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Supposing each farm to consist only of the usual allowancGj 
or a square of three miles the side, the quantity of land in all 
the loan farms will amount to 10,552,320 acres ; and the an- 
nual rent they produce is about 44,000 rix-doliars, which is at 
the rate of about eight-tenths of a farthing an acre. Yet, mo- 
derate as these rents arcj 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 pay- 
ment of this arrear they were excused by the British Govern- 
ment. Yet, nevertheless, they pay the small rent reserv^ed so 
unwillingly and irregularly, that new arrears are every day 
accruino'. 
2. Gratuity lands are such as were originally granted in loan, 
but, on petition of the holders, in consequence of some supposed 
services done to Government, have been converted into a sort 
of customary copyhold liable to a certain rent, which, like the 
loan-lands, is continued at 24 rix dollars a-year. Such estates, 
except a few in Zwellendam, are at no great distance from the 
Cape, and, in general, are in a better state of cultivation than 
the loan farms. Their number, as registered in the Land Re- 
venue Office, are, 
In the district of the Cape ' - - 43 
Stellenbosch and Drakenstein - 46 
Zwellendam - - - 18 
Total 107 
3. The quit-rents arise from pieces of waste ground which, 
from their contiguity or convenience to an estate, have been 
