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 undergo subdivision and closer settlement.[A] Under the Closer Settlement Act large areas of good land have been repurchased by the Government and disposed of at from 25s. to £5 an acre. The terms are very easy; a small deposit has to be made, and the remainder is paid off over a term of years. Many large private estates are being periodically cut up, and under the Closer Settlement Promotion Act three or more persons having agreed with the owners of land as to price and area, may apply to the Crown to purchase the lands.[B] The system of "Shares Farming" is being worked with great success in New South Wales at present. The landowner supplies the land, the tenant the labour, the produce of the combination is equally divided. By this means the farm labourer without capital soon acquires land of his own.[C]

Among the many charms of Sydney and its neighbourhood are the flat sandy beaches that have made surf bathing popular. Our host had planned a delightful expedition by motor and

[Footnote A: See "Sheep and Wool for the Farmer," Part I., J. Wrenford Matthews. Published by the Department of Agriculture, N.S. Wales.]

[Footnote B: For details of this system see "Wheat in New South Wales," by G. L. Sutton, Tourist Bureau, Sydney.]

[Footnote C: "Farming on the Shares System," Government Tourist Bureau, Sydney.]