In 1886, the gold mines were discovered, and in 1889, the revenue rose
to £1,577,000. The crisis of 1890 caused it to drop below the million;
in 1892 it rose again, reaching in:--

1894 £2,247,728
1895 2,923,648
1896 3,912,095
1897 3,956,402
1898 3,329,958


In 1899, it was estimated at £4,087,000. These figures do not include
the sale of explosives from 1895 to 1898; the share of licences of
claims from 1895 to 1899; nor the Delagoa Bay customs dues paid to the
Netherlands Railway for 1898 and 1899.

[Footnote 14: _Le Siècle_, April 4th, 1900.]


2.--_Budget Assessment of the Burghers._

According to the _Staats Almanak_, the white population numbers 300,000,
of whom 175,000 are males. The number of burghers aged between sixteen
and sixty, entitled to vote, is 29,447; that of Uitlanders, between the
same ages, 81,000.

These 30,000 Boers who represent the electoral portion of the community,
do not pay one-tenth of the revenue of the state. They represent,
however, a budget of over four millions of pounds; or, £133 per head. If