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is certain, and will not only threaten the con- 

 tinuance in power of the notoriously corrupt Boer 

 officialdom but the existence of the state itself. 

 The policy of its rulers therefore is, if possible, to 

 limit progress within its present bounds, by render- 

 ing it impossible to work at any profit any but the 

 very best mines, which are already numerous enough 

 to afford a sufficiently manageable looting area for 

 Paul and his Bashi-Bazouks, out of which he and 

 his constituency have realised many ill-gotten 

 millions. As a field for immigration at present South 

 Africa may be considered congested so long as the 

 Transvaal Executive is allowed to persist in 

 obstructing the influx of capital with a view to 

 maintain present conditions as near as possible 

 intact, and the revenues derivable from the working 

 of the best class of mines only being quite sufficient 

 to satisfy even the personal miserly characteristics 

 of the President, to provide handsome fortunes for 

 the higher officials, and to square such members 

 of the Raad as may be necessary to secure a 

 majority when requisite. 



To allow the less profitable grade of reefs to be 

 developed which they most certainly would be 

 with improved political and legislative circum- 



