The New Student's Reference Work/Johannesburg

Johan′nesburg, a town in, South Africa, and the chief point in the Witwatersrand gold-fields. It is 35 miles south of, the capital. The town has had a remarkable growth. Railroads connect it with, , and. The population recently numbered 237,220, consisting of (120,411) whites, (116,809) colored, aboriginal natives and other colored races. The town is well-equipped with churches, banks and mercantile houses, but the water supply is poor and sanitary arrangements are defective. Dust-storms are a feature, and fevers sometimes are epidemic. With the outbreak of the Johannesburg temporarily lost its British population, which hurriedly withdrew. The city was occupied by Lord Roberts on May 31, 1900.