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	Basutoland
		Basutoland, a mountainous district of South Africa, is bounded on the north and west by the Orange River Colony, on the easy by Natal, and on the south by Cape Colony.
		Basutoland was annexed to Cape Colony in 1871, and became a British Crown Colony in 1884.
		Basutoland, first a part of the Vicariate Apostolic of Natal, and later of the Vicariate of Kimberley, was made an independent prefecture by the Holy See on 8 May, 1894.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/b/basutoland.html (538 words)

	Basutoland
		The mountainous and largely arid land that came to be Basutoland was populated by San (bushmen, Qhuaique) until the end of the 16th century.
		Basutoland was removed from Cape Colony and made a crown colony in 1884 as the Territory of Basutoland.
		Basutoland was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho upon independence from the United Kingdom on October 4, 1966.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ba/Basutoland.html (578 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Basutoland
		Basutoland is a former name of what is now Lesotho, in southern Africa.
		The mountainous and largely arid land that came to be Basutoland was populated by Bushmen (sometimes known as San) until the end of the 16th century.
		However the people of Basutoland opposed this and when the South African Nationalist party put its apartheid policies into place the possibility of annexation was halted.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Basutoland (666 words)

	Lesotho HISTORY
		In 1818, Moshoeshoe, a minor chief of a northern tribe in what was to become Basutoland, brought together the survivors of the devastating Zulu and Matabele raids and founded the Basotho nation.
		In 1884, Basutoland was returned to UK administration under a policy of indirect rule.
		Local government was introduced in 1910 with the creation of the Basutoland Council, an advisory body composed of the British resident commissioner, the paramount chief, and 99 appointed Basotho members.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Africa/Lesotho-HISTORY.html (1544 words)

	Lesotho: Basutoland protectorate flags
		Prior to independence on 4 October 1966, Lesotho was the British Crown Colony of Basutoland.
		The Crown Colony of Basutoland was administered through the Office of the High Commissioner in South Africa which was created by Letters Patent in 1878.
		The flag of the British Resident Commissioner in Basutoland was the Union Flag with the shield of the arms granted to the Colony by Royal Warrant on 20 March 1951, namely: "Vert, a crocodile proper and in chief a fleece between two garbs Or" within a garland.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/ls_bas.html (377 words)

	WHKMLA : History of Basutoland, 1884-1918
		In 1884, Basutoland was placed under a High Commissioner, who in 1885 also became responsible for Bechuanaland and in 1906 also for Swaziland.
		In 1891, Basutoland had a population of 218,000, in 1904 of 349,000.
		In 1910 Basutoland was given a colonial constitution; the Laws of Leronthodi (traditional laws) were codified.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/southafrica/basutoland18841918.html (198 words)

	WHKMLA : History of Basutoland, 1918-1966
		As Basutoland did not have many plantations, it was only indirectly affected by the Great Depression.
		The native chiefs were placed under the supervision of the High Commissioner; 1340 chief courts were replaced by 122 magistral courts.
		Basutoland remained under the administration of the High Commissioner for Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/southafrica/basutoland191866.html (205 words)

	FREEDOM
		Basutoland is about one-and-a-half times the size of Wales; Swaziland slightly smaller.
		Similar to Basutoland, apart from mining, which is in the hands of foreign monopoly capitalists, there is very little industry in the country.
		Basutoland (Lesotho) is completely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa and is the most populous of the three.
	www.homestead.com /pandemonium3/files/protector.html (1567 words)

	Basutoland ~ Lesotho (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The stamp was issued in 1983 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the arrival of missionaries of the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society.
		A French Huguenot, Eugène Casalis arrived in Basutoland in 1833.
		He became friend and advisor to King Moshoeshoe I, and in spite of his homesickness was an effective missionary.
	sio.midco.net /mapstamps/lesotho.htm (118 words)

	Lesotho - History and Politics
		The Kingdom of Lesotho, or Basutoland, as it was known through most of the 19th and 20th centuries, owes its origins largely to the genius of Paramount Chief Moshoeshoe I (1786-1870).
		By the 1830s, the name Basutoland was increasingly well known, and French missionaries began their work there under Moshoeshoe's protection, bringing literacy, modern agricultural and building techniques, and the arts of medicine and diplomacy.
		It was only in 1950 that the first minor concessions were made to the elective principle in Basutoland, though the British still refused to concede legislative powers.
	www.iss.co.za /AF/profiles/Lesotho/Politics.html (11081 words)

	BASUTOLAND ROLL OF HONOUR 1851 - 1881 - South African Military History Society - Journal
		The areas included are Basutoland and those territories immediately surrounding it, except Natal, where none are known to have been killed in action.
		There were no casualties recorded in the attack on the Bataung at Viervoet, a plateau to the north of the Platberg, in June, 1851, although the Barolong levies suffered heavy losses.
		The Basutoland Rebellion was fought by the Cape Colony with the idea of disarming the Basotho, an object which failed completely, and by the Basotho, in alliance with various tribes in the Transkei and East Griqualand, to drive out the whites.
	rapidttp.co.za /milhist/vol015gt.html (1280 words)

	ASU Art Museum Collections: Vernon Fisher
		We are presented with an umbrella and the graphic of a doctor's eye chart printed on the outside, a coil on neon which illuminates the umbrella, and several visible mechanisms associated with the neon.
		He furthers this point by using an eye chart, a symbol for vision, to make people conscious of the problems he believes are inherently associated with progress and ambition.
		It is based on the assumption that these visual components are to be understood in conjunction with reading the text.
	asuartmuseum.asu.edu /collections/contemporary/fisher1.htm (604 words)

	Lesotho Facts
		Formerly Basutoland, it is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
		On 12 March 1868 it became the British Protectorate Basutoland (already so called after its defining main ethnic and linguistic group, the Sotho people; Ba- and Le- are prefixes in Bantu languages); 11 August 1871 - 18 March 1884 it was annexed to the British Cape Colony (South Africa) as Basutoland territory.
		On 18 March 1884 Basutoland re-emerged as a separate colony, as one of the High Commission Territories.
	www.the-world-in-focus.com /Africa/Lesotho/lesothofacts.html (1341 words)

	Gibbons Stamp Monthly - Current industry news and reports
		However his country, called Basutoland by the British, was, without consultation, subsequently integrated in 1871 into the colony of the Cape of Good Hope whose stamps it then used.
		Although Basutoland now had its own colonial administration, it was convenient to allow the administration of postal services to remain under the Cape, whose postage stamps Basutoland continued to use.
		This was granted and in 1910, Basutoland became an enclave in the new Union of South Af-rica, one of only three states in the World (the others are San Marino and Vatican City) which are embedded inside another country.
	www.gibbonsstampmonthly.com /storyprint.asp?sc=2748 (3945 words)

	High Commissioner for Basutoland, the Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland
		High Commissioner for Basutoland, the Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland badge
		No mention is made of distinctive badges or ensigns for Swaziland or the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
		Basutoland on the other hand, did have a colonial badge adopted in 1951 and used on the flag of the Resident Commissioner.
	www.fotw.net /flags/bw_hc.html (196 words)

	A short history of Lesotho (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He asks for the protection by the British: the Protectorate of Basutoland is established in 1868.
		Between 1871 and 1884 Basutoland is annexed to Cape Colony.
		In 1959 Basutoland becomes a British colony under the name Territory of Basutoland.
	www.electionworld.org /history/lesotho.htm (348 words)

	South Africa's Radical Tradition: Alison Drew -- S.O.Y.A. National Executive Committee, The Maritzburg Conferences and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Leballo himself after an encounter with what has been alleged to be the Basutoland police has never been seen since then.
		The events of 1963 have demonstrated that real and effective opposition to apartheid has to begin from Basutoland, which is in a unique strategic position.
		It is gratifying to note that over the last two years the Basutoland Democratic Movement (Basutoland Congress Party, B.C.P., leader Ntsu Mokhehle) has been resolutely hostile to Communist and near-Communist elements in South Africa, reinforcing the tough anti-Communism of the young Paramount Chief Bereng.
	www.sahistory.org.za /pages/sources/allison-drew/1963-document78.htm (866 words)

	A Friend for Verwoerd -- Friday, May. 14, 1965 -- Page 1 -- TIME
		Last week, as Basutoland counted the returns of its first general election, the results reflected both its predicament and its frustration.
		Winner of a bare two-seat majority in the new 'National Assembly was the conservative Basutoland National Party, dedicated to close ties with South Africa's apartheid-minded regime.
		No such campaigning facilities were permitted the Peking-backed Basutoland Congress Party, a bitter enemy of the government of Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,898806,00.html (357 words)

	Lesotho : Basutoland protectorate flags (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Prior to independence on 04 October 1966, Lesotho was the British Crown Colony of Basutoland.
		The Crown Colony of Basutoland was administered through the Office of the
		High Commissioner in South Africa which was created by Letters Patent in 1878.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ls_bas.html (420 words)

	History of Lesotho - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Basutoland — now known as Lesotho (pronounced /lɪ'suːtu/) — had been populated by Khoi Khoi (Qhuaique) for possibly as long as 40,000 years.
		After a 1955 request by the Basutoland Council to legislate its internal affairs, in 1959 a new constitution gave Basutoland its first elected legislature.
		This was followed in April 1965 with general legislative elections with universal adult suffrage in which the Basotho National Party (BNP) won 31 and the Basutoland Congress Party (BCP) won 25 of the 65 seats contested.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Lesotho (1883 words)

	eBay - basutoland covers, Africa, Publications Supplies items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Basutoland 2 1/2 Cent Overprint Stamp Cover (s5)
		Basutoland 1937 Coronation fine used FDC cover Stamps
		Basutoland Sc 68,78 on 1963 AIR MAIL cover to US
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=basutoland+covers&... (220 words)

	Lesotho − Wikipedia
		Einem erneuten Angriff der burischen Truppen 1865 konnte das Reich Moshoeshoes nicht standhalten und musste einen Großteil seiner fruchtbaren Gebiete auf dem Highveld an den Oranje-Freistaat abgeben.
		Als im Jahr 1910 die Südafrikanische Union gegründet wird, lehnte Basutoland, ebenso wie Betschuanaland (heute: Botsuana) und Swaziland die Eingliederung in den neuen unabhängigen Staat ab.
		Die folgenden Wahlen des Jahres 1965 gewann die BNP knapp und führte Basutoland ein Jahr später mit dem neuen Namen Lesotho in die Unabhängigkeit.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Basutoland (5897 words)

	Autograph Letter Signed ("C.G. Gordon") to Sir Samuel Baker, the explorer and Gordon's predecessor as Governor-General ...
		Autograph Letter Signed ("C.G. Gordon") to Sir Samuel Baker, the explorer and Gordon's predecessor as Governor-General of the Soudan, discussing matters in Egypt and expressing his views of the...
		However, he was instead offered the post of commander of the Colonial forces, a post which he had previously declined and which he now accepted with reluctance.
		I am just on my return from Basutoland, they are a fine people the best fls I have ever seen.
	www.maggs.com /title/AU4223.asp (563 words)

	Lesotho (British Empire & Commonwealth Land Forces)
		Constitutional history: Basutoland first came under British protection in 1843.
		Britain annexed in 1868 and made it part of Cape Colony in 1871.
		Basutoland together with Bechuanaland and Swaziland formed the High Commission Territories.
	www.regiments.org /nations/africa/lesotho.htm (104 words)

	CompuStamp BRITISH COLONIES:Basutoland
		Basutoland 1945 Leribe REG PstlEnvl Uprt> South Africa
		Basutoland 1945 Leribe Registration Postal Envelope Uprated to East London South Africa (20-277)
		Basutoland 1954 Incoming w Due from Munnik South Africa
	storesense.neoverve.com /compustamp.com/-strse-BRITISH-COLONIES-cln-Basutoland/Categories.bok (125 words)

	Janus: General Photographs of Basutoland (Lesotho)
		This collection level description was entered by KS using information from the original typescript catalogue.
		University of Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland [now the University of Lesotho].
		General view of the border gate between Basutoland [i.e.
	janus.lib.cam.ac.uk /db/node.xsp?id=EAD/GBR/0115/Y30547A (733 words)

	Archives - First Funding for Basutoland
		First funding for Basutoland (now Lesotho): Credit 0082 - Roads Project.
		The project consisted of the engineering, construction and reconstruction of (a) a 77-mile section of the main North-South road which parallels Basutoland's western border and (b) one feeder road 17 miles long.
		The Morse mission of 1959 gave the highest priority to raising the most heavily traveled main roads in the territory to fully graveled all-weather standards, being convinced that reduced transport costs and savings in maintenance expenditures would fully justify the investment.
	web.worldbank.org /WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTABOUTUS/EXTARCHIVES/0,,contentMDK:64055605~menuPK:64319211~pagePK:36726~piPK:36092~theSitePK:29506,00.html (160 words)

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