CAPE COLONY. 



CEREAL PRODUCTION OF THE U. S. 85 



tion to interfere in the native 

 affairs of theTransvaal, but the 

 resettlement of the boundaries 

 which the Boers say they ac- 

 cepted on compulsion, is an 

 open question. 



CETEWAYO'S RESTORATION. 

 The Zooloo question affects 

 more particularly the colony 

 of Natal. After the capture of 

 Cetewayo, or Ketchwayo, Zoo- 

 looland was apportioned among 

 thirteen chiefs. One of these 

 was John Dunn, Cetewayo's 

 treacherous Irish lieutenant, 

 who was appointed British Resi- 

 dent, but afterward replaced by 

 a more respectable represent- 

 ative. The country, which is 

 about half the size of Natal, was 

 left in a state of famine by the 

 war and the subsequent confis- 

 cation of the King's treasury, 

 which consisted of all the cattle 

 in Zoolooland, its only wealth. 

 Three of the appointed chiefs, John Dunn, 

 Hamu or Oham, the King's brother, and 

 Zibebu, proved cruel tyrants and robbers, who 

 pillaged and killed the other tribes. The rest 

 of the Zooloo nation, including eight of the 

 appointed chiefs, pined incessantly for their 

 captive monarch, to whom they were attached 

 with the fervor of the negro nature. The 

 intimidations of the three ambitious tyrants, 

 the machinations of Natal politicians and ly- 

 ing interpreters, long prevented the pathetic 

 appeals of the Zooloos for "their bone," as 

 they figuratively designate their King, from 

 coming to the ears of the imperial author- 

 ities. Bishop Colenso, of Natal, was the only 

 advocate of the Zooloos. The eyes of Lord 

 Kirnberly, the Colonial Secretary, were grad- 

 ually opened to the true state of affairs. The 

 rights of responsible government had been 

 offered to the people of Natal, if they would 

 conduct their own frontier defenses, but the 

 boon on these conditions was refused. The 

 British Government, after long hesitation, 

 concluded that the restoration of Cetywayo 

 would be the best guarantee of order and 

 peace. The Natal settlers protested clamor- 

 ously. Previous to his restoration the sav- 

 age monarch was taken to England to view 

 the majesty and power of the British na- 

 tion. He passed the month of August in 

 London, and was then conveyed back to Cape 

 Colony with the intention of reinstating him 

 in his kingdom as soon as the difficulties 

 could be arranged. He is to be subjected 

 to conditions similar to those which were" im- 

 posed upon the thirteen chiefs. He is pro- 

 hibited from reviving his army. A British 

 resident will remain in the country. The 

 chiefs and people who will not accept Cete- 

 wayo's rule will have separate lands allotted 

 to them. 



The entire European population of Natal is 

 less than 30,000, while the natives within the 

 borders are ten times as numerous. The prop- 

 osition that the colony should undertake the 

 management of its own affairs and the respon- 

 sibility of its defenses came originally from 

 the colonists themselves. The intended resto- 

 ration of Cetewayo produced a great agitation 

 in the town of Durban, and was the cause of 

 their refusing the independence which they 

 had recently sought. The head of the govern- 

 ment of Natal is Sir Henry Bulwer, who was 

 Lieutenant-Governor before the coining of Sir 

 Bartle Frere and the inauguration of the policy 

 which brought discord and confusion in South 

 Africa to a climax, and provoked internecine 

 struggles in the embattled field between all 

 three races. The dispatches of Sir Henry 

 Bulwer, during his former incumbency, bear 

 witness to the fact that Cetewayo neither in- 

 tended nor committed any acts of hostility to- 

 ward the colonists of Natal. 



COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. Railroad con- 

 struction is proceeding gradually, and the lines 

 opened return a profit of 3-J- per cent. Of agri- 

 cultural progress there are few signs. The 

 Transvaal Boers export wool and hides, be- 

 sides copper, and a little gold and ivory, but 

 the staple exports of the English possessions 

 are diamonds and ostrich-feathers. The in- 

 creased trade of Cape Town and Port Eliza- 

 beth has stimulated enterprise. The improve- 

 ments in Table Bay Harbor render the port of 

 Cape Town safe and commodious. 



CEREAL PRODUCTION OF THE UNI- 

 TED STATES. The cereal production, ac- 

 cording to the census of 1880, is reported, at 

 great length, for the counties of each State and 

 Territory. A summary of this report, by States 

 and Territories, ars given in the following 

 table : 



