English Capital in the Transvaal.
♦ Sir Jacobus De Wet, the British Resident at Pretoria, has prepared for the Imperial Government a statement showing the relative amounts of British and Boer capital invested in the Transvaal. The total British capital invested in all kinds of property comes out at £80,000,000 of which sum £20,000,000 are invested in the Witwat^rsand gold mines. A carelul calculation places the gross capital of the Boers at £20,009,000, les3 mortgages on the amount of £7,000,000, leaving the net wealth of the subjects of the Republic invested in the country at £13,000,000. The figures in both cases have been prepared with the greatest care, and they may be acoapted a3 reliable.
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Manawatu Herald, 2 April 1896, Page 3
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114English Capital in the Transvaal. Manawatu Herald, 2 April 1896, Page 3
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