Almost all the vegetables common in England do vegetables 

 remarkably well. Oranges, lemons, figs, mulberries, and fruits. 

 paw paws, pineapples, grenadillas (passion fruit) and 

 Tjananas are common in every settler's garden, while 

 apples, peaches and plums are also grown, but have 

 not sufficiently matured to bear fruit in any quantity. 



Compared with the older coffee planting districts price OF 

 around Nairobi, the price of land at Fort Ternan is land. 

 low, and although it has been rising at an average rate 

 of ten shillings per acre annually during the past few 

 years, it is still very much below its intrinsic value 

 when its revenue producing capabilities are taken into 

 consideration. If for no other reason than this. Fort 

 Ternan would be certain to attract attention from 

 prospective settlers, but when comparative cheapness 

 of land is combined with delightful scenery, an excel- 

 lent climate, fertile soil, and abundant rainfall, some- 

 thing more than passing attention is assured. 



M. PRICE. 



UASIN GISHU. 



^T^HE Uasin Gishu Plateau is situate to the north- situ.ation. 



west of Londiani between the Burnt Forest on 

 the south, the Nzoia River on the north, the Algao 

 Reserve on the east and the Nandi Reserve on the 

 west. It is about 20 miles across from Nandi to Algao 

 and 40 from the Burnt Forest to the Nzoia River. 



The altitude of the Plateau varies from about cijmatic 

 6,000 to 7,000 feet. The climate is \'ery pleasant and conditions. 

 healthy. It is seldom too hot, and though fires are 

 welcomed in the evening it is more for the sake of 

 appearance than for comfort. Sixty inches is about 

 the average annual rainfall, and though the greater 

 part falls between March and September, it is on the 

 whole well distributed throughout the year. 



In the matter of communications the Uasin COMMUNICA- 

 Gishu district is still far from favourably circum- Tions. 

 stanced. Londiani, wdth which the Plateau is con- 

 nected by road, is the nearest point on the Uganda 

 ^Railway, but a new hne has been surveyed from 



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