Natal Archives colonial files (SNA, CSO, GH, II)

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	state archives
Producer	Natal colonial government
Coverage	1855-1909
Works using it	3

Debates

Debate	Works
Pre-Union colonial economy, the mineral revolution and the South African War	2
The state and capital: instrumentalism, autonomy and fractions of capital	2
Agrarian transition to capitalism and the fate of the African peasantry	1
The mine migrant labour system: origins, recruitment, foreign labour and stabilisation	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Harries (1987)	Natal Archives, Secretary for Native Affairs (SNA) files (e.g. SNA 1/1/7-1/1/135, 1/3, 1/6, 1/7)	1855-1890	Correspondence of magistrates, planters, Dunn and the SNA documents recruiting, refugees, labour policy and pass laws.
Harries (1987)	Natal Colonial Secretary's Office (CSO) files	1871-1890	Supports figures on migrant entries and exits, Dunn's agency, planter complaints and recruiting.
Harries (1987)	Natal Government House (GH) papers	1871-1880	Humanitarian lobby letters, consul reports and Dunn correspondence on labour schemes.
Harries (1987)	Natal Indian Immigration (II) files and Protector of Immigrants records	1874-1901	Source of counts of amatonga entering and leaving Natal via the Lower Tugela ferry and by sea.
Morrell (1990)	Natal Archives Depot files (NAD, SNA 208, 1134/1895; SNA 1/1/325; SNA 1/1/380; CSO 1772; NHC 11/11/16)	1892-1907	Gives magistrate's office budget, 1890s magistrate behaviour, and evictions to Zululand under the Native Law Code.
Pirie (1993)	Natal Archives Depot files: MJPW 112, SNA 1/1/405, 414, 426, 438, 445 (NGR notices, fare correspondence 1904-1909)	1904-1909	Establishes Natal's discriminatory batch fares, discount rates and minimum batch sizes.