A Thousand Miles in a Machilla 



the locality and nature of the land, and facilities for 

 inspecting land for sale are given by the Company. 

 To quote the Company's handbook : — '' Suppose 

 a three thousand acre farm is bought at 2s.^ per 

 acre, and not paid for outright, the price of the 

 farm will be ^300, and the annual rent ;^I5, until 

 an instalment of not less than ^30 has been paid, 

 when the rent will be correspondingly reduced until 

 the whole purchase price has been paid." 



A system has recently been inaugurated whereby 

 the most suitable areas for settlement have previously 

 been reported upon by the Company's inspectors, 

 thus avoiding disappointment to settlers. 



Ranching. — The whole of Southern Rhodesia 

 is suitable for ranching. There is a good demand 

 by experienced stock farmers for large areas of land 

 for this purpose. The Company grant pastoral 

 leases in the more remote districts on certain 

 conditions, the term not to exceed twenty-one 

 years, and the area not to extend beyond thirty 

 thousand acres, at a rent of ;i^i per one thousand 

 acres per annum, the Company holding the right to 

 re-value the land at the end of seven to fourteen 

 years. The tenant may purchase at a valuation, 

 at any time, not more than six thousand acres of 

 his holding, so long as it is in one's block, and 

 subject to the Company's approval. 



Liebig's Limited, which includes the Lemco and 

 Oxo Companies, have recently acquired a large tract 



^ The average price of undeveloped land sold by the 

 Company at present is about 2s. 6d. an acre, but all land 

 terms are subject to alteration at any time. 



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