SOUTH AFRICA,
IMPORTATION OF COOLIES,
Hy telegraph, Press Ass'n, Copyright Capetown, March 19. The advocates of the importation ofIndian coolies into Africa propose to employ them on railway construction, thus releasing Kaffirs for mines. Too decision of tho Supremo Court of the Transvaal in May, 1904, redressed grievances emphasised by tho Indian Government regarding the status of Indians in the Transvaal when importation was mooted in 1903. BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY. By telegraph, Press Ass’n, Copyright London, March 19,
The B itish South Africa Company reports that in the year ending March, 1905, the expenditure was £898,748, and tho revenue £611,342. For the year ending the present month the expenditure is estimated at £772,655, and the revenue at £681,484.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1704, 21 March 1906, Page 2
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119SOUTH AFRICA, Gisborne Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1704, 21 March 1906, Page 2
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