SOUTHERN AFRICA. 381 
Brought forward 799 
In Zwellendam - - 541 
Graaf Reynet - - 492 
Total 1832 
Suppofing each farm to confifl; only of the ufual allowance, 
or a fquare of three miles the fide, the quantity of land in all th« 
loan farms will amount to 10,552,320 acres ; and the annual rent 
they produce is about 44,000 rix-dollars, which is at the rate 
of about eight-tenths of a farthing an acre. Yet, moderate as 
thefe rents are, the Dutch Government could not prevent their 
running in arrears, the amount of which, at the capture, was 
upwards of 200,000 rix dollars. From the payment of this 
arrear they were excufed by the Britilli Government. Yet, 
neverthelefs, they pay the fmall rent referved fo unwillingly 
and irregularly, that new arrears are every day accruing. 
1. Gratuity lands are fuch as were originally granted in loan, 
but, on petition of the holders, in confequence of fome fuppofed 
fervices done to Government, have been converted into a fort 
of cuftomary copyhold liable to a certain rent, which, like the 
loan-lands, is continued at 24 rix dollars a-year. Such eftates, 
except a few in Zwellendam, are at no great diftance from the 
Cape, and, in general, are in a better ftate of cultivation than 
the loan farms. Their number, as regiftered in the Land Re- 
venue Office, are. 
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