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Title: South Africa and its future
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Argyll, John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Duke of, 1845-1914 Creswicke, Louis
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Publisher: London : T.C. & E.C. Jack
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r to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the I2t)iof November, in reply to my comments on statements contained in theAppeal of the Boer Generals to the Civilised World,and in their speecheson the Continent. I appreciate the spirit of the last paragraph of your letter, and share thewish which you express therein, and in view of my approaching visit to SouthAfrica I will not prolong the present correspondence. I trust that during my tour I may gain much valuable information whichwill assist his Majestys Government in their efforts to restore peace andprosperity to the countries which have suffered by the war. On the 18th of November, General Botha wrote the followinganswer :— I have to thank you for your letter of 15th instant, and wish onlyto say, in reply, that I cordially join in the hope that your visit to SouthAfrica may be a step towards that restoration of peace and prosperity to ourdesolate country, which I am sure that it is your desire to promote. 197 BRITAIN IN AFRICA
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The above map shows the position of the three Powers mainly concernedwith the future of South Africa. The total mileage of German territory is saidto be about 931,460 miles; that of Portuguese territory about 790,240 miles.The British possessions include the following:— Basutoland . Bechuanaland Cape Colony. Central African Protectorate East Africa . Zanzibar Protectorate . Natal .... Nigeria .... Orange River Colony . Rhodesia, Southern Sq. miles 10,293213,000221,311 42,217 1,000,000 1,020 29,200400,000 48,326144,000 Rhodesia, North-Eastern Somaliland Transvaal . Swaziland Gold Coast Lagos Gambia Sierra Leone Total ar Sq. miles 120,000 6S,0OO 119,139 8,500 40.000 2S.91O 4.500 30,000 ,528,416 These figures are taken from The Statesmans Year Book for 1902. Theareas of Barotseland, Adansi, and Ashanti are not included in the list, as thefigures for these areas are not given. 199 JUN X b 198/ DATE DUE GAYLORD PRINTED IN U S A UC SOUTHERN REGIONAL LIBRARY FACILITY A 000 633 448 6 KALEVI

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