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List of Illustrations
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Natal...... Front ispieee
The Silver Lining.....xii.
Group of Pietermaritzburg Colonists of
the 'Forties . . . . • 3
Brig "Salisbury" crossing the Bar . 4
Battie of the Tugela, 1338 . . . 6
Old Military Cemetery, Durban . . , 7
Dick King...... 8
Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg . 10
Legislative Council, 1863 .... 12
Legislative Assembly, 1910 ... 13 First Eleetion in Natal . . . .14
Old Legislative Council Building . . 14 Group taken at Government House
about 1865 ...... 15
Zulu War Memorial .... 18
Government Houses—past and present. 20
Parliament Buildings .... 22
Colonial Office Buildings ... 23
The National Convention ... 26
Port Natal. 1875-1910 .... 29
Pile Driving...... 30
Train of Concrete Blocks . . .31
Diver ....... 31
Durban Harbour from the Bluff . . 32
R.M.S. "Armadale Castle" ... 33
Paul's Wharf (central) .... 34
Passengers Landing .... 36
Congella Wharf..... 38
Cranes at Port Natal .... 39
Main Wharf at "A" Shed ... 40
Quayside Road ..... 41
Train of 25-ton Boilers .... 41
Bond Store .....42
Floating Dock...... 42
Floating Workshop..... 43
Dredger at work in the Bay ... 43
Departure of Mail Boat .... 44
Visit of Naval Squadron .... 46
Shipping Maize...... 48
General View of Wharves ... 49
Whaling....... 50
Entrance to Harbour . . . .51
Coaling Plant...... 52
Coaling Tip at Bluff .... 53
Public Buildings, Point, Durban . . 54
Durban, looking East .... 56
Sir Benjamin D'Urban .... 56
Old Durban (West Street) ... 57
Riekshas plying for hire .... 58
Marine Hotel...... 58
Durban Streets ..... 59
Tramway Power Station, Durban . . 60
Municipal Buildings, Durban ... 62
Educational Establishments, Durban . 63
Places of Worship, Durban ... 64
Dr. Mackenzie's Sanatorium ... 65
Sanatorium, Durban .... 65
Government Hospital, Durban . . 65
The Press ...... 67
New Law Courts ..... 68
Parks, Durban . . . .69
Durban Sports . . . . . . 70
Yaehting on Durban Bay . . .71
Fountain, Durban Beach ... 72
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Durban Beach, North . . . . 72 Durban Beach, South .... 73 Pier, Durban Beach .... 73 Bathing Booths, Durban Beach . . 73 Durban Beach. .... 74—75 Ocean Beach Rink ..... 76 Durban Bay from Town Hall . . 76 Minstreis, Durban Beach ... 77 West Street (central) .... 77 Durban from the Berea .... 78 Trams at Post Office .... 79 The Point, from the Post Office . . 80 Durban Municipal Buildings ... 81 His Majesty's Theatre .... 82 Durban Municipal Buildings (Interior) . 83 "The Wrestlers," Durban Art Gallery . 84 Durban Municipal Buildings (Interior) . 85 Public Gardens, Durban . . . .86
Post Office......86
Information Bureau ..... 87 Bay Embankment, Durban ... 87 Embankment from the Bay ... 87 Durban Club . . . . . ' . 88 Y.M.C.A. Buildings, Durban ... 88 Yaehting Jetty, Durban Bay ... 88
Yaehts at the Jetty.....89
Slipway, Durban Bay . . . .89
Theatre Royal, Durban .... 89
Botanic Gardens, Durban •. . .90 Musgrave Road, Durban . . . .91
Florida Road, Durban .... 92
Trams on Musgrave Road, Berea . . 92 King's House, Berea, Durban . . 93 Zoological Gardens, Durban ... 94 Horseshoe Curve, Berea, Durban . . 95 Old Military Cemetery, Durban . . 95 Offices of the South African Railways,
Durban ...... 96
Berea Road Station . . . .97
Congella Wharf.....98
Congella Railway Station. ... 99
Umbilo River Bridge .... 99
Sugar Refinery, South Coast Junction . 99 Milling Co.'s Works .... 99
Brewery ....... 99
Umhlatuzan River . . . . .100
Deep Cutting at Sea View . . .101 Train passing through Fruit Farms at
Bellair......101
Road Bridge, Sea View . . . .101
Sea View.......102
Bellair . ... . . .103
Malvern.......104
Fruit Farms near Malvern . . .105 Sarnia ....... 106
Mariannhill Monastery .... 108
Palmiet Falls......110
Fields Hill......111
The Gorge, Krantz Kloof . . .111
Hill Crest Station.....112
Botha's Hill Railway Cutting. . .112
Wattie Plantation.....113
"Valley of a Thousand Hills" . .113
Umlaas Falls......115
Cato Ridge Station . . ... .116