. A short history of England and the British Empire. ered in the southernborder of the Transvaal. Diamo nds „(] Gold andhad been diamond fields found for in South Africa,nearly twenty years in the northern partof Cape Colony, and astrong tide of immigration had flowed into that section. Butafter gold had been found in the hill ranges of the Rand, thestream of European adventurers was turned toward the Trans-vaal Republic. In the gold fields there grew up a large and important town, Johannesburg, inhabited almost . , ^ J ° . Johannesburg, exclusively by a floating population of aliens who had c
. A short history of England and the British Empire. ered in the southernborder of the Transvaal. Diamo nds „(] Gold andhad been diamond fields found for in South Africa,nearly twenty years in the northern partof Cape Colony, and astrong tide of immigration had flowed into that section. Butafter gold had been found in the hill ranges of the Rand, thestream of European adventurers was turned toward the Trans-vaal Republic. In the gold fields there grew up a large and important town, Johannesburg, inhabited almost . , ^ J ° . Johannesburg, exclusively by a floating population of aliens who had come to seek their fortune in the gold fields. These aliens the Boers called Outlanders. Among the immigrants who found their way to South Africa in the decade of the seventies came Cecil Rhodes, a young Englishman who soon rose to be a leader of the „ .. _. .to . Cecil Rhodes. British elements in those regions. Cecil Rhodes was a keen, far-sighted, and resourceful man, who loved to plan and carry out large undertakings. After a time he found. General Charles George Gordon 602 THE UNIONISTS AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE his way into the Kimberley diamond fields, where he amassed agreat fortune. Later he invested heavily in the gold fields ofthe Rand. But Cecil Rhodes was also interested in the vastinterior country lying to the north of the Boer republics. InThe South l889 ne organized the South African Company,African the purpose of which was to develop the territories north and south of the Zambezi River. The com-pany was also given extensive administrative powers over the
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