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rail. Pop. (1904) 25,220, of whom 14,674 were whites. The town is picturesquely situated on both sides of the river, which is spanned by a combined road and railway See also:

BRIDGE

bridge. The railway See also:

TERMINUS

terminus and business See also:

QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter are on the east See also:

side on the See also:

TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of the cliffs, which rise 150 ft. above the river. In See also:

Oxford See also:

Street, the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief thoroughfare, is the town See also:

hall, a handsome buildingerected in 1898. Higher up a number of churches and a school are grouped See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round See also:

Vincent Square, a large open space. In consequence of the excellent sea bathing, and the beauty of the river See also:

banks above the town, East London is the chief seaside See also:

HOLIDAY

holiday resort of the Cape province. The town is the See also:

ENTREPOT (a French word, from the Lat. interpositum, that which is placed between)

entrepot of a See also:

rich agricultural See also:

DISTRICT

district, including the See also:

TRANSKEI

Transkei, See also:

BASUTOLAND (officially The Territory of Basutoland")

Basutoland and the south of See also:

Orange See also:

FREE

Free See also:

State, and the See also:

PORT

port of the Cape nearest Johannesburg.

It ranks third among the ports of the province. The roadstead is exposed and insecure, but the inner See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, constructed at a cost of over £2,0oo,000, is protected from all winds. A shifting See also:

sand See also:

bar lies at the mouth of the river, but the See also:

BUILDING

building of training walls and dredging have increased the minimum See also:

DEPTH

depth of See also:

WATER

water to 22 ft. From the east See also:

BANK

bank of the Buffalo a See also:

PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier and from the See also:

west bank a See also:

BREAKWATER

breakwater project into the See also:

INDIAN

Indian Ocean, the entrance being 450 ft. wide, reduced between the training walls to 250 ft. There is extensive See also:

WHARF

wharf See also:

ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

accommodation on both sides of the river, and steamers of over 8000 tons can See also:

MOOR

moor alongside. There is a patent slip capable of taking vessels of r000 tons dead See also:

WEIGHT

weight. An aerial See also:

STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel ropeway from the river bank to the town greatly facilitates the delivery of See also:

CARGO (Span. for " loading," from Lat. carries, car)

cargo. The imports are chiefly textiles, hardware and provisions, the exports mainly See also:

WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool and See also:

MOHAIR

mohair. The rateable value of the town in 1908 was £4,108,000, and the municipal See also:

RATE

rate 11 d. East London owes its See also:

FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation to the necessities of the Kaffir See also:

war of 1846-1847. The See also:

BRITISH

British, requiring a port nearer the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of war than those then existing, selected a site at the mouth of the Buffalo river, and in 1847 the first cargo of military stores was landed. A fort, named Glamorgan, was built, and the See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place permanently occupied.

Around this military See also:

POST

post See also:

GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew up the town, known at first as Port Rex. See also:

Numbers of its in-habitants are descendants of See also:

German immigrants who settled in the district in 1857. The prosperity of the town See also:

DATES

dates from the era of railway and port development in the last See also:

DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade of the 19th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. In 1875 the value of the exports was £131,803 and that of the imports £552,033. In 1904 the value of the exports was £1,165,938 and that of the imports £4,688,415. In 1907 the exports, notwithstanding a See also:

period of severe See also:

trade depression, were valued at £1,475,355, but the imports had fallen to £3,354,633.

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