Big Tract Of BSIP
p. 143 · Read in the full issue
Land For Lease
The BSIP Government is in viting applications for the lease of 4,600 acres on the Guadal canal Plains. Further areas, in cluding one of 2,900 acres, may be available for negotiation.
The Guadalcanal Plains are suitable for large-scale mechani cal cultivation, with or without irrigation, and, initially, without substantial forest clearing. Their total area is about 75,000 acres.
Leases for 33 years at an annual rental of 45 cents an acre are proposed in a 15-page illustrated prospectus issued by the BSIP Government. The Gov ernment is willing to consider an option for renewal for a further period of 33 years, subject to a possible rental re assessment at the end of the first term.