Chapter IV: Appendix

THE TRANSVAAL CONVENTION OF 1881 479 THE TRANSVAAL CONVENTION OF 1884 488

INDEX 495

AREA AND POPULATION OF THE SEVERAL COLONIES, REPUBLICS AND TERRITORIES IN SOUTH AFRICA

_________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | POPULATION IN 1891. | | AREA IN SQUARE MILES. |_____________________________________| | | | | | | | European. | Coloured. | Total. | |___________________________________|___________|_____________|___________| | | | | | | | _British_-- | | | | | |Cape Colony (including | | | | | | Walfish Bay) | 277,000 | 382,198 | 1,383,762 | 1,765,960 | | | | | | | |Basutoland | 10,293 | 578 | 218,624 | 219,202 | | | | | | | |Bechuanaland | | | | | | (Protectorate) | 200,000(?)| 800(?)| 200,000(?)| --- | | | | | | | |Natal | 20,461 | 46,788 | 497,125 | 543,913 | | | | | | | |Zululand | 12,500(?)| 1,100 | 179,270(?)| 180,370 | | | | | | | |Tongaland (British) | 2,000(?)| none | 20,000(?)| --- | | | | | | | |Territories of British | | | | | | South Africa Company,| | | | | | south of the | | | | | | Zabesi (Matabililand | | | | | | and Mashonaland) | 142,000 | 7,000(?)| unknown | --- | | | | (1899) | | | |_______________________|___________|___________|_____________|___________| | | | | | | | _Independent_-- | | | | | |South African Republic | | | | | | (Transvaal) | 119,139 | 245,397(?)| 622,500(?)| 867,897 | | | | | | | |Swaziland (dependent | | | | | | on South African | | | | | | Republic) | 8,500 | 900(?)| 55,000(?)| --- | | | | | | | |Orange Free State | 48,326 | 77,716 | 129,787 | 207,503 | |___________________________________|___________|_____________|___________| | | | | | | |Portuguese East Africa | 300,000(?)| 10,000(?)| 3,100,000(?)| --- | | | | | | | |German South West | | 2,025 | | | | Africa | 320,000(?)| (1896) | 200,000(?)| --- | |___________________________________|___________|_____________|___________|

DATES OF SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA

A.D. Bartholomew Diaz discovers the Cape of Good Hope 1486 Vasco da Gama explores the East Coast of Africa 1497-8 The Dutch appear in the South African Seas 1595 First Dutch settlement in Table Bay 1652 Arrival of French Huguenot settlers 1689 Beginning of the Exploration of the Interior 1700 First Kafir War 1779 First British occupation of the Cape 1795-1803 Second British occupation of the Cape 1806 Cession of Cape Colony to Britain 1814 Conquests of Tshaka, the Zulu King 1812-1828 Arrival of a body of British settlers 1820 First British settlement in Natal 1824 English made the official language in Cape Colony 1825-1828 Equal Rights ordinance in favour of the Natives 1828 Emancipation of the Slaves 1834 Sixth Kafir War 1834 Emigration of the discontented Boers (the Great Trek) 1836-7 Conquest of Matabililand by Mosilikatze 1837 The emigrant Boers occupy Natal 1838 British occupation and annexation of Natal 1843 Two native "buffer States" created in the interior 1843 Seventh Kafir War; province of British Kaffraria created 1847 Orange River Sovereignty created 1848 Recognition of the Independence of the Transvaal Boers (Sand River Convention) 1852 Recognition of the Independence of the Orange River Boers (Bloemfontein Convention) 1854 Representative Government established in Cape Colony 1854 Establishment of a Constitution for the South African Republic 1855-1858 Proclamation of a Protectorate over Basutoland 1868 Discovery of diamonds on the Lower Vaal River 1869 British occupation and annexation of Griqualand West 1871 Responsible Government granted to Cape Colony 1872 Delagoa Bay arbitration 1872-1875 British annexation of the Transvaal 1877 War with Cetewayo and conquest of Zululand 1879 Retrocession of the Transvaal 1881 Annexation of Southern and Protectorate over Northern Bechuanaland 1884-1885 German occupation of Damaraland 1884 Convention of London with the Transvaal Republic 1884 Discovery of the Witwatersrand gold field 1885 Foundation of the British South Africa Company 1889 Conquest of Matabililand by the Company 1893 Responsible Government granted to Natal 1893 Protectorate declared over the Tonga Chiefs 1894 Rising at Johannesburg and expedition of Dr. Jameson from Pitsani 1895 Outbreak of war between Britain and the two Dutch Republics Oct. 1899