s and gold are not the stuff of which nations
are made. Nations, if they are to expand, must be fed, and while
diamond and gold mines give up of their wealth, we are assured of
sufficient food to foster expansion. That done, it remains merely
with the Government of the flourishing nation to decide whether its
work shall be little or large.

It is curious to note that in spite of the disturbance in the
Transvaal the mines continued to maintain their position, with the
result that the gold output from the Randt for July shows a
considerable increase upon previous months. According to the
official figures received from the Chamber of Mines, the returns
were as follows:--

456,474 ozs. for the Witwatersrandt district
22,019 ozs. for the outside district
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478,493 ozs.

The production in June 1899 was:--

445,763 ozs. for the Witwatersrandt district
21,508 ozs. for the outside district
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In all 467,271 ozs.

And in July 1898:--

359,343 ozs. for the Witwatersrandt district
22,663 ozs. for the outside district
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In all 382,006 ozs.

This table shows that during the twelve months since July 1898 the
production of gold on the Randt has increased by 100,000 ozs. a
month--equivalent to 1,200,000 ozs. a year. It will be found that,
if these returns are compared with the estimates made by competent
authorities, the actual output is far in excess of all estimates,
following is the gold output table, Transvaal, to July 1899:--

+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------------+
| MONTH. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | TOTAL TO DATE. |
+----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------------+
| | Ozs. | Ozs. | Ozs. | Ozs. | Ozs. | Ozs. |
|January | 177,463 | 148,178 | 209,832 | 336,577 | 431,010 | 369,557--1889 |
|February | 169,296 | 167,019 | 211,000 | 321,238 | 425,166 | 42,000--'87-8-9|
|March | 184,945 | 173,952 | 232,067 | 347,643 | 464,036 | 494,817--1890 |
|April | 186,323 | 176,003 | 235,698 | 353,243 | 460,349 | 729,238--1891 |
|May | 194,580 | 195,009 | 248,305 | 365,016 | 466,452 | 1,210,867--1892|
|June | 200,942 | 193,640 | 251,529 | 365,091 | 467,271 | 1,478,473--1893|
|July | 199,453 | 203,874 | 242,479 | 382,006 | 478,493 | 2,024,163--1894|
|August | 203,573 | 213,418 | 259,