South Africa and the Transvaal war . > £ Rhodesia which will cross the Zambesi near the Victoria Falls. How shorta time ago it seems since the man who had visited the Falls wasregarded as a great explorer ! Other branches, too, will shortly opencommunication to the various goldfields. It is worthy of notice that Rhodesia, though the most remotefrom the coast, was the one State in South Africa whose industrieswere kept going during the war, so that the conclusion of peacefound her ready for an immediate expansion of her trade. Thiswas due to the wise policy of the Company. Early in 1900 it w
South Africa and the Transvaal war . > £ Rhodesia which will cross the Zambesi near the Victoria Falls. How shorta time ago it seems since the man who had visited the Falls wasregarded as a great explorer ! Other branches, too, will shortly opencommunication to the various goldfields. It is worthy of notice that Rhodesia, though the most remotefrom the coast, was the one State in South Africa whose industrieswere kept going during the war, so that the conclusion of peacefound her ready for an immediate expansion of her trade. Thiswas due to the wise policy of the Company. Early in 1900 it wasrepresented to the Administration that unless communication, whichhad been interrupted at the commencement of the war, was soon. Macheckie Railway Bridge on the Salisbury Railway restored, work could not proceed on the mines ; the native labourerswould have to be discharged, and the mines would have to beclosed down. The Administration realised that it would not onlybe disastrous to throw so many Europeans and natives out of work,but that the closing down of the mines would convince the Matabelethat there was truth in the report which the Boer agents werediligently spreading to the effect that the English were being driven•out of the country, and that the opportunity for rebellion hadarrived. The Administration therefore came to the assistance ofthe mining community by making arrangements for the importationof sufficient necessaries for six months through Beira, at a fixedtransport rate of ^25 per ton from Port Elizabeth. The Companyfound itself about ^5 a ton out of pocket by this arrangement, butgreat distress was saved. At the opening of the war the price ofVOL. VIII. 65 E South Africa and
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