. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . I w. ff f I 1 111. l.—The Colonial Office Buildings to-day2.—The Old Colonial Office on the same site The small building on the right was the first PostOffice 24 the Government of the country. The immigrants, or Uitlanders as they werecalled, were of various nationalities, but chiefly British subjects ; they formedalmost the entire population of Johannesburg, and contributed largely to thepublic revenue. They were denied any share in the Government and theyhad many other grievances in respect to taxation, education, etc. Petitions t
. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . I w. ff f I 1 111. l.—The Colonial Office Buildings to-day2.—The Old Colonial Office on the same site The small building on the right was the first PostOffice 24 the Government of the country. The immigrants, or Uitlanders as they werecalled, were of various nationalities, but chiefly British subjects ; they formedalmost the entire population of Johannesburg, and contributed largely to thepublic revenue. They were denied any share in the Government and theyhad many other grievances in respect to taxation, education, etc. Petitions tothe Volksraad failed to redress the grievances, and in 1895 a Reform Asso-ciation was formed to press for the rights of the Uitlanders, 4,000 men beingarmed in case of disturbance. Dr. Jameson, Administrator of Rhodesia, wasappealed to for assistance, and left Mafeking with about 500 of his armedpolice and six maxim guns with the intention of marching to short distance from Johannesburg he was encountered by a Burgher force,defeated, and compelled to surre
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