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Natal Legislative Council papers and Natal colonial records

Literature › Primary sources

Kind commission or official report
Producer Natal Government
Coverage 1857-1884
Works using it 2

Debates

Debate Works
Pre-Union colonial economy, the mineral revolution and the South African War 2

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Harries (1987) Natal Legislative Council Sessional Papers and Select Committee reports (e.g. SP no. 12, 1872; no. 4, 1874; no. 38, 1877; SP 1884 no. 12) 1857-1884 Documents debate and recommendations on importing African labour, estimates of labour numbers and Shepstone's memoranda.
Houghton and Dagut (1972) Immigration Board Reports (Cape Town and Port Elizabeth 1861; Natal 1862-64) 1858-1864 Number, cost and fortunes of assisted immigrants.
Houghton and Dagut (1972) The Natal Almanac and Yearly Register 1863-1869 (incl. reports of Resident Magistrates) 1862-1868 Source for Natal wages, prices, immigration, exports and local economic conditions in the 1860s.