| Description | Correspondence and copy correspondence between Sir John Gordon Sprigg [Prime Minister and Colonial Sec, Cape, 1878-1881, Prime Minister and Treasurer, Cape, 1896-1898] and Joseph Chamberlain [as Sec of State for the Colonies, 1895-1903], and Colonial Office officials, relating to relations between Natal and the Cape; law and order [treatment of Bechuanaland rebels]; administration of Rhodesia; attitudes towards Cecil Rhodes [Managing Director, British South Africa Company; Premier Cape Colony, 1890-1896] and his removal from the Privy Council following the South African Committee [Enquiry into Jameson Raid]; Legislative Council elections of 1898; award of honours; and appointments [deferral of appointment of new commissioner to colony]; with wrappers |