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30,000 fruit trees and several vineyards, and can 

 readily understand, not only the number of hands 

 needed to sort and pack fruit, but the necessity 

 of having clever overseers to speed on such work. 

 Old inhabitants assure us that large profits could 

 be made in dairying, poultry -rearing, bee-keeping, 

 or flower-growing by English ladies who were 

 earnest and adaptable, and possessed of capital 

 as well as brains. The climate does not allow 

 a white woman to dig or to undertake heavy work, 

 but her services should be valuable to organise 

 work for the natives. Until we have more definite 

 examples of success, it is unwise to urge ladies to 

 go to South Africa as gardeners. The safest course 

 is, perhaps, to relate the steps that have up to now 

 been taken, and leave all decision to the good 

 judgment of those who contemplate taking up a 

 profession which holds out decidedly good pros- 

 pects to ladies who can face some degree of adven- 

 ture. Much depends upon the natural taste and 

 ambition of a woman. With good health, energy, 

 and intelligence, people usually succeed in any 

 country. 



The most important matter that has so far 

 been undertaken is the organisation of a colonial 

 branch of training at Swanley College for lady 

 gardeners. Here, students are put through a 

 course, intended to fit them, to a certain degree, 



