s taken it. At the same time there are reserves, and the question
is, how much of the reserves for the whites has been put aside for
agriculturists. Ought the Company to be satisfied with having only
miners in Rhodesia who will employ the natives, and after all the gold
is got will retire and leave Rhodesia the black man's country that it
was, or do the authorities intend to plant an English race permanently
there? What are their offers? The Chartered Company ought to give 160
acres of land to any settlers who will undertake to develop it and
remain on it for five years, after which the land would be their own. A
somewhat similar system is adopted with regard to the mines. If you peg
out claims you must work them. So it ought to be with the agricultural
land. Having done this, it would remain for the Chartered Company to do
their utmost to increase facilities for communication. If they gave
reserves free to the natives whom they had conquered, they certainly
ought to give at least the same advantages to the white settlers who are
to make the country prosperous and to yield revenue by the payment of
taxes."

RHODESIAN RAILWAYS.

"Did you observe the criticisms of the _Financial News_ on your proposal
regarding the railway from Bulawayo to the sea?" asked the interviewer.

"Yes," said Mr Stanley. "The _Financial News_ does not see the object
of making two railways between Bulawayo and the coast, but I was writing
from the Bulawayo standpoint. If Bulawayo is to be the capital of
Matabeleland, it has as much right to branch out in all directions as
Salisbury has in Mashonaland. Naturally, if I were a Bulawayan, I
should not care to see Salisbury getting all the plums, especially as
Bulawayo is better situated than Salisbury. A railway from Bulawayo to
Victoria would bring out the merits of the latter place. There are
already over a thousand whites between Bulawayo and Victoria, and a
great many gold claims. Then, again, it is only twelve miles from
Victoria to Zimbabwe. A great many people want to see the ruins.
Tourists go to Victoria first, and thence drive in carriages to
Zimbabwe. Thus, from all these sources, mines, settlers, merchants, and
tourists, the railway would have a good revenue, while the company would
have other indirect gains. From Victoria to Umtali you could make a
junction with the existing line to Beira. Bulawayo should shoot out its
right arm towards the Indian Ocean, for another r