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8200 for each area of 5000 hec- 

 tares of land he wishes to take 

 up. A larger or smaller sum will 

 have to be deposited according 

 to the number of acres the pros- 

 pective tenant wishes to take up. 



(c) If the intending tenant is a foreigner, 



he must make a declaration sub- 

 mitting himself to the Land 

 Tenure Laws in force in the 

 Colony. 



(d) The intending tenant must make a 



simple descriptive sketch of the 

 areas of land he wishes to take up, 

 giving approximately their posi- 

 tion and boundaries. 



14. The deposit of 8200 for each 5000-hectare 

 block of land will be taken into account in the 

 payment of the yearly lease, and if the land con- 

 cession is not granted will be refunded. 



The houses of the Portuguese farmers and 

 traders I saw consisted usually of but three or 

 four rooms, and were built of a framework of 

 forest poles filled in with plastered mud, called 

 " pau-a-pique " by the Portuguese. These houses 

 have roofs of thatch or corrugated iron. 



A better though less common method of build- 

 ing is by using " adobos," or blocks of clay which 

 have been moulded and then dried in the sun. 

 Good material for bricks can be obtained from 

 ant-hills, as the secretion of the ants gives this 

 earth a remarkable consistency, and kilned bricks 



