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more complete knowledge of the remarkably interesting flora of 

 South- West Africa is greatly to be desired . It may therefore be 

 hoped, as well in the interests of botanical science as of the 

 economic development of the country, that Government encourage- 

 ment and assistance will be given to the work in which Mr. Dinter 

 has achieved so great a measure of success during the past eight 



years. 



Some Ethnological Problems. 



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To the ethnologist and psychologist it would seem that this 

 country can be hardly less interesting than to the botanist. 

 Dwindling remnants of the pure Hottentot, the Berg-Damaras 

 driven into the fastnesses of the mountains and the scattered 

 representatives of the Bushman tribes, now afford opportunities 

 tor study which will soon be no longer available. The problem of 

 the Herero must be one of especial interest and the unveiling 

 ot ins past— if it be still possible— might be expected to throw 

 much light upon the history of the tropical African races prior 

 to the European penetration of the continent. 



Mining. 



U> In e JT try iS l \ ndoubtedl y very rich in minerals. Copper ore 

 Thl nlf man J ?!**% and severaI mines are al ™ady in working. 



mnLTf Th g t the i ° tavi railwa y> th " 8 P lacin £ the extensive 

 S L ° taV1 dls trict-whose ore is said to be of unusual 



rSwirTf? ^ , With the 8ea > wil1 contribute to the 

 sHtedtol,? ment of the "idustry. Gold and precious stones are 



ex ^nce n ZX "I?* 1 iocalities > a » d there is also a belief in the 

 existence ot coal m the upper country. 



ver'y S r U eSi nn W i 8h *? iT** ^ ^ng appreciation of the 



Ktt£Tt?l. t0nie b0th by the Government and 

 Pleasure o^ "nS hj i ^ U , the private resid ™ts whom I had the 



CoMnW3eS™M?P J "S t0 HeiT Sch ™ e tter Acting Imperial 



^ ^^ble^Kl£?7 ! f ° r their kindnesS in a ** ain * 

 immediate object o ' m v K mcces f^? accomplishing the 



the countrv bivn.^ ^ ^ J &Ud in enablin S me to see 



my frTendVerr Dr C? de g rt , belt - I a m deeply indebted to 



many difficulties S^SSEate infl ™ ac ? J"* * 6 ? 



manvdiffionltiPQ^'- i g "^mann, whose influence remc 

 have also ^eat'lS ™ Uld otherwi « e have confronted me 

 ResidenTSstmS Tat ^T™* m ? thanks to Mr. D. Ea . 



very effectt^S^ n "' Sindair ' ° f Walfish Ba ? » for their 



ns to BtoS&7^?» the transport, thus allowing 

 Bay and obvktin^ ?E immedia tely after landing at Walfish 



'~m^S&5SL&^ t l was a8Sisted ta ? art b ? a ^ nt 



