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for five years. The electoral franchise is possessed 

 by adult males who occupy house property of the 

 value of 75 pr receive a salary of 50 a year, 

 and are able to write their names, occupations, 

 and addresses on the register. There were 119,- 

 748 registered voters in 1899. The Governor, ap- 

 pointed by the Crown, appoints ministers from the 

 majority party in the Cape Parliament. The 

 Governor in 1901 was Sir Walter F. Hely-Hutch- 

 inson. The ministry was composed as follows: 

 Prime Minister and Treasurer, Sir Gordon Sprigg; 

 Colonial Secretary, T. L. Graham; Attorney-Gen- 

 eral', R. Rose-Innes; Commissioner of Public 

 Works, Dr. J. W. Smart; Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture, Sir Pieter Faure; without portfolio, J. Frost. 



The colony, including Pondoland and British 

 Bechuanaland, annexed in 1894 and 1895, has an 

 area of 275,775 square miles. The colony proper 

 and Griqualand West, having an area of 206,613 

 square miles and 366,618 European and 663,252 

 colored inhabitants in 1891, contain 77 divisions. 

 East Griqualand, Tembuland, the Transkei, Wai- 

 fish Bay, British Bechuanaland, and Pondoland, 

 having comparatively few white inhabitants, are 

 governed as native territories. The number of 

 marriages registered in the colony in 1899 was 

 8,506; of births, 14,966 Europeans and 38,777 

 colored; of deaths, 6,687 Europeans and 30,200 

 colored. The number of arrivals by sea in 1899 

 was 26,510, and of departures 28,381. 



The revenue of the colonial Government from 

 all sources in 1899 was 8,781,212, of which 2,- 

 358,674 came from taxation, 3,469,019 from 

 services, 321,074 from the colonial estate, 168,- 

 807 from fines, stores issued, etc., and 2,317,434 

 from loans. The total expenditures were 8,190,- 

 124, of which 1,310,446 were for the public debt, 

 2,036,944 for railroads, 307,715 for defense, 

 538,438 for police and prisons, 182,389 for the 

 civil establishment, and 1,265,599 under the 

 loan acts. The expenditures voted for 1901 were 

 6,888,352. 



The Cape mounted rifles, whose normal strength 

 is 1,003 officers and men, is the only colonial mili- 

 tary force except the Cape police, numbering 

 1,990 officers and men, and the volunteers, who in 

 1898 numbered 6,953. A garrison is kept at the 

 naval fortress of Simons Bay by the Imperial 

 Government, which expended 306,308 for mili- 

 tary and 200,000 for naval purposes in 1898. 



The value of imports of merchandise into Cape 

 Colony in the year ending June 30, 1899, was 

 14,561,373; total imports, including specie, 19,- 

 207,549; exports of colonial produce, 22,831,386; 

 total exports, 23,662,538. The exports of gold 

 were 13,815,683, against 15,394,442 in 1898, 

 10,991,926 in 1897, 8,252,543 in 1896, and 

 7,975,637 in 1895. The exports of diamonds 

 from 1867 to 1899 have amounted to 92,013,567. 

 In 1899 the diamond exports were 4,135,583, 

 against 4,566,897 in 1898, 4,454,000 in 1897, 

 4,646,487 in 1896, and 4,975,637 in 1895. The 

 value of wool exported in 1899 was 2,183,904; 

 of ostrich feathers, 842,000; of Angora hair, 

 779,899; of copper ore, 446,985; of hides and 

 skins, 408,282; of grain and meal, 22,487; of 

 wine, 19,224. The imports of textile fabrics and 

 clothing in 1899 were valued at 3,941,838; of 

 articles of food and drink, 3,704,745. The total 

 value of imports for the year ending June 30, 

 1900, was 22,800,026, including 2,640,068 of 

 specie, against 4,646,628 in 1899. The exports 

 were 9,848,472, showing an increase of about 

 2,500,000 in diamonds and a decrease of 4,- 

 000,000 in gold. 



The number of vessels that entered at ports of 

 Cape Colony during 1899 was 1,118, of 3,324,147 



tons, besides 1,304 coasting vessels, of 4,213,079 

 tons; cleared in the foreign trade, 1,070 vessels, of 

 3,175,855 tons; cleared coastwise, l..'i()2, of 4,257,- 

 976 tons. The merchant marine of the colony 

 on Jan. 1, 1900, consisted of 31 steamers, of 5,483 

 tons, and 6 sailing vessels, of 453 tons. 



The Government up to Dec. 31, 1809, had ex- 

 pended 20,930,573 in the construction of rail- 

 roads. There were 1,990 miles completed and 500 

 miles building in the Government system, outside 

 of which there were 400 miles of private lines. 

 The average cost per mile of the Government lines 

 was 10,517. The number of passengers carried 

 in 1899 was 11,006,870; tons of freight, 1,260,038; 

 gross earnings, 2,792,975; working expenses, 

 1,830,321. The net earnings in 1900 were 6J per 

 cent, on the capital. 



There were 7,360 miles of telegraph-lines in the 

 colony on Jan. 1, 1900. The number of messages 

 in 1899 was 2,582,451; receipts, 148,059; ex- 

 penses, 156,666. 



The Cape Parliament was not convened in 1901. 

 Most of the colony was under martial law, which 

 was extended eventually to Cape Town and the 

 other seaports and embraced the whole colony. 

 Many of the members of Parliament who be- 

 longed to the Afrikander Bond were either fugi- 

 tives from the country or under arrest or unseat- 

 ed in consequence of conviction for treason or 

 sedition. Still the Progressive party could count 

 only on a bare majority which would disappear 

 if free elections were held for the vacant seats. A 

 large proportion of the voters were fighting in 

 the field on one side or the other. Mr. Rose-Innes 

 resigned the attorney-generalship in May to ac- 

 cept a post in the civil government of the Trans- 

 vaal Colony. As no provision had been made for 

 public expenditure after June 30 the Governor 

 by advice of the ministers issued warrants for the 

 levying of taxes, relying on a bill of indemnity. 

 Parliament was prorogued repeatedly. 



Natal. Members of the Legislative Council in 

 Natal are nominated for ten years by the Gov- 

 ernor with the advice of the ministers. There are 

 12 members, 1 of whom represents Zululand, 

 which was annexed to the colony in 1897. The 

 Legislative Assembly contains 39 members, 2 of 

 them representing Zululand. The members are 

 elected for four years by adult males qualified by 

 the possession of real estate worth 50 or paying 

 10 rent or having an income of 96. There 

 were 11,115 electors in 1898. The Governor is 

 Col. Sir Henry Edward McCallum, who entered 

 on his duties in March, 1901. The ministry at 

 the beginning of 1901 was composed as follows: 

 Premier and Minister of Lands and Works, 

 Lieut.-Col. Sir A. H. Hime; Attorney-General and 

 Minister of Education, H. Bale ; Secretary for Na- 

 tive Affairs, F. R. Moore; Colonial Secretary, C. 

 J. Smythe; Treasurer, W. Arbuckle; Minister of 

 Agriculture, H. D. Winter. 



The colony, with the province of Zululand, has 

 an area of 35,019 square miles. The population in 

 1898 consisted of 53,688 Europeans, 61,103 East 

 Indians, and 787,574 Kaffirs; total, 902,365. 



The revenue for the year ending June 30, 1899, 

 was 2,081,349, and expenditure 1,914,724. The 

 revenue from railroads was 1,053,411; from cus- 

 toms, 436,917; from the native hut tax, 135,- 

 409 ; from the post-office, 59,403 ; from port and 

 wharf dues, 56,290; from sales of public lands, 

 46,890; from stamps and licenses, 33,629; from 

 excise, 28,293; from telegraphs, 26,623. The 

 expenditure on railroads was 677,755; on pub- 

 lic works, 168,470. The expenditure out of 

 loans was 381,047. The amount of the public 

 debt on June 30, 1899, was 9,019,143. The de- 



