| Description | Indexed sequence of official printed despatches, arranged in approximate chronological order, between Joseph Chamberlain [as Sec of State for the Colonies, 1895-1903], Sir Hercules Robinson [1st Baron Rosmead: Governor, South Africa, 1895] and Sir Alfred Milner [1st Viscount Milner: Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, 1897-1901; High Commissioner for South Africa, 1897-1905] relating to development of crisis in South Africa including Alien Immigration legislation passed by the Volksraad; contraventions of Article IV of Convention of London, 1884 and 'suzerainty question'; Uitlanders' Petition; dynamite monopoly; Bloemfontein Conference; negotiations with General Paul Kruger [President of the Transvaal Republic, 1882-1900], issue of ultimatum by South African Republic and Government response; and relations between Orange Free State and South African Republic; includes official Government memoranda |