally shrink from the 

 responsibility of running a big plantation unaided. Sugar, 

 coffee, and tobacco quite independently of copra will be 

 the great sources of wealth for Fiji in the future, and it is 

 advisable that men who intend to go out should know some- 

 thing of the grammar of tropical and semi-tropical agricul- 

 ture. 



Angus Mackay's ' Semi-tropical Agriculturist ' is one of the 

 best books on this subject ; but, after all, book knowledge is 

 worth very little. Still, in the case of Fiji a little knowledge 

 should not be a dangerous thing it should be the stepping- 

 stone to practical wisdom. In many cases it would be far 

 better for a young fellow anxious to get on in Fiji to give his 

 time gratuitously for a term on an established plantation, and 

 learn a great deal, than attempt too much at first. Paying 

 for board and lodging at the rate of 2 a week for a few 



