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HON: J. W. MATTHEWS M.D. M.L.C. VICE-PRESIDENT.

HON: G. BOTTOMLEY M.L.C. KIMBERLEY.

HON: JOHN PADDON M.L.C. BARKLY.

HON: HENRY GREEN M.L.C. HAY.

HON: JAMES ROSE INNES. C.M.G. PRESIDENT.

HON: F. J. VILLIERS. ACTING COL^L. SEC^Y.

HON: H. B. WRIGHT. TREASURER GEN^L.

HON: LEIGH HOSKYNS. ATTORNEY GEN^L.

M^R. ADVOCATE LANGE. CLERK.

INCWADI YAMI OR TWENTY YEARS’ PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA

BY

J. W. MATTHEWS, M.D.

Late Vice-President of the Legislative Council of South Africa, and late Senior Member for Kimberley in the Cape House of Assembly

LONDON

SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON

ST. DUNSTAN’S HOUSE

FETTER LANE, FLEET STREET, E. C.

1887

[ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]

To

MY FELLOW COLONISTS OF SOUTH AFRICA

AND ESPECIALLY TO

MY FRIENDS ON THE DIAMOND FIELDS

WHO HAVE ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS RETURNED ME AT

THE HEAD OF THE POLL TO REPRESENT THEM IN THE

COUNCILS OF THEIR COUNTRY, I RESPECTFULLY

DEDICATE THE FOLLOWING NOTES FROM

AN EXPERIENCE GAINED DURING

TWENTY YEARS

OF, I HOPE, A NOT ALTOGETHER USELESS LIFE AMONG THEM.

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