REPORT OF HIS MAJESTY'S COMMISSIONERS

4 volumes bound in 2, 1. Report of His Majesty's Commissioners. 2 & 3. Minutes of Evidence. 4. Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence.

316 + 534 + 720 + 445 pages, numerous tables. [Cd.1789-1792]

Hackett (R.G.) South African Boer War Books, An illustrated bibliography of English language publications relating to the Boer War of 1899-1902, Privately Printed, London 1994, page 8, 'The report of the Elgin Commission appointed to inquire into the military preparations for the war in South Africa, and into the supply of men, ammunition, equipment and transport by sea and land in connection with the campaign, and into the military operations up to the occupation of Pretoria. The Commission sat on 55 days to take evidence and heard 114 witnesses among whom were Gen. Sir Redvers Buller and Field Marshal Earl Roberts, together with many other senior officers, civil and military. Numerous documents bearing upon the proceedings are reproduced as appendices. The volume is fully indexed. viii+316pp.This report is part of a four-volume "Royal Commission" set, which includes two volumes of "Minutes of Evidence" and one of "Appendices." Detailed records are found under H.M.S.O. (Cd.1790), (Cd.1791), and (Cd.1792).'

bound with:

REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ON THE JAMESON RAID IN THE TERRITORY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC

300 pages. [C.-8380.]

Bound in two volumes in green buckram cloth, a very good set.