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little shanty constructed of wattle and 

 daub, intermingled with rough stones, 

 for a house. Now this has all been 

 done away with and a fine large brick 

 house built. Looking round the grounds 

 (which are kept beautifully clean and 

 neatly laid out) I noticed some three or 

 four very large sheds built of whinstone 

 and iron roofed, nicely floored and splen- 

 didly cool, stocked with mealies and all 

 kinds of farm machinery and implements, 

 to say nothing of wagon and carriage 

 sheds, fowl houses, dog houses, and store- 

 rooms and outbuildings for the household 

 purposes, large stone kraal, kafir and 

 coolie houses, and piggeries, &c. Mr, 

 possesses some fine dogs, viz., 

 Ayrdale, pointers ; fowls, Indian 

 pigs (white Yorkshire), a fine 

 of cattle. He employs about a 

 coolies and an equal number of 

 natives. On going into the fields 1 par- 

 ticularly noticed a splendid crop of Al- 

 gerian forage, almost 2 feet high, in a 

 field of some 50 to 60 acres, all ready for 

 mowing down. The forage was, I must 

 admit, the finest crop I have ever seen, 

 and I have seen a good many in my time, 

 and judging from the present market 

 rates should yield about £250 to £300 to 

 the owner. Further on was a field recently 

 planted with mabele, some 70 or 80 acres, 

 and adjoining this were several large 

 fields being ploughed with three-furrow 

 ploughs, then harrowed and rolled, tu be 



Arden 



collie, 



game 



troop 



dozen 



planted with mealies. I should say these 

 fields would cover 300 acres. Mr. Arden 

 informed me the fields are rich and with- 

 out manure yield from 10 to 15 muids an 

 acre. Coming l)ack I noticed a fine field 

 of early rose potatoes which will b(i ready 

 by end of November, and a large field from 

 which the winter crop of barley had been 

 taken. This field is right up against the 

 large orchard of special fruit trees of all 

 kinds. From conversation with Mr. 

 Arden I learnt that he gets on well with 

 his coolies, and that he obtains native 

 labour fairly plentiful, and that he em- 

 ploys all the latest and best machinery, 

 which he finds helps considerably in the 

 reduction of labour, and that he is to 

 erect further large sheds and still break 

 up fuither land for cultivation. It would 

 astonish one to see some of the large 

 boulders (some of which take two full 

 spans of oxen to drag out) taken from the 

 fields. The farm is all well fenced and 

 laid off into paddocks, and is well 

 watered, but Mr. Arden does no irrigation. 

 The veld is perfect, judging from the fat 

 condition of the stock, and the hospitality 

 of mine host and hostess is beyond 

 measure, and Mr. Arden, who has been in 

 the Colony now for 20 years, and has had 

 experiences in Mexico and Peru, is only 

 too delighted to see visitors and show 

 them round, and no doubt take and give 

 many a wrinkle. 



Return of Fruits, Plants, and Vegetables, &g, 



Examined under Proc : S7, 1900. For tJu month of September, 1901. 



Uatk. 



1901. 

 Sept. 1 



V6 



21 



" 1) 



Description. 



Apples (Fresh) 



Peach and Apple Trees 



Potatoes (Eating) 



A( pies (Fresh) 



Apricots & Peaches (sulp red) 



Apples (Fresh) 



Potatoes (Eating) 



Potatoes (Seed) 



Potatoes (Eating) 



LiUes (3) 



Potatc es (Seed) 

 Apples (Fresh) 

 White Jackmanni 



(Or namental Plant) 



~C. B. 



QUANTI l Y. 



Imported 



FROM. 



Ship. 



50 cases 



Madeira 



PembrokeOastle 



3 ,. 



Melbourne 



Ormidale 



1,672 „ 



Albany 



Vine Branch 



485 „ 



Australia 





46 , 



Sydney 

 Holison'sBay 





950 „ 





805 „ 



Melbourne & 



Ninevt h 



1,008 ,, 

 895 Bags 



Sydney 





Me bourne 



Orange Branch 





Nineveh 



4,577 cases 





Caithnt ss 



3 pots 



1 'ape Town 



PtmbrokeCastle 



79(3 cases 



London 



Insizwa 



LO baskts 



•ladeira 



PembrokeCastle 



1 pot 



Southampton 



Canaca 



Remarks. 



Free of Pest 

 Insects pres'nt 

 Free of Pest 



JONES, Examining Officer, Agricultural Department. 

 Custom House. Durban, October 2nd, 1901. 



