The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1963 - Great Britain |
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Natal had already entered upon its long struggle to improve the port of Durban , and , by lowering its customs dues , to compete with the Cape ports . In 1876 a State railway was begun to connect Durban with Pietermaritzburg ...
Natal had already entered upon its long struggle to improve the port of Durban , and , by lowering its customs dues , to compete with the Cape ports . In 1876 a State railway was begun to connect Durban with Pietermaritzburg ...
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diversion of the traffic benefited the Transvaal revenue , for the Central South African Railway owned 85 per cent of the railway from Lourenço Marques to Johannesburg as against 36.4 per cent of that from Durban and 55 per cent of the ...
diversion of the traffic benefited the Transvaal revenue , for the Central South African Railway owned 85 per cent of the railway from Lourenço Marques to Johannesburg as against 36.4 per cent of that from Durban and 55 per cent of the ...
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Nor are good modern statues lacking : of Dick King , a tired man on a tired horse at Durban , of General Louis Botha also on horseback , and President Kruger standing massive and four - square at Pretoria , of Jan van Riebeeck ...
Nor are good modern statues lacking : of Dick King , a tired man on a tired horse at Durban , of General Louis Botha also on horseback , and President Kruger standing massive and four - square at Pretoria , of Jan van Riebeeck ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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