| Houghton and Dagut (1972) |
Blue Book for the Transvaal Province 1879 |
1879 |
Population estimates, wages, banking, revenue and expenditure for 1879. |
| Houghton and Dagut (1972) |
Customs returns of gold exports from Cape and Natal 1871-88 (Silver's Handbook 1891) |
1871-1888 |
Series of gold dust and bar exports in ounces and value. |
| Houghton and Dagut (1972) |
Official returns of Griqualand West diamond production (Diamond Trade Act 1882 monthly statistics), as given in Silver's Handbook to South Africa 1891 |
1867-1889 |
Series of weight and value of diamonds produced, with estimates before 1882. |
| Houghton and Dagut (1972) |
Rapport van den Inspecteur Generaal van Invoerrechten, ZAR, for 1893 and 1898 |
1883-1898 |
Series on value of Transvaal imports, duties collected and collection costs. |
| Johnston (1899) |
British compensation payments for slave abolition and treaty payments (Spain, Portugal) |
1820-1836 |
Totals are used to argue Britain made monetary reparation for the slave trade. |
| Johnston (1899) |
Cape Colony population and revenue figures, 1806, 1822 and 1850 |
1806-1850 |
Population, area and revenue totals show the growth of the colony under British rule. |
| Johnston (1899) |
Estimates of Cape Colony population, 1770 and 1791 |
1770, 1791 |
Population and slave figures illustrate Dutch Cape growth. |
| Johnston (1899) |
Natal population and export figures, 1850s-1875 |
1850s-1875 |
Native population, Indian immigrant numbers and sugar export value document Natal's growth. |
| Johnston (1899) |
Portuguese East Africa revenue and expenditure and trade statistics |
1508-1893 |
Used to claim Mozambique was always a fiscal drain and that trade was largely in British hands. |
| Theal (1905) |
Cape imports and Natal export figures, 1895-96 |
1895-1896 |
Used to estimate South Africa's purchasing power and Natal's tropical produce and coal exports. |
| Theal (1905) |
Official returns of British Kaffraria, 1857 |
1857 |
Quantifies population collapse after the Xhosa cattle-killing (105,000 to 38,000). |
| Walton and Hofmeyr (1912) |
Convention statistical committee's compiled 'book of figures' and comparative summary tables (1908) |
Census 1904; debt to June 1908; revenue/expenditure 1908-09; trade 1907 |
Summarised in a comparative table of population, public debt, revenue, expenditure, railway profit and trade for the four colonies. |