was frequently much higher, especially when a smaller number were 

 exported. The following list gives the number and value in 1857 

 and exported not as property of the government or East India 

 Company -J 



Madras, 11 horses £950 ; Bombay, 6 horses £300 ; Ceylon, 8 horses 

 £340 ; Geelong, 1 horse £75 ; St. Helena, 16 horses £550 ; Mauritius, 

 349 horses £16699 ; Bourbon, 23 horses £690 ; Walfish Bay, 2 horses 

 £20 ; Eio de Janeiro, 40 horses £1445. 



The 5482 horses exported during the Indian Mutiny in 1758 

 were bought for the average price of £39 :7. Both this and previous 

 prices paid were much higher than that offered by the Remount 

 Committee in 1845 for horses to be delivered at their depots in India 

 for 600 rupees (£30) for horses; 550 rupees for geldings and 500 

 rupees for colts. As we know from previous remarks nothing came 

 of these restrictions and they had to buy at colonial prices and ex- 

 port at their own risk, still they had their way ultimately and with 

 the decline and subsecjuent fall of the trade we are already familiar. 



In 1888 Veterinary surgeon Nunn made three very extensive 

 tours through the best horse-breeding districts, including the lower 

 parts of the Orange Free State and remarks that only a limited 

 number of remounts could be obtained for heavy dragoons and 

 medium cavalry, but in times of emergency especially if the stand- 

 ard was somewhat relaxed a certain number could be found suitable 

 for light or irregular cavalry. The price of an average horse of 

 this kind he estimated from £20 to £25 ; Cobs for mounted infantry 

 £15 to £20 ; mules about £20. Horses fit for heavy cavalry would 

 be hard to put a price on, there were but few and if required they 

 would fetch fancy prices ; but at a rough guess he placed them at 

 £35.« 



During the Herero war in German South West Africa (1904-7) 

 Germany bought large numbers of horses in the Union. The aver- 

 aged price paid was £28 and for second class animals this was very 

 good."^ 



At the present time good horses always command their own 

 prices, but they are few and never reach the market. The prices 

 for horses at the Live Stock Market during 1913 varied from £19 to 



(7) Custom House. Cape Town 1858. 



(8) Beports on the Horse Supply of South Africa. J. A. Nunn to Adjudant 



General in 1888. 



(9) Natal Agricultural Journal 1906 and also Exports and Customs 1903-1911. 



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