The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-02
Several South American States.

Transvaal was, until 1877, republic,
and was British territory, but had its in-
dependence restored in 1881, Great Brit
ain retaining the suzerainty. The area
Is about ia, 500 square miles, and the
population includes about 40, 900 per
SONS of European descent, while the ma
tive Africans are estimated at all the way
from 260, 900 to 600, 900. The chief ex-
ports are ostrich feathers, ivory, cattle,
cereals, tobacco, etc. The heavy game
IN what Is now Transvaal was only few
years ago found in numbers that are de-
scribed as enormous, and the large man.
malta are still numerous. The discovery
of diamonds was made in 1866, north of
the Vaal River, and since then diamond
mining has been very successful in that
district M ~-@s---t-J also contains
gold, copper, lead, iron, tin, and coal.
There are several considerable towns.
Mooiriverdorp, or Potschefstroom, Pre-
toria, Leydenburg, Rustenburg, and
Zoutpausberg. The European inhabit-
ants are chiefly emigrant farmers. Natal
is on the southeast coast of Africa, 800
miles from the Cape of Good Hope.
The colony, formerly part of the Cape
of Good Hope settlement, was In 1856
erected into separate colony under the
British crown, and until 1879 repre-
sented by a Lieutenant Governor, and
since then by a Governor, who is as
sisted III the administration by an ex-
ecutive ana Legislative council. Its area
is 81 900 square miles, with seaboard of
$50 miles; in 1880 the population was
406, 625, about one in every sixteen be-
ing of European descent, and the re-
mainder native Africans The climate
is salubrious, there being no extremes
either of heat or cold the coast region
for about twenty-five miles inland is
very fertile; sugar, coffee, indigo, arrow
root, ginger, tobacco, and cotton thrive
the midland district is better adapted TO
cereals and the usuals crops known
among our people; ON the higher plat
teau along the mountains, are immense
tracts of pasturage, where cattle and
sheep do we'll There is one harbor ON
the coast, D'Urban or Port Natal.
Among the natural resources are copper,
coal, and iron; large forests of timber IN
the neighborhood of the mountains.
Wool, sugar, ivory, and hides are ex-
ported British Caffraria, or Kaffraria.
as it is sometimes written, was wrested
by the settlers of Cape Colony from the
natives in the war af 1867, and is now
a part or district of Cape Colony its
area is about 6, 500 square miles. 1t is
well watered, has many fertile valleys
in the spurs of the mountains in the
north, and is in some respects an attract
i've district. The European population
is chiefly of British and German descent.
In the year 1859 it was divided into
farms Of 1000 to 1900 acres, granted
free on certain terms of settlement and
defense. The last census reports place
the population at about 125, 900. of
whom some 10 per cent. are of European
descent. Zululand lies north of Natal,
and receives its name from the tribes
whose home it has been. A good deal
of the country along the coast is very
hat, marshy, and unhealthy. Up from
the coast, where the level is higher, lies
a generally fertile region, which is
healthy, and where sugar, cotton, and
other tropical products may be grown,
as in the other colonies. There is quite
trade carried on by the traders from
Natal In ivory, rhinoceros' horns, hides,
etc. The Orange Free State has an
area of $1,000 square miles and a popu-
lation of $4,000. 1t Is a republic, and
the ruling people are the Beers. The
climate Is dry, temperate, and salubri-
GUS : the settlers are chiefly engaged In
stock-raising coal and iron have been
found, also gold and the diamond-felds
have attracted many to them in recent
years. These several colonies and re-
publics have generally an elevated sur
face, back from the coast, are more or
less mountainous, have in the main a
climate like that of Southern Europe,
are well watered, but have few streams
that are naYigable.