Footnote 317: The completeness with which the Netherlands Railway Company had identified itself with the Government of the South African Republic is well expressed in the reply of Mr. Van Kretchmar, the General Manager of the N.Z.A.S.M., to a question put to him by the Transvaal Concessions Commissioners: "We considered that the interests of the Republic were our interests" (Q. 612). Many of these railway employees were, of course, imported Hollanders.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 318: Cd. 903.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 319: Cd. 1,163.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 320: Cd. 1,163.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 321: Cd. 1,163.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 322: At Johannesburg, March 31st, 1905. From The Star report.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 323: See p. [489].[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 324: Cd. 1,163.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 325: Cd. 1,163.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 326: For these, the "Middelburg" or "Botha" terms, see above, p. [471], and forward; p. [568], note 2.[Back to Main Text]