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CAIM: COLONY AND sorni AFRICA. 



he year, besides which the Government con- 

 tributed l \penses of the volunteers, 

 who number 1,531 men. 

 \ .'iiiuierre and Production. Ti - ra were 808,- 



898 acres cultivate.! --an- in IS'I.Y 



leadi: M*rt is sugar, of which 20.401 



were exported, of tea 787,000 pounds were 

 gathered from 8,897 acres. Corn, wheat, oats, and 

 green crops are grown. The natives had :t: 

 acres under cultivation. Kuropeans owned v 

 horses, 889^18 cattle, 950.187 sheep, and 60.582 An 

 nrai tta,and ri res8<X871 h nea, 508,988 oaUto, 



: ' >.' - , ; .-. IM : / . T: ft] OdtMll 



-.15 was Ifr ;al value of im- 



iii 1*95 was 8,409,808. The princ.pal art. 

 del are haberdashery and apparel, iron manufac 

 tares, leather goods, flour and grain, cottons, wool- 

 ens, machinery, and beverages. The value of the ex- 

 ports was fl.ai8.502. Gold. wool, and other prod- 

 ucts of the Dutch republics make the bulk of the 

 exports. The v - >ol was 1 r gold 



. L ..:.'..'.:: .,;. i;-J,:i:.; of sugar. 'j:.U.!M51 : 

 of hides and skin-. t'46/J7U: of Angora hair. 

 



Navlgat ion. During 18115 there 

 els, of 788,495 to,,,, entered, ami ::MJ. of 7si.:,7i 

 tons cleared. The shipping of the col.mv con-i-te,l 

 of 18 sailing vessels, of 674 tons, and 12 steam ves- 

 ela.oi 380 tona, 



Railroads. The railroads, which belong solely 

 to the Government, have a length of 402 miles. 

 There is a line from Durban to the border of the 

 Smth African Republic. :{(>? miles, connecting with 

 a railroad that runs through to Johannesburg and 

 Pretoria, the total distance from the port of Dur- 

 ban to Pretoria lHing 511 miles-. Branches ha\e 

 been built to Verulam. Isipingo. ami Harris-mith. 

 in the ( >range Free State. The capital expenditure 

 up to t lie end of 1895 was 6,11 T.-,' 11 : gn receipts 

 for 1S95, 526,494; exr* leaving a 



ie equal to 4*05 per cent, on the capital. 



(ahinet < hungcs. n,, Feb. i:t Sir John llobin- 

 son resigned the premiership on the ground of ill 

 health. Harry Kseombe. the Attorney-General, 

 reorganized the ministry. In September theGov- 

 nt. in compliance with a request of the South 

 Afri' an Republic, granted rebates amounting to 

 the whole customs duty on numerous articles of the 

 transit trade. The general elections took place near 

 the end of that month, and the ministry sustained 

 an in. defeat. Mr. K<c,,mbe aiid his col- 



leagues resigned, ami on Oct. 5 Mr. Binns formed a 

 new ministry, in which he took the post of Colonial 

 Secretary, with the premier-hip. Mr. Bale became 

 d and Minister of Kdm-ation. Mr. 

 Hime Minister of Public Works Mr. Hulett Minis- 

 1 Mr. Arbucklc Treasurer. 



Indian Immigration. Ph. people of Natal 



were greatly excited at the beginning of the year 



bv the arrival of two ship-loads of East Indians 



ii of coolies to work on the plant a- 



MII time contracts has long IM-.-II permitted. 



but the settlement in the country of Indians who-.- 



w-U have expired or the immigration 

 Indians has always been unpopular, and various re- 

 ions and regulations, based ostensibly on sani- 

 tary or oilier lejjal grounds, have been adopted to 

 Indians from remaining in Natal. An In- 

 dian is liable to be arrested at any time unless he 

 can produce a pass to show that he is a free Indian 

 and not an indentured laborer. An indentured In- 

 dian on becoming free pays a poll tax <>: 

 as long a* he continues to live in the colonv. Al- 

 though British subjects, they are dcnird fho elec- 

 toral franchise under a law withholding it from 

 natives of all countries not endowed with parlia- 

 mentary institutions. ThefioverniiK-nt high schools 



are closed to Indian -tud. -n'-.. T prevent the land 

 : tin- Indians from the ships the inhabitants of 

 Durban OTganiiad themselvefl Jo obey leaders and 

 to assemble at the \\har\e- prepared t'o resist their 



landing by force. They demanded that th. 

 ernment send them back t" India at it- \\n ex- 

 pense, and that a law be made forbidding the 

 further immigration of free Indian-. The -hips 

 were held in .piarantin.-. and meanwhile a b: 

 passeil conferrn ..-rnment tp im- 



pose quarantine indeflnitely on -hip- \\iih Indians 



Another bill established nc\\ 

 otiOttl n|".n t ra-l.-i-s <.n the prt-len-e .! 

 venting unsanitary condition-. A law to exclude 

 undesiralde immigrant- \\a> n<>t dinded exclu 

 ly again-1 Indians. 



/ul u land. The territory that \\a- formal', 

 nexed by (Jn-at Hrilain in Ma\. 1 SS 7. extending 

 north of 'the Tugela river, the boundary of Natal, to 

 the border of Tongolaiid and to the South A: 



lie on the northwest. I,. about 



tlliles and a population c-iimated in 

 1895 at 1 ,246 whites and l;:,.i-ji natives. Th. 

 dent ( 'ommi-sioiier. Sir Marshal ( 'lark.-, admii 

 the country under the direction of the (ioveriior of 

 Natal, wh<> is al-o (Jovcrnor of /ululand. The po- 

 lice force is composed of % J.")0 native-. The Zulus. 

 \\ho raise cattle and till the soil, pay a hut t 

 1 l>. (iold. silver, lead, cojiprr. tin. 'iron, a-1 

 ami coal are found. Companies organ i/.ed for goM 

 mining have not yet met with success. Th. 

 s ? miles of telegraph. The revenue in 1895 was 

 ITil.THi. and t he 'exj.elidil lire ' 



Orjinge Free Mate. -The Constitution pro- 

 claimed on April 10, is.")}, and amended on |-Yb. !. 



and May s. ]s7. vests the legislative | 

 in the Vofksraad. con-i-ting of ."is members. el< 

 for four years, half of them retiring everj 

 years, by the votes of the burghers Dossessinj 

 property worth I'.VK), or paying ' 

 leased property. <.r having an income < 

 owning 800 worth of personal property. T: 

 ecutive power i- vested in a Presiaent elected f-r 

 live years. The President is T. Steyn, elected 

 ji. 189* 



The area of the republic is estimated at I 

 sipiare miles. There \\a- in 1*1X1 a white popula- 

 tion of 77,716, consist ing of 40.571 males and 8' 

 female-. The native- numbered 129,787, of whom 

 67,791 were male- and 61,996 females, making tin- 

 total population 'JOT. .')<):;. l-Mucation j> i-ontn-llei' 

 by the Government, but is not conipul-orv. n..r i- it 



five, except for the poor. Thefe Were 1' 



ment schools in 1895, with 220 teachers and 



pupils. 



The revenue for ten month- ending Dec. :;i 

 was 259,589, and the exp.-nditu!. 



the receli imp.rt duti.-s. I'Jl.r.ls 



-tamp dir i 1 '. tran-fer duti- 



oflicc and telegraph receipts. I'lo.-rj.", ipiit : 

 and I'T.slO the native poll tax. < >f the di-i 

 ments. I'ln.ir.'.i were f-r salaries, L'-UMHH) for public 

 work 'or education. ra.'.MCi for posts and 



telegraphs 1-10,048 for police, and :::.'.MI forth- 

 art ili 



!-v abli-Unlied man in the country be- 

 n' and sixty \>-.\r< of age can be called into 

 military service by the field cornet of hi- district in 

 case of war. The' number of burghers fit for 

 ice in 1896 was 17.:M. There is an artillery 

 which was doublcil in 1896, when a new for 

 built for the protection of the capital. Mloemfon- 

 tein. Th- -rength i^ 10'J men. l.- 



of :',."if) men who have served their term. 



The land i* divided into about fJ.OOo farm-, hav- 

 ing a total area of 'J J. <;?.-,. sod acres, of which ^rA- 

 600 acres are cultivated. Mo>t of the land is only 



