The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-19

Kimberley. which lies well at the north of
/ Cape Colony territory and Immediately adj
jacent TO the territory OF the Orange Free
( State. The total expectation Of rough dia-
monds from Cape Colony from 1887 70 1897
is stated at GS3.3l1 0S7. These mines en-
ploy large numbers of people. the importa-
tion Of articles required by them and the
expectation Of products OF the mines mostly
passing through Cape Town. the chief city
OF the colony
In addition TO this. a large share OF the
supplies for the 40 Gee 10 81. e00 people en-
gagged in gold mining i'm the TransvaaI en-
ter Africa al cape Town and are conveyed
TO johannesburg by the railroad which
connects that place with Cape Town. while
the expectation of gold Is alec made by the
same route
The foreign commerce Of Cape Colony is
therefore large. including. as 10 does. the
bulk of the supplies intended for the
greatest gold and diamond mines Of the
world Kimberley. and JOHANNESBURG. and
indeed, considerable proportion of the
supplies of the Orarge Free State and
South African Republic. popularity known
as the Transvaal
The total importation Of merchandise
IN 1887 is given as L-i6 $50 73g.
'Ot this amount the value Of E13.42g.-
have grown rapidly. being in 1923 go
16O,5J6; in 1895. El32S5. 005. and in 1897.
as already indicated. el649O .73g OF The
imports Of 1897, which were valued at
l6 1913, total Of e12. S3g.271 was
from the United Kingdom. cSS3. 233 from
other British possessions. and 81. 2Og. 374
from other countries, a very large pro-
portion Of which was from the United
States. the goods Of which are rapidly
gaining in popularity in those parts OF
the world and increasing in quantity and
value imported
ImportntiOnS From America
The importations from the United
States, according to the British Statistical
Abstract for Colonial and other Possess
sions. have been as follows: In 1886. E99.-
9O6, in 1880, e2S2, O22: in 1898. E494. $50:
IN 1885. &SI2,420; in 1896. CT. 73g. 053. and
in 1897. &2.09I.495. thus increasing the
importation from the United States from
1856. 1872 in value in 1856 TO $40. 2O7. 45S in
1897.
The United States Consul at Cape
Town reports the importation for 1898 as
$50 SyO.252 n value. and Sl7SS3.355 in
transit for other states OF this to-
tai importation Of SS0.S90 252 in 1888. ma
chinery amounted TO S5.2OS.1 III. cotton
manufactures. S5.5O6. l69: haberdashery
and millinery, $6.213,727; hardware and
cutlery, A.3l4 337; leather and its manu-
tactures. S2.S6l120; clothing. s.. sos .q62.
carriages. Sl07S.742, drugs and chemicals.
N,5lO,O36; furniture. 81. 800. 21O. corrugated
iron, SL05l.392; wood and its manufac-
lures. S2.551.3+0; wooden manufactures.
81. 1922. and stationary. including print
ing paper. 81 4SS.044.
The exports Of Cape Colony. including
as they do a large proportion Of the prod
acts OF the gold and diamond mir IS lying
at the north. are very large. and by FAR
exceed the imports. They arr given by
the United States Consul as e25.-
5lS.'Ol. in 1898. as compared with
Ed, $50 30 in 1897, OF the Exports the
bulk is gold and diamonds. the sgures
for 1897 being: Gold unrehned. $40 g91
Sz6. and diamonds. G4.4543T6. While the
other exports in the order e their tmo3rt-
ance were. wool. e1 400. 77g: hair CA,pora1
E6t6644; ostrich feathers. e6O5. O5S. hides
45l4,l6l. and copper. G3OO. T72
Naturally, with the enormous business
consequent upon the most successful cold
ana diamond mines OF the world and the
large productions or the agricultural in
dustries' the carrying and general business
facilities OF Cape Colony has raDidIv in
creased. In 1899 there were about ? COO
miles OF railway and nearly 1000 miles OF
telegraph open in the Colony or the
railways. in January, 1899. 1000 miles were
owned and operated by the povarnp,art
while there were 653Amiles OF privatelv
owned railway operaIsd by the govern
ment and 1S3 miles privately owned and
worked, in addition to which 343 miles
were under construction
The telegraph lines in operation in 1898
were given as $500 miles. railway now
extends from Cape Town to Kimberley
and thence 10 Bulawayo. in British South
Africa, or Rhodesia, a distance OF 1850
miles, the entire length being in British
territory while a connecting line extends
through the Orange Free State to Pretoria
the capital of the South African Republic
CIrapsvaa3. whence a line runs east
Wardly to Lourenco Marques. in Portu-
suese territory, on the Indian Ocean.
Inc number Of vessels entering the