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Identifier: worldalmanacency1900newy (find matches)
Title: The World almanac and encyclopedia
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: Almanacs, American Statistics
Publisher: New York : Press Pub. Co. (The New York World)
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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coal fields of the colony are oflarge extent and of considerable importance, the output in 1897 being244,000 tons. Large forests ofvaluable limber abound. The railroads in operation are 487 miles in length, and are all constructed and operated by theGovernment. The main line extends from the port of Durban to Pieterniaritzburg, the capital, .nndthence to the border of the South African Republic, 307 miles distant from the port of Durban CPertNatal), with an exten.sion from the bonier of Johannesburg, the centre of the great gold-mininginterests, and Pretoria, the capital of the South African Republic, and from Pretoria a railroad linealso extends eastward to Lorenzo Marquez on Delagoa Bay, in Portuguese territory. The province of Zululand, which is now a part of Natal, comprises about two-thirds of thecountry formerly under Zulu kings, and Is chiefly populated by natives. The population of Zululandand British Anatongalaud is given as 180,000. Map of the Seat of War in South Africa. 95
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OTHER ^AUWAYi harrii V\x >- t> POBT ELIZABETH Statute Mlle» to 40 «0 60 UM 26 30 32 54 RAILWAY DISTANCES IN SOUTH AFRiCA. Miles.CAPE TOWN to De Aar.. 501 Kimberley 647 Vryburg. 774 Mafekingr 870 Ramathlabama 8S2 Palpye 1.133 Buiuwayo 1361 Naauwpoort 570 NorvalsPont. 628 Bloemfontein 750 Viljoens Drift 959 Miles Johannesburg 1,014 Preioria 1, 040 DELAGOA BAY to Komati Poort S! Pretoria 349 Johannesburg 395 PORT ELIZABETH to ?^aauwpoorf 270 Norvals Pont 328 Bloemfontein 450 Vilioens Drift 659 Johannesburg 714 Miles.Pretoria 740 DURBAN to Pietermaritzburg 70 Ladysmith 189 Harnsmith .. 249 Glencoe 231 Newcastle 268 Laing s Nek 301 Charlestown 304 Volksrust 308 Johaanesburg.. 483 Pretoria 511 96 ^ The Anglo-American League. THE SOUTH AFRICAN YfAA—CkynHnued. EVENTS IN THE WAR TO DECEMBER 15, 1899. May 31,1899—A conference between Sir Alfred Milner, Governer of Cape Colony, and the Presidentsof the Dutch Republics was held at Bloemfontein. in which terms for the adjustment of the

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  • booksubject:Almanacs__American
  • booksubject:Statistics
  • bookpublisher:New_York___Press_Pub__Co___The_New_York_World_
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