War in South Africa and the Dark continent from savagery to civilization : The strange story of a weird world from the earliest ages to the present, including the war with the Boers .. . he revenue was meager and hardly sufficient for thebarest needs of government. About ten years ago the discovery ofgold deposits at the De Kaap Fields gave indications of a new state ofthings, and a little later came the discoveries of gold at the Witwaters-rand, which worked a complete revolution in the situation of the re-public, both financial and political. The discovery of the reefs at theRand gave rise t
War in South Africa and the Dark continent from savagery to civilization : The strange story of a weird world from the earliest ages to the present, including the war with the Boers .. . he revenue was meager and hardly sufficient for thebarest needs of government. About ten years ago the discovery ofgold deposits at the De Kaap Fields gave indications of a new state ofthings, and a little later came the discoveries of gold at the Witwaters-rand, which worked a complete revolution in the situation of the re-public, both financial and political. The discovery of the reefs at theRand gave rise to the inevitable gold fever, followed by the usual reac-tion. From such reaction the industry was saved by the foresight andfinancial courage of certain of the capitalists most interested, and since1890 the progress has been uninterrupted and rapid. 4. Owing to the peculiarities of temperament and circumstance,participation in the new industry had no attraction for the burgher pop-ulation. It remained almost entirely in the hands of newcomers, com-monly known as Outlanders, and a sharp line of cleavage was thuscreated within the republic—the Outlanders being chiefly resident in. I Kir, !CU J^/jOr- i ^;%. A NATIVE DISPATCH CARRIER OVERTAKEN BY BOERS.
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