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Draft Agreement between the Government of the Cape Colony (South Africa) and the Nederlandsche Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij for the financing and completion of the railway from Delagoa Bay to Pretoria, 15 Jun 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C2A/1, item 1
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
15 Jun 1890
Covering letter from J. Rose-Innes, Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, enclosing a letter from John Cleverly, Resident Magistrate, Walfish Bay, about German expansion to the northeast and the importance of retaining Walfish Bay, 23 Jul-12 Aug 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C2A/1, item 2
Topics include:
German handling of the tensions between the Herero and Hendrik Wittebooi, and fears for the safety of Europeans in Damaraland
the Deutsche West Afrikanische Company (sic) and the balance between German and English trade in the area
a German expedition to Lake Ngami and its implications for the British South Africa Company.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
23 Jul-12 Aug 1890
Letter from J.M. Orpen, MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly), Wodehouse, advising Rhodes and Sir James Sivewright, Commissioner of Public Works, about the Indwe and Doornkop mines and the Bethuli railway line; with a related telegram, 20 Aug 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C2A/1, item 3
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
20 Aug 1890
Letter from Arthur Douglass, MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly), Grahamstown (Makhanda), about the Wood Concession [a concession from Lobengula claimed by the Wood-Francis-Chapman Concessions Company], 15 Sep 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C2A/1, item 4
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
15 Sep 1890
Letter from C.J. Kotze, Pretoria, recommending that George Hudson succeed Sir Jacobus de Wet as British Agent in Pretoria, 19 Sep 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C2A/1, item 5
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
19 Sep 1890
Letter from J.J. Marais, MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly), about the de Roubaix affair, 20 Sep 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C2A/1, item 6
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
20 Sep 1890
Confidential letter from J. Somers Vine, Durban, conveying the views of Sir Charles Mitchell, Governor of Natal (KwaZulu-Natal), on a proposal by Rhodes that Natal (KwaZulu-Natal) should participate in a general South African Court based in the Imperial Institute, 8 Oct 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C2A/1, item 7
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
8 Oct 1890
Letter from A. Ramsay, Hon. Sec., Kimberley Alliance for Preventing the Deterioration of Natives through Drink, commending the British South Africa Company for prohibiting the sale of liquor to indigenous people and recommending the adoption of similar measures in the Cape, 22 Nov 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C2A/1, item 8
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
22 Nov 1890
Telegram from Sivewright suggesting that the opening of the railway at Vryburg might provide an opportunity to discuss Manica, [22] Nov 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C2A/1, item 9
Other topics include the opening of the Simonstown railway, and post and freight for the Transvaal (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, North West). There are references to [Frank?] Johnson and the Governor, Sir Henry Loch.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
[22] Nov 1890
Telegram from [A.?] Vischer, Bloemfontein, reporting that the Volksraad had voted in favour of extending the railway to the Vaal; with a note of Rhodes's reply, 12 Dec 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C2A/1, item 10
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
12 Dec 1890
Telegrams from John X. Merriman, Treasurer, and James Ross Innes, Jun., Attorney-General, about arrangements for Basutoland (Lesotho)'s entry to the Customs Union, and President Reitz's attitude, 13-15 Dec 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C2A/1, items 11-13
Extents: 3 Leaves
Dates:
13-15 Dec 1890
Telegram from Merriman about Chief Sigcau's refusal to recognise J.H. Scott as Resident Commissioner for Pondoland (Eastern Cape, South Africa), 15 Dec 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C2A/1, item 14
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
15 Dec 1890
Telegrams from Rose-Innes and Merriman about Basutoland (Lesotho)'s entry to the Customs Union, constitutional obstacles necessitating a six-month delay and Reitz's attitude, 16 Dec 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C2A/1, items 15-17
Extents: 3 Leaves
Dates:
16 Dec 1890
Telegram from Sivewright about railway arrangements with the Orange Free State (South Africa), which are approved by everyone, including J.H. Hofmeyr. Pondoland (Eastern Cape, South Africa) and Walfish Bay are mentioned as outstanding questions, 26 Dec 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C2A/1, item 18
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
26 Dec 1890
Two letters from J.B. Taylor, Pretoria, to [H.L.] Currey about a land purchase project, 21-28 Apr 1891
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C2A/1, items 24a-b
Includes:
reports via [A.H.] Nellmapius that Kruger is prepared to bargain for Swaziland (Eswatini) by stopping illicit treks from the Transvaal (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, North West) to Mashonaland (Zimbabwe)
Portuguese policy
the Transvaal (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, North West) press, its attacks on Charter (the British South Africa Company), and attempts to...
Extents: 2 items
Dates:
21-28 Apr 1891
Letter from du Toit, in the Transvaal (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, North West), about the deputation of Cape farmers to Mashonaland (Zimbabwe), and about the Adendorff trek, 8 Aug 1891
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C2A/1, item 28
There are references to Joubert, Ds. van der Lingen, the Afrikaner Bond, and projected Afrikaner Union; and to the respective merits of the Beira and Selati routes. An earlier letter (30 Jul), about financing a mine [possibly in the Selati goldfields?], is addressed to an unspecified group of friends.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
8 Aug 1891
Letter from Scott (see item 14) commenting on a reported statement by Rhodes about provocation of the Pondo people by the local authorities and giving his version of the causes of unrest, 8 Aug 1891
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C2A/1, item 29
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
8 Aug 1891
Telegrams from Sivewright about railway policy, particularly towards Natal (KwaZulu-Natal); the franchise debate; the appointment of [G.?] Kilgour to conduct an inquiry into railway construction in the Orange Free State (South Africa), and Merriman's reaction to this, 27 Jul-18 Sep 1891
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C2A/1, items 30-33
Extents: 4 Leaves
Dates:
27 Jul-18 Sep 1891
Letter from Loch about a visit to England by Merriman on financial business, 7 Dec 1891
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C2A/1, item 34
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
7 Dec 1891
Letters from Rose-Innes informing Rhodes that Richard Solomon will act as temporary Crown Prosecutor and support the government's franchise proposals, and advising against further delay in appointing W.M. Hopley Puisne Judge at the Griqualand High Court, 3-9 Mar 1892
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C2A/1, items 50-51
Extents: 2 items
Dates:
3-9 Mar 1892