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SOUTH AFRICA.
BRITISH FINANCIAL AND.
REPATRIATED BOERS.
London, September 22.
The "Daily Mail" report?, that arrangements
have been made by which the Transvaal
and Orange River Colonies are enabled
to open an account with the Imperial Treasury
on the basis of their paying £100,000,000
as a contribution towards the cost of the
war, and as the price of good government.
An assurance is given that the Treasury
will not press the colonies, unduly. A loan
of £50,000.000 will be advanced, out of which
the Imperial Government will recoup itself
partly for the expenditure incurred in connection
with the war. The loan will not be
floated in its entirety until the surplus revenues
have considerably expanded, probably
two or three years hence. In any case the
contribution made by the colonies towards
the cost of the war will be proportioned to
their prosperity.
A Blue-book published on Saturday states
that 3,437 rebel surrenderers under the June
proclamation, have been disfranchised for
life, 3,554 other rebels convicted by the special
tribunal, and that 2,434 are still await-
ing trial.
Reuter's correspondent reports that
35,000 Boer prisoners have been repatriated
to the Transvaal, and 30,664 to the Orange
River Colony. The peaceful settlement of
the latter colony is assured, but some bitter-
ness is still prevalent in the Transvaal.
The "Times" correspondent at Johannesburg
reports that the civil and military authorities
are anxious that the military com-
missions should be abolished, and the
work of compensation transferred to the
civil government with a view to its more
expeditious dispatch.
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