Men, Mines, and Animals in South Africa. 



Constitution which should be noted is, that during 

 the recess of Parliament the President has power 

 of his own authority to issue proclamations having 

 the force of law, which are, and remain, valid until 

 the meeting of the First Chamber, when they are 

 confirmed or disallowed. Tliis power, which obvi- 

 ously is open to the greatest abuse, lias been, it is 

 asserted, much abused. 



General Joubert cumulates in himself three 

 distinct ofiices — that of Commandant of the Army, 

 Minister for Native Affairs, and member of the 

 Executive Government. For these three offices 

 lie receives a salary of 3000/. a year. Nearly 

 all tlie offices of Go^'ernment are occupied by 

 Hollanders. These immigrants — " Uitlanders," as 

 they are called — are disliked by the old Boer and 

 Africander population. They are pure office- 

 seekers, without any sympathy for the Boer, 

 speaking high Dutch — a language " not under- 

 standed of the people,'" and are justly reputed to 

 be as ignorant as they are arrogant, as corrupt as 

 they are stupid. The Boer idea of justice, as 

 between Boer and native, deserxes remark. I read 

 the report of a case in which Adriaan E. de 

 Lange, a Government official, belonging to a 

 family much respected in the district, was indicted 

 for having caused the death of a native by violence. 

 It appeared that in November last a Kaffir accused 

 of theft was committed to the care of De Lange, 

 the assistant Field-cornet for the ward of Hooge- 

 veldt, to be lodged in the Rustemburg goal, and 

 that before reaching the latter place the Kaffir 



