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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 747, 21 February 1910, Page 8

o "ithe. large ' prospective . industrialde■elopment,' there should' bo ample -scopo or-all:thcso?enterprises. : •. LANDS Company yJU secure nil" rights; and .- id vantages,-' except asto minerals, ■acmtions - before (referred' to, - and', will ■ also >urcha=c ■ Provisional • Crown - Leases of he following lands, which ha.ve boon (ranted ' subject s.'tp'" survey : regulations mder.the Papuan Land Ordinance •of 900 - -0,000 acres situated-on-the Brown River.. 10,000 „ - ■. „. ; . ill the Cloudy Bay - r v;-' - • '•••'•• District." 1,000 on ''Redscar- Bayi-. 9,500:1.in fcheyLaloM : Eiver <■••• V' : District.- J--1,70 0; acres'situated;.ini;the -Port M0rft- ........; ... .- ], v District. n •,000 „ ■ -■ in- Orangeries Bayii.ooo ■ j,' '~ 'in-Milne'"'Bay.'-''' )i-' Ty-v a't, : .Cap'e' : -Eiidiiey-. !.:■ ■ 600 ■„ 1 t i i,"' in *"thev; "■:? Sogefi ' .i'.v - •'■' '''■■■■ District.)' . 500 at .Galley-Rcach. I'hesßj lands' total 112j000 acres, situated n 'Various ,"parts- of the -'all 1 6f viiicli, exc£pt ; 'Sogeri, - nre' eafiy of icmss . jy. water, I 'and"' are 'situated partly '.in ;he dry' belt (rainfall-30 -to 'dO inches per mhum) for thp' growth of sisal- hemp, tobacco,-cotton,--etc:',•'and partly" in'-tfie ivet'-.belt (rainfall' IQO. to .150 ' inchesi ptt innnm)-for ithe*cultivation of rubber, :acib,'' cocinuts, 'sugar? ''etc. • Papua ■ lies s.u't6id6: the ; range'.of -hurricanes that occasionally ravage the 'Western - Pacific an'd-N6'rth Qiiiehsland, : atid-tif.'.reason : of the.extTaordjnarV'fertintyj'.of- its-60Ui and splendid -rainfall is ln- ian . exceptionally favourable' • for " tropical • apiculture'. ', Moreover,' lis. no export - duties- are levied,the*-'company wol'possess.an undoubted advantage" oyersimilar undertakings;- established : in--" the Federated MaJay:'- Stafe.'-thb -V StnutsKSettlements, nnd Java/ The only ■ form, of taxation, other thwi leasehold l rentals,. licenses; Aiid f ees,„is in;..the\sh ape of '.moderate revenue duties on certain imports. ■ ■■ " ■ LABOUR. - ■ "The Handbook of the Territory of Papua," compiled by the Director,, of Agriculture;,and' issued Vby. 'authority,, makes' the-following- statements with 'rosjpftct to. PapuanS'laboiiriT:.' !.!■•' . • -- "The indentured Papuan • labour. is con-, sideriid. ljy>,competent authorities; .as quite equal to' that' of the Kanaka' of Polynesia or the' Tamil of 'India and Ceylon. -At the, present." time'. there ■;are -about 5000 indentured ■ Papuans . working satisfac-1 foiiiljK;ii» T operations 'ajd s pack -carrying work; -both . arduous ahd i sb'mewh'at' 'lincongenialV-employments,. *to.'; natives ; of I'this- character;'. . If ■ large numbers of;;natives ! ;i'n tK'e,,.; past - WSWg voluntarily- undertaken such ■ tasks they, will much more ; readily; accept, servicc. f6r plantation'ivorkj'''as ; : .th«iy' frre' accustomed '- to' agricultural pursuits. . . The wages range-. from' ss; ; to 10s. a month, with food • and house accommodation. ' / Thercheapness'of'Ja.bour .will.Vit.is be 1 -.' lieved,'-proved' a most 'important factor in ' the" success of. the enterprise.JHNAGEJJEIsT "-•••Mr; - -Darling, who • has .. recently visited and;'inspected', the principal l properties', to be acquired, has'.' relinquished an ' important;; commercialposition; in London," and entered into • an agreement, with thb first quality, .'rubber,, co'coniits,, nutmegs - , .'Papna'ifor t. period' of''five'years. VARIETT OF PRODtTCTS. The "Handbook of the. Territory ;' of Papna".,,states', that, "of its physical features,' variety "of' rich - -! soils,' and' splendid rainfall, Papua'. is ' capable of'. successfully- pfo'ducihg; almostevery 'valuable' agriculturnlproduct grown 'in the' 'tropics;..: It' possesses''a. wealth of indigenous plants- of .' commercial value difficult'to, equal' iri ; any,. country; These .include ; ;sago,, sugar-cane'' of ' the first quality, rubber, "cocoanuts, nutmegs"; tobacco, iginger, ■arecaV, palms, fibres, bananas/ fete. - , .The •: ihv'estigatidhs' of f tbe TIMBEp. Timber promises to,:be a'useful.lsource of revenue to'the Compapy.. The. country is.-.in' liifgeareas l .very.' heavily timbered. Mr. - .Darling, .in his-General'Report; states .'tinitef-'OiV--'tho : to r be : '"acqiiired the.'Company■ 'is'ei'ceedinsly.'.valuablej' afld 'consists'^of many varieties of' hard'-arid, soft 'woods. • Waterways are numerous, and thoro. is :ample water' ' power''','for.'i' driving' - sawmilling m'a'chtneryls'-'lt is- thb"-'intention ' of' the Directora to erect one orVWore'.sawmills! the-sawn.timber.froni wlich-should fiiid a'■ ready market". ; The Company -'is '• iii .treaty'for'further areas, specially selected . .fOT'Hneir'.timber-beariiig character,''which it' is"confiilehtly ; - ■ anticipated':' > will i.' bt secured. -Mr. Gilbert Burnett, District Borest- Inspector, Queensland,' writes'-tt tlic Commissioner of 'Lands,' Port-Moresby niider-'-flate;-28th ,'May;Ji9llß; ; . after'.Vmakinj ill-examination of-tne'timberiands in .tlu - Territory'have invariably found thi best timber- on -the higher lands, and al though I have met with immense' areai of ' valuable -timber ; on . country ; . fringes ■ the -coasWino ;io the .Territory,; I' believe .that rin-years-ti come,' wlien the present available' suppl; .is'-'becoming 'oxhaustsd,' an' even ■ bette class' of timber will be found on the ridg; 'country which'loads up to the'high'mouii tain ranges." •' "• A. 7 COTTON. .■ ' TKc advantages of cotton-growing withi: the : >Em'pit€i is everyday.'-bfiing mor appreciated; Papua' is situated', fo its. growth, and-'the .Company .propose '■ to: ■ ca'rrv ;on this', industry on, a larg !• scale. 'In which;a'ccgmpani( ■ this' Prospectus, by J[r.,>.'.lJ»n'ol 'Jpne, i- the late Cotton Espcr,t ; ,for;.t|i«' i pcpar ;. ment'of Agriculture;in.Brisbane, he est l;. mates the-prbhable'profiM;.of/co.tton-groy