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circumstances. If the land is within a mile or so 
of a railway, or near a town, probably it will be 
stipulated that at least one-third must be cultivated 
within three years, or one-half within seven years, 
before an indefensible grant is given. Elsewhere 
so large a proportion will not be required. If land 
is wanted for grazing, conditions can be made for 
the keeping of so many head of cattle on the land 
during a fixed time. If land is wanted for extract¬ 
ing the natural products of the ground, stipulations 
will be required that at least a certain quantity 
shall be extracted. In every sale the Government 
must be satisfied that the purchaser means to use 
the land, and does not merely purchase with a view 
to being able to hold out at some future time for 
a large price from some one else. 
All through this paper I have indicated that what 
the colony suffers from most is want of population 
and labourers. The excess of births over deaths 
every year is more than 500. This alone permits 
of some development. And, besides this, immigra¬ 
tion into the colony exceeds the emigration. If 
we compare the numbers at the various censuses 
we find the rate of increase in proportion to popula¬ 
tion is as great as in most other colonies. It is 
in the proportion to the area of land that the 
increase is small. 
In order to encourage immigration our land law 
permits the Governor in Council to make free grants 
of 20 acres of land to immigrants who will cultivate. 
I confess that till recently I did not think this was 
much of an inducement to agriculturists; but, in 
view of the improved facilities for transfer now pro¬ 
vided at Stann Creek, Manatee, and near Belize, 
I think it may be worth while for small cultivators 
in other places to settle at the places named. I 
particularly would draw the attention of the people 
of Barbados to the colony. 
