RHODESIA. OF TO-DAY
(a) In Matabeleland.
That a great portion of the Matabele High Yeldt is admirably adapted for farming there can be no doubt. The best districts are, of course, those in which Lobengula used to graze his vast herds of cattle, and where the grass, eaten down for years, has become sweet and wholesome for cattle. Boer and Colonial farmers who have come into this country speak enthusiastically of its possibilities.
A large number of farms have already been pegged out. Of these some 700 are c volunteer farms,’ which were granted free to the men who took part in the late expedition. Each volunteer farm is of 3,000 morgen (6,000 acres), carrying with it a nominal annual quit rent of ten shillings. These farms are transferable, and are now to be bought at from 45/. to 150/. Farming rights, entitling the holder to peg out 3,000 acres, can also be bought directly from the Company at eighteenpence an acre; but in the case of these farms a bond fide occupation must