 A few European planters would be involved in this project, but mostly the land was to be developed by Africans instructed by Europeans.He was against setting aside large amounts of land for European use.About the shortage of land for Africans in the Shire Highlands he said "the only method of dealing with the problem is to re-acquire from the landowners in convenient blocks of sufficient area to accommodate the natives at present resident on the estates for whom accommodation acceptable to them and to Government cannot be provided elsewhere on Crown Land".