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| Number: | 3765 |
| Continent: | Africa |
| Region: | South |
| Place Names: | Transvaal, South Africa |
| Year of Origin: | 1898 |
| Title: | W. & A. K. Johnston's Map to Illustrate THE TRANSVAAL QUESTION |
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| Language: | English |
| Publish Origin: | Edinbourgh |
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| Cartographer: |
Alexander Keith Johnston |
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| Publisher: |
W. & A.K. Johnston |
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| Measurement Notes: | on map |
| Notes: | Several inset maps on Left half; Board-cover notes: According to the State Almanack of 1898, the Whites numbered 345,397, and the Natives 748,759, and total 1,094, 156. The proportions of Boers and Uitlalnders[Dutch speaking burghers and recent immigrants, chiefly British subjects, ], have bee varioulsly stated' a fair esitmate probably would be that the latter constitue about 2/3 of the white inhabitants. The Capital of the Republc is Potchefstroom , but Pretoria, with a population set down at 10000 is the seat of government. The chief town is Johannesburg, the centre of the gold industry, which , according to the census of July 1896, contained 102,000 inhabitants, of whom more than half were Whites. The president is Stephanus J. Paulus Kruger, who was elected for a fourth termin Feb 1898 |
| Last updated: Nov 20, 2020 |