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CAPK COLONY AND SOl'TIl AFRICA. 



of the fanner*, who were alarmed at the arrival* 

 of fn./m in.-*! from Au*tnJia, it was decided to 

 claMif r this article as preserved meat, thus rais- 

 I per cert.**? sabre* 

 ug people held meet 1 1 



protMt against tht< changr, whi.-h , .,t into 

 and al agninM t 

 and Hour, which the <i 



^,. null higher. They de- 

 | t n v '-read ami meat 



dearer than in any other Briti-h colony, and de- 

 riradauxpUc, :> instead. The policy 



of admitting free the raw materials of colonial 

 manufacturer* was approved by the Assembly. 



, . . : VM on bo ova* 



rent the importatioa of pirated book and mu- 

 sic, A leprosy commission reported that the 

 .h-^* was on the increase, and noonmeiidM 



;|l railway projects are a line from 

 Moasel Bay to the Graaf K.-yn.-t road, and one 

 from Somerset east to King WilliamstowiL both 



to he hut it with aCJovernm.-nt s U Uj,ly<,f J 



rmnent having the right to take 

 the railnuwlx after twelve v.-ars and also a line 

 from (iraaf K-yn*-t to the Middelburg railroad, 

 whi.'h will >e Uiill by the (Jo\ eminent. 



Pondoland has been d.-tinit.-ly annex. 

 Cape Colony. Sigcau. one of t he chiefs, who re- 

 sisted the registration of huts for the purpose of 

 the hut tax. after first giving his consent t<> tin- 

 annexation, gare himself up in June and was 

 at Kok-lal for trial. \Vhitemei, had 

 for miniugand railroads in 



These wen- disallowed by tli 

 preroe Court, on the ground that there was no 

 court of Uw in INm-i I therefore they 



ha<! no enforce.! -n. 



Annexation of Hritinh Berhnanaland. 

 The Cr irn Colony ..fllriti-.li BiH-hnanaland is 

 the t ,Me between the 



:iv and the Transvaal and 

 Standing as far north as the Molopo river. 

 The area U 71,000 square miles, with a popula- 

 tion in 1801 of 90.:i7l. <f 

 whites. The natives are a sedentary azrieultnr- 

 aJ people, who grow corn and tohac< 

 cattle. Gold, lead, silver, and iron are found. 

 The colonr is gorerned by an AdminiMrator. re- 



I l,y Tran- 



VM! (ioera, who organized a republic hen-, \vhx-h 

 was afterward srixe-l and annexed to th- hriti-h 

 Rmpire at the time when the ret of !;,,!,,]. 

 aoaland.ef B .lihari I>. 



tO* of east longitude, the conrent iotml boundary 

 of German Southwest Africa, and northward ti. 

 ft* ofsouthUtitudo. wwi 

 tectorate, Sept. 80. 1888. Thin was the i.ili of 

 Sir Charles Warren's exp. 

 ing to place the northern trade route under 

 British protection and pr fr.. m 



extending her possessions t" t d and 



cutting off Cape Colony from the //in/crkmd 

 that wMftcrwanloociipiHl bythe Ilri?:-h S.uth 

 Africa Co-npuny. The area of the proU* 

 i* about 1 00.000 *n,uanr> mile*. In INIirithe juri.*- 

 dictkr rof Mrifish iWhuanaland 



was exten-i the protectorate and over 



British S.uth Africa, .-xcludii 



1 rorenmr ha-* supreme iuri*<lifti..n in all 

 < ivil and criminal casea. as the finances of the 



do not admit <-f an independent adminis- 



. ..f i he law. Th- administrative -\-tem 



of the Crown colony i- a maUi-hil! adopted 



|H-ndin^ its ultimate inr.>r|>"iu! in in Oaj 



uiiy. re I" 'ii made to de\i-l<p 



itural nsniirces of th.- r,.nnlry. 'I 

 of |j,r administration t.. the I'.rili-h taxpayer 



. n kept down i 



\vhi<-h is all that theeo]on\ ha- had -iii -! ti..- 

 annual i:rant in aid voti-d by the impt-rial Par- 



t f.n- Beohuanaland, amounting to IIIKI.- 



.id- or other |'iibli<- \\ork 

 <-on>.t rin d-d. and education has been <|iiite neg- 



UUe of (In- < 'l"\\li , 



derived ehiclly from a native hut tax of 10., 



w rafM ::.M.( ii MI a fear, 



When British Beohaanaland \\.-i- iir-t annexed 

 it was propo-nl t" annex it t< the Cap 



.ition. to that end wen- carried <>n b\ Sir 

 HiTcul.-- |{oliin-on. t hi n ( io\.-riior of < 'a|e Col- 

 ony, who a- llix r h CiMiinii-si,,! ,.,1 the 

 conditions pr. po-rd by th.-Capc ministry. \Vli-n 

 afterward, in l^ ss; , tin- < inncni was 

 i in i anxious tr t.-ikc o\cr the territory, t In- 

 Brituh imp'-riulist elemnit opposed it in the 

 belief thai the colonial (iovernn lent was s ( , much 

 under the domination of the Dutch that it 

 would neglect the duty of preventing lilibn-icr- 

 ini: by Transvaal Boer< and the free sale of 

 Cap.- brandy to I he native population. The Im- 

 perial (iovcrnment t here fore decided to continue 

 the tirovisional administ ration till the lime ar- 

 rived wlu-n pppvlar Sentiment favored the trans- 

 fer. In is5 all parties at the Cap.- \\.-ie de- 

 sirous of the annexation, and accordingly a bill 

 was brought in bytaeOoreroment, which passed 

 the lion-.- ..f Assembly on .Inly :{]. In this bill 

 were emlH)died the cojulitions imposed by the 

 British (Jc.vernnient relative to the transfer "f 

 land titles, the >alr of li,|iior. and jurisdiction 

 over the nati\e<. to which tin- opposition strong- 

 ly objected. In the Crown colony itself the na- 

 tive chi.-fs. MonNioa. Molala. ami Mankan.ane. 

 as well as the majority of the white people of 

 Vrybnru'. prole-ted airain-' annexation. The 

 opposition in the Cape Parliament BOS] 

 that a part of tin- aoheUM was t.. hand over the 

 n-st of Ucchnanaland to 1 lie South Africa Coin- 

 Mr. Saner moved a resolution to theejTect 

 that the status of the proteetorate be not altered 

 without the consent of the Ilou-i'. It transpired 

 that the ImjM-rial (iovcrnment had agreed to in- 

 corporate in the territory of the South Africa 

 Company all the co tint ry north of Maf eking, as 

 was provided in the charter. 



Natal. The new el '"1 by th< Brit- 



ish (ioverniiH-nt in !ati\c 



authority in a Legislative Council and a 

 lative Assembly. The former has )1 niem- 



fjoi ' rnor 



with the advice of tin minister-. The Assem- 

 bly ha- '{? memlH-rs. elected f.. r four \. 

 the male cjti/ons who are f|iialified by owning 

 real estate worth f.Vi. or pavinir L'lO >t year lent, 

 or having an income of 96. 'I of the, 



i'.r js ref|iiire(| ffr - ive act, 



Mid this assent after if h.. . -n may b.r 



revokel within He hnsaNo the right 



to propose legislation bym I no money 



bill unless -.t'f-d by him can }>< passed 



in the same 



in which it is pn.j .<,-. -d. 



