DIAMOND: OCCURRENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA 



According to the estimate of Anton Petersen, as quoted by E. Cohen, the following 

 prices for rough stones were in 1882 paid at the mines ; 



£ s. £ s. 



per carat. 



These prices which are exceptionally low, were current only on the Cape diamond-fields and 

 not in the European markets, one market being perhaps influenced by circumstances which 

 do not aftect the other. 



The prices per carat, stated by Boutan to have been current in Kimberley on July 31, 

 1883, are tabulated below : 



