for export, it will always be possible to raise what 
we may require for ourselves, even if our population 
increase fifty times. 
The Government owns large quantities of land 
in the Toledo, Stann Creek, and Cayo districts; 
and smaller quantities in the other districts. Until 
recently the Government land was sold at $i per 
acre, the Government paying the . cost of survey, 
which, in the case of small holdings, usually ex¬ 
ceeded the price given. The Government, there¬ 
fore, lost money on its sales of land. This would 
have been of little importance if a substantial por¬ 
tion of the land sold had been put into cultivation. 
But more often than not this was not the case. 
A different policy has lately been adopted. The 
price required for land now is either in addition to 
the cost of survey, or is high enough to more than 
cover the cost of survey. Sales also take place on 
condition that a certain area is put under cultivation, 
and an indefensible title for the whole area pur¬ 
chased is not given until the conditions have been 
carried out. Failure to comply with the condition 
does not involve a forfeiture of the whole area, but 
a forfeiture in proportion to the failure. Thus, if 
the purchaser of ioo acres undertakes to put 50 
acres into cultivation within seven years, and at 
expiry of that time has only put in 30 acres, he 
will receive an indefensible grant of the 30 acres 
actually cultivated, and of another 30 acres selected 
by the Government from the same block. Apart 
from this, the Government will, from time to time, 
give a purchaser indefensible grants in proportion 
to the amount of cultivation, so that the cultivator 
will always, when he requires financial assistance, 
be able to offer a security equal to the amount of 
his operations. 
The price of land, and the conditions under which 
it will be sold, will vary according to locality and 
