TRANSVAAL CHAMBER OF MINES. FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1904

Publisher's red cloth binding with gilt embossed titles to front panel and spine.

lxv + 516pp. Numerous fold-out maps, gold & coal companies dividend lists, charts, etc.

Binding solid. Damp discolouration on the bottom part of the binding, this does not affect the text. Contents clean.

Colour fold-out map of the Transvaal as frontispiece highlighting the Gold, Diamond, & Coal regions of the territory, prepared by W. K. Tucker, Government Land Surveyor, for the Transvaal Chamber of Mines, January, 1905. 

'In the present issue of the Chamber's Report the order of printing has been altered in some respects.

The first portion of the volume is occupied by the Report of the Executive Committee, which was presented to members at the Annual Meeting, together with the Presidential Address.

Appendix I contains the general correspondence bearing upon the more important subjects dealt with in the Executive Committee's Report.

Appendix II contains verbatim reports of the Monthly General Meetings of the Chamber, the Annual Report of the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association, sundry reports, statistics and diagrams relating to Gold Production.

The map of the Transvaal formerly published showing the gold-bearing belts has been enlarged and now comprises diamond and coal areas. A plan showing farms included in the Witwatersrand Mining District and the Beacon Inspector's Divisions has been added.' - from the introduction

An exhaustive record of all revenues, expenses, labour, laws etc. associated with the mining industry on the Witwatersrand up to the year 1904. Includes, among numerous others, sections on Native and Chinese labour, Gold output, Dividend lists, raw gold exported, coal companies, Transvaal diamond output, lists of the districts of the Witwatersrand monthly total averages, a fold-out plan of the various Farms in the Witwatersrand mining district and the Beacon Inspector's Divisions etc.

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