77 



lijivo liis iiicii luidor his eyes. The Tii- 

 I'nnt nmw cms, iigiiiii, who ('niploy a 

 larii'o number of kafii's. tluMU easily; 

 thev often advance kalirs a Jew 

 })oun(ls, and make the nutivcs work the 

 loan out al lialJ' the wages a wliitc man 

 is ready to pay. Wliy don't the wdiitos 

 do the same ? Here is one reason : Tlie 

 kafir wouhl l)olt, and be lost ; not so 

 with the Indians, who have the i'aeulty of 

 Iracing the bolter throughout the whok' 

 Colony, and beyond. If white men, 



liowever, go in for citrus trees, es])ccially 

 tile naai'tje, they will have a pull over 

 the Indian for a long spell, and although 

 cool storage would gixuitly aid both, the 

 chief benefit, for some years at any rate, 

 woidd go more to the white man. To 

 men who have what I may call garden- 

 ing inclinations, fruit growing is a most 

 attractive life, and the profits, although 

 extremely speculative under the present 

 conditions, are fairly substantial in good 

 seasons." 



Coal Returns. 



Return of Coal raised and labour employed at the Natal Collieries for the month of 

 March, 1901 :— 



Name of Colliery. 



Natal Navigation 

 Natal Marine 

 Dundee ... 

 Elands Laagte 

 8t. George's 

 Natal Steam Goal ... 

 New Campbell 

 Newcastle 

 Inkunzi .. 

 East Lennoxton 

 West Lennoxton 

 Dudley ... 

 Crown 





Labour Employed. 





Coal raised. 



Above Groui.d, 





Below Ground. 



E. N. 



I. 



E 



N. 



I. 



tons. cwt. 



14 80 



y7 



10 



301 



89 



10,073 15 



10 



21 



8 



347 



3 



7.893 12 



14 33 



103 



12 



146 



299 



7..574 15 



11 17 



107 



!) 



140 



20',) 



7,4X5 13 



12 153 



11 



7 



238 



1 



i;,U54 



7 G() 



111 



3 



2G0 



6 



3,275 



t; 43 



17 



i; 



8y 



16 



1.540 



4 !i 



10 





89 



() 



1,116 



2 !(• 



(1 



1 



40 







(;03 16 



1 



, 10 



1 



2 



13 



380 



6 3 







1 



7 



20 



288 



No Return. 

 No Return. 



Total 



87 504 395 (U 1,599 656 



46,284 11 



Mines Office, 



April 4tb, 1901. 



CHAS, J, GRAY, 



Commissioner of Mines. 



Return of Coal bunkered and exported at the Port of Durban for the month of 

 March, 1901 :— 



tons. cwt. 



Coal Bunkered ... ... ... .•• ... 17,986 4 



tons. cwt. 



Coal exported to Cape Colony ... .-• 2,817 9 



Beira ' ... ... 85 15 2,903 4 



Total bunkered and exported ... ... 20,889 8 



Customs House, Port Natal, GEO. MAYSTON, 



30ih March, 1901. Collector of Customs. 



