CAPE COLONY AND SOUTH A 



111 



The Governor to Sir William Franc* 



i-M. ii. .%]; IM88. Th HM 



ion, to composed - 



A itony. 



lalTrea..,- 



!. MljNt ! ' 



and 



lit tio 



iwa 



ifataai 



. i ; 



i ' : . 



>'347a. In ad- 

 r'eipendit ure 88.444 was nwnt 

 There was a balance of a- 

 Ubtttooi 



; I !.' ' * 



somewhat the debt and th<< annual in- 

 tarast charge. A practical balance to kept ba- 



. | .rr- Bj JB< I mA I Btl Bt tlpl D Hi m 



i i.. am ' - >s ''i ' x '. - -. j .1 

 works in 1898, when work will begin on a rail- 

 road |rnll. ling the coast in the north. 

 Commerce and Production. Th- pn- 



t.-n- w.-r.- j-r.-li.. .--I in lv.t. Th. . .:;-. ,. n ,.f 

 tea has U .<!. ami >un<l* 



and other crops. They hare 860.070 an 

 ropeans hare 180,074 acres uiul- r cultivation. 

 It. .t h raise sheep, goats, and cattle. Of the total 



nare been sold on time |wt 



i-een leased for grazing. 2.250.000 acres 

 hare tiren reserve. I f,.r the nat ires, and 1.000.. 

 000 acres remain in the noasession of the Gov- 



roial value of 



IM88.786: t* uports, L14MHU69 -f tat n 

 ports, 307^07 consisted of C'-M <lKt and liar*. 



ilue. nn*Mly 



of |ir*lii-ti of thi* oi|..iiv aiii>iiiiil-l 



1 



hair. ...!- an.l 



iment han 



m*d at a *. 4.0811.- 



Itt. A line has been ronstructetl fn>m \\\>- 



llr independent, but ek-Hr allinl ith 



- the Irrri- 

 '&**. All UH-~ 



fonaed |r .,11.41 and owned die. 



giance to ( hak .iul hu socMor ..i 



Xulu r. It. IHMI ,| lc . y offer**! .ianra 



! toume any r* 



irfl thi-n nii'l afl<-rarl U..v 



influt n. < 



. a.llrn 



iN.un.laries, |- M the west ; also to 



make no treaty nhnii> foreign tn 

 trOwwitk . .i ! . i': 

 -ir 1! ::.ibinsoa propossd at 



Itrittoh oommVsaoner and 

 organise a native police on the saslrrn border of 

 the Transvaal, but the lm|--n] (torenuaoat 





the iransvaal. but trie ifi.i--ni liovcvaaMM 

 hrank from the responsibility and eipeosa. 



.inland and the 



fc t 



I '-' MOfTi ' ' 



'. 

 W? 



........... 



Swajd question. hi< h a finally 



territorial rights were first acquired by the 



vaal Gorcrnm. 



toriaa. aim obi.f- ." -. . I Iftg 

 Brittoh authorities. |.r 



Transvaal Gorernment rvcogniasd that no pola> 



itdits were valid without the approval of 



the British Gorernment, which in IW refused 



to gire cotiM-nt to niiiiriatn*n.and again in 1888, 



.t the 



i Government could not sanction the ae- 

 on of these territortos by the Transvaal. 

 for the roason that it would thereby be prs- 

 1 from exercining an effective control ovar 

 the future settlement of the Swaziland issue; 

 there was also question as to whether taesa 

 .illy Mibjert to the rulers 

 iluland.or |vrhaps Amalonga- 

 land. It wa flnsllv M4>cedrd that they wwffvHs- 

 rtK'hts idual 



therefor* rrcognunl as valid. The 

 : aiiM aal fr acma to 

 the sea was acknowledged; caanqucntly the 



iitioii made l. 



specifically rNvgnii *t the 



88(781. Trai%al li..%.-n.i..nit ha.1 ar,,uirrd to_coa- 



ans- 

 nnes- 



larn- 



- .1' 



v MM 



smith, in the Orange Free State. 



Vnm -\.iiion <>f | .horn ho and Tonraland. 

 i M.I an.! mho range 



for inn 



. ra>lr..l thltmch I 

 In tl, , . r x. ,.!. n made in 1-5*4 thto and the 



A ... ; ' f : -:..-. 



not mentioned. The Raglbh hare rince argued 



they were 



ion 



that all thaw rights were void 

 reaffirmed in the *uhatqne 

 thNt nventioi 



limtttton m 194. and the 



v nd Unl.l railroad taroaga 

 bombo aad Toagaland to the m lapsed by aoa- 

 UMT. The Boers suppoivd thai after IhaffcftMi 



ig the bnundanr of TnpiUnd i* n tni -f qnesflion was sHtled in the way for which they 



The had contended, the difficult v in regard to the 

 was ramor'ed. There were no 

 than, 



larger |-rt ion of this to the donun- 

 Sambaan, adjoining Zululand. 



