einer Cabinet, 391;
wins over Mr. Schreiner to the side of the Empire-State, 393;
indicates to Mr. Chamberlain the nature of the Treason Bill, 394;
pays a brief visit to the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, 396;
makes arrangements for the civil administration of Pretoria and
Johannesburg, 397;
his journey to Bloemfontein, 397;
inaugurates the South African Constabulary, 397;
receives the commissions under which he is appointed to administer
the new colonies, 398, 419, 470, 501;
receives a deputation from the Worcester Congress, 404;
his reply, 406;
his final departure from the Cape to the Transvaal, 419;
his objection to issuing a proclamation to the fighting burghers at
the close of 1900, 420;
approves of Lord Kitchener's proposals, 421;
his account to Mr. Chamberlain of the situation on February 6th, 1901,
436;
leaves Capetown to assume administration of the new colonies, 470;
incidents of his journey, 471;
discusses with Lord Kitchener the nature of the reply to Botha's
overtures for peace, 471;
the position taken up by him, 472;
at Pretoria, 472;
the sphere of his administrative activity, 473;
his second visit to England, 473, 487, 490;
endorses the appeal for the suspension of the Cape constitution, 479;
issues a notice as to acts of treason, 480, 481;
obtains the views of the Cape and Natal Governments on the question
of the settlement of the new colonies, 489;
his reception on his second return to England, 490;
his audience with the King, 490;
marks of royal favour shown to him, 490, 491;
his speech at a luncheon given in his honour, 492;
agitation for his recall, 499;
returns to Johannesburg, 501;
his despatch describing affairs in November, 1901, 503;
invites Mr. E. B. Sargant to organise the work of educational
reconstruction, 520;
appoints commissions on the gold industry, 529;
his attention to the reorganisation of the railways, 532;
urges the settlement of British colonists on the land, 538;
proposes a loan for land settlement, 540;
his tireless energy, 541, 545;
his proposed tax on the mining industry, 541;
his telegram on the immediate financial position, 542;
his repatriation scheme, 543;
presses for a decision on the land settlement question, 543;
differs from Lord Kitchener's views upon