SOITII API: 





-v year, a! M Bloemfontein and 



,t. especially the mutual protection, the com- 



' 



. two .tain, and objection* thai may 



HIM. n.ut ion* tending to favor 



.* two countries, and 



qneatioM at the respective government* 



a* politician or statesman can be, nothing 

 been prove*!, and. m mr opinion, there i* noth 



or a statesman can be, nothing ha 



If SJM 



ulland. In aeeordanct 



% arranged between li and 



vaal government* on 1* 

 ItdM M M IBM ',-. \ .,.. h 



| : : 



- .' . 



hall alwa 

 ion*. The* de 

 gate* are 



. re|ctivr \olksraads fi 

 bjtetoftl 



union I- 



i ..- Preparation*, At thr 

 Chamberlain wa* di<tnandin n 



I t l*MM.lt 



i 



illee, was Anally placed under the 



u.ln.n... ; rv. | '<<,... - .':. .' , 



lime that 



t placed by the convention of 1MB 

 ernment c 



% Wil_ Ht-^ tmm 4t juif i ** I l. * J ~ . - i 



I . j . i . . 1 . : : 



Tran. aal. and the native* retain their right 



to govern Ihesisslvss after their laws and custom*, 



three years they mn*t pay a but tai t.. 



the Boar Oo*tnisjaf)t IPO other tales borne by the 



he Tranvaal. 



M of llri' 



*U^ !*. ; i , i 



] . unless u was 10 inumiuaie ine i resiueni aim 

 taad in t!,,- n ho immigration bill. 



as a 



that Hn(ih supremacy 

 he sum of 900.000 was put into the mili- 



nred that their *tr 



largely augmented during the spring, and 

 ioned near the fro ie re- 



' .- er and 



r<-e of iiiij.. ri.! tronnefn 

 Afri.-u i 8,240 men. V 



Transvaal <io\. rnment proceeded with 



toria, and 

 Krupp llrld ami fortress gun- 



usands of rifles, and millions of 



. the red -n of 



Knurllsh miliiu: 



of n,:(N in, -it. iix-liidinc the already 

 existing Cape mounted rlflea, numbering !.l |( " 



1 into r, 

 and service is to be compulsory on all w 



v years of age. Th. 

 . d with heavy guns, and a burgher 

 r.-x-rv.- ..f -.MNM. nan ii ., i,- brmed 



\lfnxl Miln.-r arm 

 umiwioner f.-r S-.tth Africa. 



ionol 



Brit- 

 bb colonies. The o. 



nent showed that a forward ; 



MipiMirt. On Mav 1? the lint'- 



full 



UN ^ilrr 1 



Krftger ord-T.-.i tin- r. !-<* o| A i > i , - , i 

 i jail, who had ! 



'lii-h \va. ; 

 Inson when thrv laid down th.tr ;\r:\:-. hut was 



It it* report he - 

 ugh Mr. Rhodes was in about as gnat a fault 



and other white settlers can obtain 

 burgher right*. The sale of intoxicant* to 

 ives to forbidden, Swailand is 



miles in extent, with a native 

 etimatcdUtwe*n 40000 and TO^OOaivfTAO white 

 tattler*. The people are closely akin to the Zulus. 

 and ipcakadifr. 

 Ngw.. i>unu. the |iaramount chief, 



-.000 men. The local revenue for I*M 

 was CM in... : 140,630. 



Brlii^hs,,,,ti, Urica( 



Kl l ..l,Mal l a M ,r,,v,.M:-. l ,!. bjEsjaj || .: 



- .' '-. . '! .-'. '..'-'.... 



> areas in both Mashonaland and 



,-leland. and iiiniimt rahle claims : 

 lil.-d and shaft* have been sunk at I'm tali. SeJnv 

 l>tir\. Muluway. lati. and other 



s. The whole n k 'i.|d taken out from 



nil 1H97 has teen le** than 6.000 

 ounces, worth aU.ut 



d. l.ut the cost of transportation has been 



hitherto. The railroad from Beira was 



eonplfltodto M*~\ Eatsi n, ti, bagudsw< ' >: 



vas expected to reach Salisbury by the middle 



of 1806. The railmail from Cape Colony through 



iimaland to Iluluwayo was opened on Nov. 4. 



1807. Coal ha* been found near Salisbury, abosjl 



60 mile* west of Buluwayo. and in I'- , huanalaud. 



The agricultural resource* of the country are 



l.-nt. ami wat. r i abundant. Hut afniculture must 



d< t- r.d t.' -, th, .; .. | :...:.' f !>., fc - : 



lottfT, I n .upht ami locust* have affected 

 agriculture her. frtca. 



and tl dttea*ea that 



Atth tin- raising of horses, ca: 



rers make the low country al- 



,i.l,- for e elevated 



plateaus are cool and healthful There are MJBOO 



4.000 feet or over, n 



above the sea. Com pan ie* have been formed to farm 



Khode*. who has brought 



.e country, and ha* large 



investments into railroads and other proper! v. has 

 given much attention to the development of agri- 

 rulture and stock br- The rinderpest ha* al- 



most tlterminated the cattle 



rthe rappreeMon of the rebellion of t ho M*. 

 tahele and Mashonas that began when Jameson^ 

 rai.l into the Transvaal left the country without 

 mill!. > ion. I^-nl (J rev. the Administrator 



Jameson, ami hi* n -w tff .f 

 officials decided on the policv of native admit 



.tu re. The Mat a I -rle chief*, 85 in 



number, were summoned to Buluwayo in the begin- 



-1T7. to hear how the country 



should henceforward be ruled. Instead of five dto- 



