At the end of 1898, a certain number of these were lessened, but not that on flour.

A comparison of the list of duties between 1897 and the end of 1898 shows that they were increased on twenty-eight products, and decreased on four.
Coal travelling a distance of 25-1/2 miles, the charge made by the Netherlands Railway Co.

is 4s.5d., which is 8-1/2d.

per ton per mile; while the Free State Railway only charges 5-3/4d.

and the Natal line 3d.
The Company collects the customs dues for account of the State, as security for the payment of interest on their shares and debentures.
Dr.Kuyper is quite willing to admit that the "financial administration leaves something to be desired," but he adds that, "while at the Cape the taxes on produce are at the rate of 15 per cent., in the Transvaal they are only 10 per cent." But it is easy to see how, by means of railway tariffs and various combinations, due to the cunning of Mr.
Krueger and his Hollander friends, it has been possible to enhance prices of every description..