A reform association was formed in 1892. In 1894 the visit of the British High Commissioner, who had come from the Cape to negotiate with the President on Swaziland and other pending questions, led to a vehement pro-British and anti-Boer demonstration at Pretoria, and thenceforward feeling ran high at Johannesburg, the new centre of the rand mining district and of the immigrant population.
"Impressions of South Africa"
James Bryce
Here is the striking feature of the rand gold-beds, which makes them, so far as we know, unique in the world.
"Impressions of South Africa"
James Bryce
Quiet as Pretoria is, the echoes of the noisy rand are heard in it, and the rand questions occupy men's minds.
"Impressions of South Africa"
James Bryce