Closer union customs, railway and inter-colonial conference papers

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	commission or official report
Producer	South African colonial governments
Coverage	1903-1908
Works using it	1

Debates

Debate	Works
Pre-Union colonial economy, the mineral revolution and the South African War	1
The job colour bar, white labour and its erosion	1
The mine migrant labour system: origins, recruitment, foreign labour and stabilisation	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Houghton and Dagut (n.d.)	Inter-Colonial Conference Minutes and Agenda Papers, May 1908	1908	Documents railway, customs and union agenda items and the resolutions leading to the National Convention.
Houghton and Dagut (n.d.)	Minutes of Railway Conference, Bloemfontein, March 1903	1903	Records negotiations over through rates and reductions on foodstuffs.
Houghton and Dagut (n.d.)	Report by Mr. Conacher on Distribution of Oversea Traffic between the S. African Railways, 1908	1908	Provides 1906 railway gross revenue and working expense figures and the benefits of centralization.
Houghton and Dagut (n.d.)	Report of the Proceedings of the South African Customs Conference, Pietermaritzburg, March 1906	1906	Selborne's address, citing trade volume figures of 48 and 80 millions sterling.
Houghton and Dagut (n.d.)	Selborne Memorandum: A Review of the Present Mutual Relations of the British South African Colonies (Cd. 3564)	1907	Argues the economic case for unification, notably on railways, customs, labour and law.