ABSTRACT

This chapter contains general information of an agreement between the Governments of the South African Republic and the Colony of Natal, providing for the construction of a Line of Railway from Charlestown and Volksrust to a point of junction with the Main Line of the South African Republic, near Johannesburg. The agreement contains 22 articles for the construction of the Railway Extension. Another agreement, made on 12th day of February, 1894, for the proper carrying out of the provisions of the Agreement entered into upon the 3rd day of February, 1894, for the extension of Railway communication from Charlestown to Johannesburg and Pretoria, is published for general information. The latter agreement is published together with a letter from the Natal Delegates to the Chairman of the Railway Commission at Pretoria, relative to the establishment of Railway communication between the Main Line of the Natal Government Railways and Vryheid.