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' PROVINCE OF NATAL 213

2. Non-Official Publications.

Aubert (G.), L'Afrique du Sud. Paris, 1899. Brown (A. S. and G. G.), Guide to South Africa. London, 1909. BrvceU.), Impressions of South Africa. 3rd edition. London, 1899. Bryden (H. A.), The Victorian Era in South Africa. London, 1897.— History of South Africa, 1652-1903. London, 1904.

Burton (A R. E.), Cape Colony for the Settler. London, 1902.

CamjybelliC. T.), British South Africa: A History of the Colony of the Cape of Good [lope, 1795-1825. London, 1897.

Golquhoun (A. R.), The Afrikander Land. London, 1906. Colvin (I. D.). Romance of South Africa. Cape Town, 1909. Freemantle (H.. E. S.), New Nation. London, 1909.

Hatch and Corstorphine, Geology of South Africa. 2iid ed. London, 1909. Henkel (C. C), History, Resources, and Productions of the Country between Cape Colony and isfatal. [The Transkeian Territories.] London, 1903. Hope (G D.), Our Place in History. 1909.

Hutchinson (G. T.), From the Cape to the Zambesi. London, 1005. Johnston (Sir Harry), History of the Colonisation of Africa by Alien Races. Cam- bridge, 1899.

Keane(A. H.), Africa, Vol. II. South Africa. 2nd ed. London, 1904. Kidd(D.), The Essential Kaffir. London, 1904.— Savage Cliildhood. London, 1906. Kni()ht (E. F.), South Africa afrer the War. London, 1903.

Lucas (C. P.), Historical Geography of the British Colonies. Vol. IV. Oxford, 1899. Martineau (Tohn), Life of Sir Bartle Frere. 2 vols. London, 1895. Molteno (P. A.), Life and Times of Sir J. C. Molteno. 2 vols. London, 1900. Nichohon (G.), Fifty Years in South Africa. London, 1898. Orpen, Reminiscences of Life in South Africa. Cape Town, 1909. Ortroz (F. Van), Conventions Internationales Concervant L'Afrique. Brussels, 1808. Playne (S.), Cape Colony : Its History, Commerce, Industries, and Resources. London, 1912.

Bees (W. L.), Life of Sir George Grey, K.C.B. 2 vols. 8. London, 1893. Rogers (A. W.), Introduction to the Geology of Cape Colony. London, 1904. Stow (G. W.), The Native Races of South Africa. London, 1905.

TheaKG. M.). History of South Africa 1486-1872. 5 vols. 8. London, 1888-93.— South Africa. 4th edition. London, 1899.— Progress of South Africa in the Century. Edin- burgh, 1902.— History of South Africa. 3 vols. London, 1903-04. The Government of South Africa. 2 vols. Cape Town, 1908. The South African Natives. London, 1908. Trotter (Mrs. A. P.), Old Cape Colony. London, 1903. Wallace (U.), Farming Industries of Cape Colony. 8. London, 1896. TFfnia?n8(G. F.), The Diamond Mines of South Africa. London, 1903. WUmot (A ) The Story of the Expansion of South Africa. 2nd edition, London, 1897.— Book of South African Industries. Cape Town, 1892.— History of our own Tunes in South Africa. 2 vols. London, 1898.

Province of Natal.

Constitution and Government. -Natal, which had been annexed to Cape Colony in 1844, was placed under separate government in 1845, and under charter of Juh^ 15, 1856, was erected into a separate Colony. By this charter partially representative institutions were established, and, under a Natal Act of 1893, a.ssented to by Order in Council, June 26, 1893, the Colony obtained responsible government. The province of Zululand was annexed to Natal on December 30, 1897. The district.^ of Vryheid, Utrecht and part of Wakkerstroom, formerly belonging to the Transvaal, were in January, 1903, annexed to the colony. On May 31, 1910, the Colony was merged in the Union of South Africa, becoming an original province of the Union.

The seat of provincial government in Natal is Pietermaritzburg.

Administrator. — The Hon. C. J. Smythe.

Area and Population.— The Province (including Zululand, 10,461 square miles, and the Northern districts, 6,931 square miles) has an