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Considering the fine quality of the sport obtainable in 

 Nyasaland and North-Eastern Rhodesia, and the great 

 expense of shooting in British East Africa, it will not be 

 many years until sportsmen pay more attention to these 

 fine countries, which in some places are hardly known to 

 Europeans, 



VII. INFORMATION FOR THE SETTLER REGARDING THE 

 LEASING AND PURCHASE OF LAND. 



No Crown land is now sold in Nyasaland, and it can 

 only be had on lease of seven, fourteen, and twenty-one 

 years. When I last lived in North-Eastern Rhodesia, land 

 could be purchased from 6d. per acre ; but I do not know 

 the price at present, although I have not heard that any 

 change has taken place. There are many points to be 

 considered when leasing or buying land for planting or 

 farming projects, and, as regards Nyasaland, the following 

 sentences, which appeared in my " Nyasaland for the 

 Hunter and Settler," are well worth consideration by the 

 intending settler. They are these : 



1. Cost of transport to nearest railway or steamer landing. 



2. Quality of soil for the purpose it is required for. 



3. Cost of land, or lease of same. 



4. Water supply (running water essential). 



5. Elevation above sea level. 



6. Prospects of labour supply. 



7. Whether there is plenty of food for the labourers. 



8. Grazing facilities for stock. 



9. Rainfall in district. 



10. Extent of cleared land (native gardens). 



11. Quantity of bamboos (for building purposes). 



12. Amount of good timber (for sawing and big posts). 



13. Firewood (for personal and natives' use and for tobacco - 

 curing, etc.). 



14. Freedom from insect pests (especially tsetse fly). 



15. For cotton (distance from a public ginnery). 



16. Distance from a township. 



