some of them will remain even when mining has
declined.

4. The political future will depend upon the growth of population, as
that depends upon the development of material resources. Should there be
a large and steady influx of white settlers, there must before long come
a demand for self-governing institutions. To concede these institutions
will be in the well-established line of British Colonial policy, and the
question will then arise whether the country, or the more settled parts
of it, should form a separate Colony or be incorporated with Cape Colony
(as British Bechuanaland recently was). That one found in 1895 very
little disposition among the white settlers to grumble at the
administration seemed chiefly due to the great personal popularity of
the genial Administrator, Dr. L. S. Jameson.

5. In 1898 the government and administration of the region south of the
Zambesi, _i.e._, Matabililand and Mashonaland, theretofore in the hands
of the British South Africa Company, were re-settled by an Order in
Council (Southern Rhodesia Order in Council, October 20th, 1898). It
vests authority in an Administrator appointed by the Company (with the
approval of the Secretary of State for the Colonies), a Resident
Commissioner, appointed by the Secretary of State and reporting directly
to him, an Executive Council of four persons appointed by the Company,
together with the senior and any other Administrators and the Resident
Commissioner, and a Legislative Council consisting, besides the
Commissioner and Administrators, of nine members, five appointed by the
Company, and four elected by the registered voters in electoral
districts. The Resident Commissioner, though entitled to be present and
speak at meetings, has no vote. Legislative Ordinances may be vetoed by
the High Commissioner for South Africa or by the Secretary of State. The
police (a force of 1,200 is now maintained) are under the orders of the
High Commissioner. There are various provisions for the protection of
the natives, and the recognition of native law; and it is provided (Sec.
47) that any "customs duties to be levied are not to exceed the duties
levied at the commencement of the Order by the South African Customs
Union Tariff, or by the Customs Union Convention of May, 1898, whichever
are higher."

This form of government is evidently provisional, and questions must
arise in the future, regarding the political constitution to be given to
this region and th