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A COLONY IN THE MAKING 
CHAP. 
Topics of local and general interest are discussed. 
Thus the Uasin Guishu settlers who live very far 
from the Railway and the Capital might bring through 
their Delegates a motion advocating increased and 
improved means of communication. The Pastoralists 
might have another to discuss Stock thefts. The 
Colonists’ Association will probably bring forward 
matters of more general interest such as a demand for 
an Agent-General in London to further the interests of 
the Colony. The Land-holders’ Association are 
pledged only to bring forward matters connected with 
land and land tenure. While the Ulu settlers whose 
district borders the Game Reserve may be confidently 
expected to bring forward some resolution dealing 
with the damage which they suffer through the 
depredations of its inhabitants. 
Such matters will be thoroughly discussed and a very 
fair idea of the popular opinion on them throughout 
the country gained. The various motions are sub¬ 
mitted to the Government, to whom they should be of 
considerable service. 
Yet another body has arisen within the last two 
years, which bids fair to have a considerable influence 
on the future of the Colony. This is the Landowners’ 
Association. Its inception is due to the growing and 
inevitable cleavage between the farmers on the one 
hand and the townsfolk on the other, and also to the 
great dissatisfaction to the general policy of land 
administration which is mentioned elsewhere. Its 
object is to support the interests of agriculture and of 
all classes of owners and occupiers of land. It has a 
large membership and considerable funds. It may be 
admitted without cavil that the future prosperity of the 
country is absolutely bound up in the prosperity of its 
agriculture. Farmers as a class are prohibited by the 
