CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. Native Labour

II. The Climate . ■ .. 21

III. Grazing and Agriculture—( a) In Matabele-

land ; (6) In Mashonaland .... 28

IY. Emigration to Matabeleland . . . . 44

V. The British South Africa Company’s Mining

Law 64

YI. The Chartered Company’s Goldfields—( a) In

Matabeleland; (6) In Mashonaland . . 79

VII. Communication. 107

VIII. Administration .134

Sketch Map of Matabeleland and Mashonaland to face j >. 1