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  Southern Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
After the success of the Boers in the war of 1880-81 and retrocession of the Transvaal, Swaziland's borders were recognized in the Pretoria convention of 1881 and the London convention of 1884.
The British in 1895 annexed Amatongaland thus thwarting Boer designs of a seaport.
Naba Tsibeni or the queen regent, as she was known, the principle successor to Mbandini, sided with the British in the 2nd Boer War.
freespace.virgin.net /andrew.randall1/sthafrica.htm   (3508 words)

  
 NEXT CHAPTER
At the time, a section of land in the Nhlonhlela area along the Usoma stream, that was later to become part of the game reserve, was leased to John Lorne Currie for the planting of rubber.
This venture never got off the ground however and Currie's lease was transferred to the Amatongaland Rubber Corporation Limited on 11 October 1910.
Following Union, a Select Committee was appointed by the provincial council of Natal to inquire into the application of the game laws and one of its recommendations was that a Game Conservator should be appointed to live in Zululand.
www.africamera.co.za /Book/chap1.htm   (6770 words)

  
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The Table Bay sketch is 7 x 4 inches; the entire sheet is 14 ½ x 10 inches with text on front and rear.
Views in Amatongaland, Illustrated London News (Feb. 18, 1888).
Two views--Head Waters of the Umkusi River, and Haunt of the Hippopotamus, Umkusi River-on a single page.
www.indianoceanbooks.com /catalogues/cat6to373.htm   (850 words)

  
 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Amatongaland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Amatongaland; all previous versions may be viewed here.
They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article.
www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref?title=Amatongaland   (263 words)

  
 Henry_Loch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Transvaal did not, however, fulfil the necessary condition, and in view of the increasingly hostile attitude of the Pretoria administration to the United Kingdom Loch became a strong advocate of the annexation by Britain of the territory east of Swaziland, through which the Boer railway to the sea would have passed.
He at length induced the British government to adopt his view and on 15 March 1895 it was announced that these territories (Amatongaland, etc), would be annexed by Britain, an announcement received by Kruger with the greatest astonishment and regret.
Meanwhile Loch had been forced to intervene in another matter.
www.cheapsafari.com /search.php?title=Henry_Loch   (863 words)

  
 Maps And Prints
Sketches in Amatongaland, South-East Africa, Illustrated London News (Feb. 11, 1888).
Two views—Ferry Across the Maputa River, on the Road from Delagoa Bay to the Queen’s Krall, and On the Maputa River, Fifty Miles from the Mouth: Portuguese Lighters Landing Alcohol—on a single sheet.
Two views--Head Waters of the Umkusi River, and Haunt of the Hippopotamus, Umkusi River—on a single page.
www.indianoceanbooks.com /maps/southafrica.htm   (1625 words)

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