The international geography . nufactures, nor, in-deed, any handicrafts except those connectedwith mining. The railways in the Transvaal belonged, beforethe war, to a corporation called the NetherlandsRailway Company, but have now been takenover by the Government, and are known as the Central South African Railways. They radiatefrom Pretoria and Johannesburg to the coast atDelagoa Bay on the east, to Cape Town through the Orange RiverColony in the south, and to Durban through Natal in the south-east. Thereare also one or two branch lines, and a trunk line to the north has beencarried as far as
The international geography . nufactures, nor, in-deed, any handicrafts except those connectedwith mining. The railways in the Transvaal belonged, beforethe war, to a corporation called the NetherlandsRailway Company, but have now been takenover by the Government, and are known as the Central South African Railways. They radiatefrom Pretoria and Johannesburg to the coast atDelagoa Bay on the east, to Cape Town through the Orange RiverColony in the south, and to Durban through Natal in the south-east. Thereare also one or two branch lines, and a trunk line to the north has beencarried as far as Pietersburg. Pretoria is the seat of the legislature,public offices, and law courts, but Johannesburg, the centre of theRand gold-field, is by far the largest and wealthiest town. English isnow spoken by the majority of the inhabitants, but Dutch is still thelanguage generally spoken by the rural population. The vast majorityof the native Kafirs are heathen and speak only their own languages; afew, however, understand Fig. 479.—The forme*Transvaal Flag. STATISTICS. (Estimates.) 1890. Area of the Transvaal (including Swaziland), square miles .. 113,642 Population 479,128 White Population „ 119,128 Density of population per sq. mile 4 Population of Johannesburg 40,215 „ Pretoria (white) 5,000 ANNUAL TRADE (m pounds sterling). 1881-85. 1891-95. Imports 700,000 .. 5,726,000 Exports (including gold) 500,000 .. 5,000,000 7 102,078 ,000,000 STANDARD BOOKS. W. L. Distant. A Naturalist in the Transvaal. London, 1892. F. H. Hatch and J. A. Chalmers. The Gold Mines of the Rand. London, J. Alford. Geological Features of the Transvaal. London, 1891. G. M Theal. History of South Africa. 5 vols. London, Bryce. Impressions of South Africa. London, 1897. 6B IOI2 The International Geography STANDARD BOOKS. W. L. Distant. A Naturalist in the Transvaal. London, 1892. F. H. Hatch and J. A. Chalmers. The Gold Mines of the Rand.
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