are in the hands of private owners, and on the wil- 

 lingness of these men to sell their surplus holdings 

 largely depends the future progress of the district. 



If they do so, much of the land that is at present 

 lying waste would be profitably utihzed for the benefit 

 of the individual and the country alike, and it is to 

 be hoped that owners will be induced to either make 

 use of the land themselves or sell it to others who are 

 prepared to do so. If this is done, the Molo district 

 will certainly become of considerable importance as 

 a stock and dairying centre. 



ROBERT B. CURWEN. 



T 



LIMURU. 



HE Limuru district, which lies north-west of situation. 

 Nairobi, between Kyambu and the Railway 

 line, comprising, roughly, the upper ridges of the 

 Kikuyu hills, was among the first to attract 

 European settlers. To some extent on that account, 

 but more because of the healthy climate, extremely 

 rich soil, excellent water supply, and dehghtful 

 scenery, it is one of the most closely settled areas in 

 the Protectorate. 



The farms were originally a square mile in i healthy 

 extent, freehold for the most part, but many of district. 

 them have been sub-divided into smaller areas — 

 Limuru being one of the few districts where hold- 

 ings of about loo acres are met with. This is made 

 possible by the innumerable perennial streams flow- 

 ing through the valleys between the ridges. Malarial 

 fever among humans. East Coast fever among cattle 

 and horse sickness among horses, are unknown in 

 the district. 



In the higher reaches of the hills — runninig WATTLE 

 from 6,500 to 8,000 feet — most of the cultivated and coffbb. 

 land is under wattle. At the lower levels coffee is 

 doing well; and the area under this crop is being 

 steadily increased. Although slower in reaching the 

 productive stage, coffee suffers less from disease at 

 Limuru than at lower altitudes, and it is now being 

 generally conceded that the higher the altitude at 



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