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Cape Parliament Votes and Proceedings annexures and select committees

Literature › Primary sources
Kind commission or official report
Producer Cape Parliament / Government
Coverage 1854-1906
Works using it 5

Debates

Debate Works
Pre-Union colonial economy, the mineral revolution and the South African War 6
Agrarian transition to capitalism and the fate of the African peasantry 1
Census, race classification and demographic data 1
Historiographical approaches 1
Urban segregation, Group Areas and the apartheid city 1
Living standards, health and social policy 1

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Houghton and Dagut (1972) Cape Select Committee Reports: Railway Reports 1864 (A.4-'64), Contributions to Main Roads 1867 (A.5-'67), Cotton Cultivation 1870 (A.2-'70), Bees and Honey 1868 (A.17-'68) 1864-1870 Witness testimony on railways, road finance, cotton growing and honey.
Houghton and Dagut (1972) Correspondence with Orange Free State Commission on Customs Duties, July 1862 (A.79-'62) 1862 Estimates value of Free State imports via Cape and states the Free State claim to customs revenue.
Mabin (1984) Cape Votes and Proceedings of Parliament, Annexures (Select Committee reports and evidence, departmental reports) 1854-1900 Evidence on railways, labour, industries, coal and harbours, together with General Manager of Railways reports, Diamond Mine Inspector reports and loan statements, underpins the political and economic narrative.
Mabin (1986a) Cape Parliament Votes and Proceedings, Annexures (Cape V & P, Ann), incl. Select Committees on Railways (A.13-'68), Algoa Bay harbour reports (G.25-'79), General Manager of Railways reports (G.64-'81, G.24-'87, G.31-'88, G.39-'91, G.15-'94) and Statement of Loans (G.43-1900) 1868-1900 Establishes railway route debates, harbour expenditures, loans and railway management reports.
Mabin (1986a) Select Committee on Harbour Boards (A.3-1900) and Algoa Bay Harbour Board correspondence (G.49-'75) 1875-1900 Sources for handling charges and harbour finance at Port Elizabeth versus other ports.
Mabin (1986b) Cape V&P Annexures: Superintendent of Telegraphs report 1879; Blue Book on Native Affairs 1885; Select Committee on Trade and Business in Griqualand West 1891; Manager of Vooruitzicht Estate report 1883 1879-1891 Evidence on telegraph links, locations, Malay Camp and debris washers.
Mabin (1986b) Cape of Good Hope Votes and Proceedings of Parliament, Annexures: Reports of Inspectors of Diamond Mines (RIDM) 1882-1889 1882-1889 Evidence on searching, white and black worker numbers, compound adoption and the Kenilworth village.
Mabin (1986b) Commission on Diamond Mining 1882, Replies to Questionnaires (Cape V&P, Ann. G.86-82) 1882 Shows company managers wanting employees, especially natives, to live and board on company premises.
Mabin (1986b) Report of the Commission on the Diamond Trade Act, the Detective or Searching Department, the compound system... (Cape V&P, Ann. G.3-88), Evidence 1888 Evidence on the compound system and on resistance to and opposition over compounds.
Mabin (1986b) Report of the Labour Commission (Cape V&P, Ann. G.39-94) and Evidence 1894 Cited for the early identification of segregated locations adjacent to white towns.
Simkins and Van Heyningen (1989) A6-1906, Report of the Select Committee on the Factory Act 1906 Evidence on sweated female labour in clothing and cigarette manufacture and wage rates.
Simkins and Van Heyningen (1989) G29-1899, Report of the Select Committee on the Employment of Women in the Civil Service 1899 Supports claim that women were preferred in offices because they could be paid less.
Simkins and Van Heyningen (1989) G39-1893, Report of the Labour Commission 1893 Evidence on farm, urban and skilled wages by colour and labour shortage.