A Thousand Miles in a Machilla 



Agricultural leases are granted for three to twenty- 

 one years with option of renewal or purchase. 

 Grazing agreements are on a yearly tenancy, which 

 carries no right to cut timber, cultivate, or other- 

 wise deal with the land. Building leases are granted 

 for twenty-one years. Plots of one acre for trading 

 stores are let on yearly tenancies; rent, £2 los. per 

 annum, paid half yearly in advance. All rents for 

 agricultural land are payable half yearly in advance, 

 and vary according to the locality, the highest being 

 at Blantyre and Chiromo, £i<^ per acre per annum, 

 others at £\o and £^\ the lowest at Liwonde, 

 Mpimdi, and Kota-Kota at £2 los. an acre per 

 annum. 



No free grants of land are made by Government 

 for any purpose. 



Native Labour. 



Native labour is plentiful, and if unskilled costs 

 about 6s. a month, including food. Fairly skilled 

 labour is readily obtainable in the Shire Highlands; 

 good carpenters, masons, brickmakers, and brick- 

 layers are to be had. Wages vary from los. to 30s. 

 a month, and an extra good man may get 40s* 

 Local carpenters can make all ordinary household 

 furniture, but it is exceptional for the work of even 

 a skilled native ever to equal in finish that of the 

 average European workman's ; nor can one expect 

 the same industry. 



There are few openings for either professional 

 men or European artizans in the Protectorate, and 



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