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PRIME MINISTERS . 1872. Mr J. C. Molteno. 189o. Mr C. J. See also:Rhodes. 1878. Mr J. See also:Gordon Sprigg.

1896. See also:

Sir J. Gordon Sprigg. 1881. I\Ir T. C. Scanlen. 1898. Mr W. P. Schreiner. 1884.

Mr Upington. 1900. Sir J. Gordon Sprigg. 1886. Sir J. Gordon Sprigg. 1904. Dr L. S. See also:

Jameson. 1908.

Mr J. X. See also:

Merriman. (A. P. H.; F. R. C.) BIBLIOGRAPHY—The See also:majority of the books concerning Cape See also:Colony See also:deal also with See also:South See also:Africa as a whole (see SOUTH AFRICA: Bibliography). The following See also:list gives books specially See also:relating to the Cape. For ethnography see the See also:works mentioned under See also:BUSHMEN, See also:HOTTENTOTS, See also:KAFFIRS and See also:BECHUANA. (a) Descriptive accounts, See also:geography, See also:commerce and See also:economics: —The best See also:early accounts of the colony are found in de la Caille's See also:Journal historique du voyage fait au Cap de Bonne See also:Esperance (See also:Paris, 1763), the Nouvelle Description du Cap de Bonne Esperance (Amster-See also:dam, 1778) ; F. le Vaillant's Voyage clans l'interieur de l'Afrique (Paris, 1790), and Second Voyage (Paris, an III. [1794–1790 ; C.

P. See also:

Thunberg's " See also:Account of the Cape of See also:Good See also:Hope " in vol. xvi. of See also:Pinkerton's Travels (See also:London, 1814) ; A. Sparman's Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope ... 1772–1776 (translated into See also:English from the See also:Swedish, London, 1785)—an excellent See also:work; and' W. See also:Paterson's A Narrative of Four Journeys ... 1777–1779 (London, 1789). P. See also:Kolbe or Kolben's See also:Present See also:State of the Cape of Good Hope (English See also:translation from the See also:German, London, 1731) is less trustworthy. Sir J. See also:Barrow's Account of Travels into the Interior of See also:Southern Africa in 1797–1798 (2 vols., London, 1801–1804) ; H. Lichtenstein's Travels in Southern Africa in 1803–1806 (translated from the German, 2 vols., London, 181g–1815), and W. J.

Burchell's Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa (2 ols., London, 1822–1824) are See also:

standard works. Burchell's See also:book contains the best See also:map of the Cape published up to that See also:time. W. P. Greswell's Geography of Africa south of the Zambesi (See also:Oxford, 1892) deals specially with Cape Colony; the Illustrated See also:Official Handbook of the Cape and South Africa (Cape See also:Town,1893) includes chapters on the See also:zoology, See also:flora, productions and resources of the colony. A. R. E. See also:Burton, Cape Colony To-See also:day (Cape Town, 1907), a useful See also:guide to the See also:country and its resources. A Statistical See also:Register is issued yearly by the Cape See also:government. The See also:Census of the Colony, 1904: See also:General See also:Report (Cape Town, 1905) and previous census reports contain much valuable See also:matter. (b) See also:Special subjects: For detailed See also:information on special subjects consult The Natives of South Africa (London, 1901); R.

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Wallace, Farming See also:Industries of Cape Colony (London, 1896) ; A. R. E. Burton, Cape Colony for the Settler (London, 1903) ; The Agricultural Journal of the Cape of Good Hope; See also:Gardner F. See also:Williams, The See also:Diamond Mines of South Africa, revised ed. (New See also:York, 1905), an authoritative work by a former manager of the De Beers mine; A. W. See also:Rogers, An Introduction to the See also:Geology of Cape Colony (London, 1905) and " The See also:Campbell See also:Rand and Griquatown See also:Series in See also:Hay," Trans. Geol. See also:Soc. S. Africa, vol. ix.

(1906); Reports, See also:

Geological See also:Commission of the Cape of Good Hope (1896 et seq.) ; See also:Science in South Africa (Cape Town, 1905); H. A. Bryden, Kloof and Karoo; See also:sport, See also:legend and natural See also:history in Cape Colony (London, 1889) ; South See also:African See also:Education Yearbook (Cape Colony edition, Cape Town, 1906 et seq.). For books dealing with See also:Roman-Dutch See also:law, see SOUTH AFRICA. (c) History: H. C. V. Leibbrandt, Precis of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope (15 vols., vols. v.-vii. contain See also:van Riebeek's Journal, Cape Town, 1896–1902) ; The See also:Rebellion of 1815, generally known as Slachter's Nek (Cape Town, 1902) ; G. M. Theal, See also:Chronicles of Cape Commanders ... 1651–1691 ... (Cape Town, 1882), and Records of the Cape Colony from See also:February 1793 to See also:April 1831, from MS. in the See also:Record See also:Office, London (,36 vols., Cape Town, 1897–1905) History of South Africa under the See also:Administration of the Dutch See also:East See also:India See also:Company, 1652 to 1795 (2 vols., London, 1897) ; History of South Africa from 1795 to 1834 (London, 1891); E.

B. Watermeyer, Three Lectures on the Cape . under the . Dutch East India Company (Cape Town, 1857) ; A. See also:

Wilmot and J. C. See also:Chase, History of the ... Cape ... from its See also:Discovery to ... 1868 (Cape Town, 1869); See also:Lady See also:Anne See also:Barnard, South Africa a See also:Hundred Years Ago: Letters written from the Cape, 1797–1801 (London, 1901), a vivid picture of social See also:life, &c. ; Mrs A. F. Trotter, Old Cape Colony . Her Men and Houses from 1652 to 18o6 (London, 1903) ; C.

T. Campbell, See also:

British South Africa, 1795–1825 (London, 1897), the See also:story of the British settlers of 1820. Consult also J. See also:Martineau's Life of Sir Bartle See also:Frere; the Autobiography of Sir Harry See also:Smith; P. A. Molteno's Life and Times of Sir See also:John See also:Charles Molteno (first premier of Cape Colony) (2 vols., London, 1900) ; A Wilmot's Life of Sir See also:Richard See also:Southey (London,;,1904), and G. C. See also:Henderson's Sir See also:George See also:Grey (London, 1907). B. Worsfold's See also:Lord See also:Milner's Work in South Africa, 1897–1902 (London, 1906), is largely concerned with Cape politics. For See also:Blue-books, &c., relating to the colony published by the British See also:parliament, see the Colonial Office List (London, yearly) (F. R.

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