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His hopes and visions of its future welfare, and-its 

 high destiny among the nations must some day be 

 justified, as he like all high-minded workers faith- 

 fully striving for betterment and right was a seer 

 beyond his own immediate day. 



I have kept this narrative in my father's own 

 words and simple and direct style, merely re-arrang- 

 ing some of the events and incidents, in order to 

 keep them in chronological sequence as much as 

 possible. When (very rarely) finding it necessary to 

 amplify or add anything, it was done from his own 

 notes or writings. He had intended going over and 

 re-modelling the whole of it himself, but was unable 

 to do so, and as his health was not good, discontinued 

 the writing of it in 1911, as there was so much he 

 felt bound to look after in his affairs. 



After seeing the Goldfields proclaimed and 

 established, and thousands of people pouring into 

 the country to try their fortunes, and when, through 

 them money was coming into the Treasury, which 

 before that was bankrupt, he worked on various 

 bodies for the improvement of the country. He was 

 on the first commission for framing the Gold Law, 

 he was chosen as the first Chairman of the Chamber 

 of Mines, and also served on the "Digger's Com- 

 mittee," on Boards of some of the leading mines, 

 either as Chairman or Director. The life did not suit 

 him, so after a time he sold out most of his mining 

 interests, and left with his family for Cape Town, 

 afterwards taking them to school in Europe, or to 

 travel on the Continent. 



He built the house at Rosebank, Cape Province, 

 in 1890, which for the years since then has been a 

 hospitable centre for the family, friends and many 

 people in this country and from Europe. The Boer 



