§ * MR. JOHN ELLISI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has now received the Return furnishing details as to the sum spent on the scheme of land settlement in the Transvaal, the number of settlers in actual occupation of holdings, the total acreage so allotted, and the acreage in arable cultivation.
§ * MR. LYTTELTONI have ascertained that the number of settlers under the Land Settlement Scheme in the Transvaal is 508. The total area allocated is 620,423 acres, of which 292,871 acres are old Government land, and 328,552 land purchased for settlement purposes. The cost of the latter is £193,130. The loans to settlers amount to £130,300 and the total recoverable from settlers with interest under Land Settlement Ordinance is therefore £323,436. In addition to the land above mentioned about 550,000 acres have been bought for settlement purposes but not vet allotted to settlers. The cost of this is £323,804. 16,621 acres are under crop by settlers.
§ * MR. JOHN ELLISUp to what date are these figures? Are they quite recent?
§ * MR. LYTTELTONQuite recent.