PROSPECTS From the result of the first sowing it was evident 



OF TEA. that the soil and climate suited this plant, and about 



two acres of land was cleared for the purpose of 

 making a small plantation the following year, but 

 the season proved unpropitious and a number of the 

 plants died. Notwithstanding this, some 500 trees 

 of this experiment are in evidence to-day, and 

 stronger, healthier or more luxuriant trees one could 

 not wish to see. In 1908 a sample plucking was 

 taken from which tea was made and sent to the 

 Imperial Institute. This and a further sample sent 

 to a firm of London brokers in 191 1 were, taking all 

 the circumstances into consideration, very favourably 

 reported on, and there can be little doubt that 

 Limuru, as well as other parts of the Protectorate, 

 is suited to the cultivation of the tea plant. Doubt- 

 less had not coffee come so rapidly into pubHc favour, 

 greater attention would have been given to tea, but 

 it is only a matter of time when this extensive and 

 highly profitable industry will be added to the long 

 list of revenue producing activities that make Limuru 

 one of the most attractive areas of European settle- 

 ment in British East Africa. 



W. H. CAINE. 



NAIVASHA. 



SITUATION. Sixty- four miles by rail from Nairobi, and fifty- 



eight from Nakuru, Naivasha Station represents the 

 "half way house" between the two leading Highland 

 centres, and is, in itself, a place of first importance 

 to East Africa. 



NAIVASHA 

 TOWNSHIP. 



Naivasha Township, at an altitude of 6,200 feet 

 above sea level, lies at the foot of the Aberdare 

 Range, and commands magnificent views of the 

 surrounding country, and the crater lake from which 

 it takes its name. 



Post and Telegraph Offices, a good hotel, well 

 stocked stores, a butchery and bakery, provide for 

 domestic and business needs, while social and sport- 

 ing amenities are represented by tennis, golf, duck, 

 partridge, pigeon, and big game shooting. 



THE LAKE. 



The Provincial and District Commissioners are- 

 in residence here, and other Government offices,. 



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