on the labour of 90,000 natives whose pay and food are equivalent to L40 per head, a loss therefore of L550,000 a year.
[Footnote 16: _Le Siecle_, April 5th, 1900.] 2 .-- _The Dynamite Monopoly._ Two despatches, one from Mr.Chamberlain, dated January 13th, 1899, and the other from the Transvaal Government, dated March 9th, 1899, indicate how Mr.Krueger always meant to interpret Article XIV.

of the Convention of 1884: On October 13th, 1893, the Transvaal Government granted a monopoly of the dynamite trade to Mr.L.G.Vorstman for a period of 15 years.

The price of No.

1 dynamite was fixed at L4 15s.

per case, of which 5s.