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boundary—Loss of life in the war of independence—Election of Mr. Paul Kruger as president—Feud between Sekukuni and Mampuru—Release of Sekukuni from prison—Seditious conduct of Mampuru—Murder of Sekukuni by Mampuru—Shelter given to Mampuru by Njabel, chief of the tribe of Mapoch—Cost of Sir Garnet Wolseley's operations against Sekukuni—Muster of a commando to reduce Njabel to subjection—Events during the war with Mapoch—Destruction of caverns with dynamite—Successful ending of the war—Trial and execution of Mampuru—Effects of a long drought—System of granting monopolies—Great extension of gold-mining in the Lydenburg district—Disappearance of the tsetsey fly between the goldfields and Delagoa Bay—Concession by the Portuguese government to a company for the construction of a railway from Delagoa Bay to Komati Poort—Strife on the south-western border—Dealings of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Warren with the residents there—War between Mankoroane and David Massou—Enlistment of European volunteers by both parties—Cession of land to the volunteers—Formation of the republic of Stellaland—War between the Barolong chiefs Moshete and Montsiwa—Particulars of the strife—Defeat of Montsiwa—Severe terms imposed upon him—Attempted formation of a republic under the title Land of Goshen—Conference in London between Transvaal delegates and the secretary of state—Conclusion of the Convention of London

Views of the earl of Derby regarding Betshuanaland—Appointment of the reverend John Mackenzie as deputy commissioner there—Dealings of Mr. Mackenzie with Mankoroane—Announcement of a British protectorate over Stellaland and Montsiwa's country—Raising of a police force under Major Stanley Lowe—Resignation of Mr. Mackenzie—Appointment of Mr. Cecil John Rhodes as deputy commissioner—Transactions of Mr. Rhodes in Betshuanaland—Attitude of the people of Goshen—Transactions of Mr. P. J. Joubert in Betshuanaland—Mission of Messrs. Upington, Sprigg, and Marais to Land Goosen—Despatch from England of a strong