S. W. Silver & Co.'s Handbook to South Africa: Including the Cape Colony, Natal, the Diamond Fields, the Transvaal, Orange Free State, Etc. : Also a Gazetter and MapS. W. Silver, 1880 - 576 pages |
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... River was a vast wilderness , covered with game , and traversed by native tribes , who marched on the banks of the Vaal all uncon- scious of the glittering gems and mines of wealth which slumbered under their feet ; now one Dutch ...
... River was a vast wilderness , covered with game , and traversed by native tribes , who marched on the banks of the Vaal all uncon- scious of the glittering gems and mines of wealth which slumbered under their feet ; now one Dutch ...
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... Vaal River , where the largest deposits have since been found . Several gems were found during the following year , and by 1869 people from all parts of the world began to flock in large numbers to the diamond - fields . The most ...
... Vaal River , where the largest deposits have since been found . Several gems were found during the following year , and by 1869 people from all parts of the world began to flock in large numbers to the diamond - fields . The most ...
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... Vaal River , occurs a large elevated plateau , from which ramify , run- ning nearly east and west , the ranges of the Magalies- berg , Chouanye , and other parallel chains , forming the watershed between the Orange River and Limpopo River ...
... Vaal River , occurs a large elevated plateau , from which ramify , run- ning nearly east and west , the ranges of the Magalies- berg , Chouanye , and other parallel chains , forming the watershed between the Orange River and Limpopo River ...
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... River , which forms another culminating point , whence flow to all points of the compass the waters of the Orange , Caledon , Vaal , Tugela , and Umzimvoobo rivers . It still follows the mountain line which here forms the boundary ...
... River , which forms another culminating point , whence flow to all points of the compass the waters of the Orange , Caledon , Vaal , Tugela , and Umzimvoobo rivers . It still follows the mountain line which here forms the boundary ...
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... Vaal regions have attracted notice to Delagoa Bay as the nearest accessible port on the coast ; but it is notoriously unhealthy . The river disemboguing into Delagra Bay , supposed formerly to be the Limpopo , but now ascertained to be ...
... Vaal regions have attracted notice to Delagoa Bay as the nearest accessible port on the coast ; but it is notoriously unhealthy . The river disemboguing into Delagra Bay , supposed formerly to be the Limpopo , but now ascertained to be ...
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acres Aliwal amongst banks Basutoland Basutos Berg birds boundary British bush Caledon called CAPE COLONY Cape Town Capensis cattle chief Clanwilliam climate coast Colesberg colonists colour Cradock Delagoa Bay Diamond Fields district Division Durban Dutch East London Eastern emigrants England English Exports farm feet Fingoes Fish River flowers forests Fort Beaufort Free frontier fruit Gold Fields Government Governor Graaf-Reynet Graham's Town Griqualand West harbour Hottentot important inches inhabitants Kaffir Kaffraria Kalihari Karroo Kloof Knysna labour land ment mission station Mossel Bay moun mountain range Namaqualand Natal native nearly Olifant River Orange River ostrich Paarl passed plants population Port Elizabeth principal Province Queenstown railway rain region rocks sandstone settlement settlers sheep shipped Somerset South Africa species square miles Swellendam Table Bay Table Mountain territory tion Transvaal tribes Uitenhage Vaal River valley Victoria village wine wood
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Page 44 - ... the claim of sovereignty over the new province must be renounced. It rests upon a conquest resulting from a war in which, as far as I am at present enabled to judge, the original justice is on the side of the conquered, not of the victorious party.
Page 428 - Sykes's hydrometer, and so in proportion for any greater strength than the strength of proof, and for any greater or less quantity than a gallon, viz.
Page 354 - River, along the centre of the former to the point nearest to Olifants Been ; from that point by Olifants Been, to the southern point of Langeberg ; along the top of Langeberg, to its north-western extremity ; from thence to the eastern point of Jammerberg; along the top of Jammerberg, to its northwestern extremity ; from thence by a prolongation of the same to the Caledon River...
Page 270 - Act are situate to vote in any election for such county in respect of any vacancy that may take place before the summoning of a future Parliament, but after such summoning no person shall be entitled to be registered as a voter or to vote in any election for any...
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Page 44 - In the conduct which was pursued to- Dec. 26, wards the Kaffir nation by the colonists and the public authorities of the Colony through a long series of years...
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