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Title: War in South Africa and the Dark continent from savagery to civilization : The strange story of a weird world from the earliest ages to the present, including the war with the Boers ..
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Harding, William
Subjects: Boer War
Publisher: Chicago : Dominion Co
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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en in greatBritain are directors or shareholders in the concern, which obtained itscharter October 29, 1889, ostensibly for the exploitation of Rhodesia,though its influence extends far beyond South Africa. In order to give our readers a clear idea of the power of the BritishSouth Africa Company, we think it best to publish the official corre-spondence on the subject, as it enters into all the details of the com-panys powers. The correspondence grew out of the movement toreconstitute the administration powers of the British South Africa Com-pany (one of the results of the Jameson raid), which was done on thebasis given below. A British parliamentary paper, issued February 24, 1898, containsthe following documents: MR. CHAMBERLAIN TO HIGH COMMISSIONER SIR AL-FRED MILNER. Downing Street, January 13, 1898.Sir: I have, as you are aware, for a long time past given my earnestattention to the question of the future exercise of its administrativepowers by the British South Africa Company. 122
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