VOLKSRUST  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of the See also:

• TRANSVAAL

Transvaal, 175 M . S.E. of See also:

• JOHANNESBURG

Johannesburg and 308 m . N.N.W. of See also:

• DURBAN

Durban, Pop . (1904) 2382, of whom 1342 were whites . The town lies at an See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of 5429 ft. just within the Transvaal frontier and 4 M . N. of the pass through the See also:

• DRAKENSBERG (Quathlamba or Kahlamba, i.e. " heaped up and jagged," of the natives)

Drakensberg known as See also:

• LAING, ALEXANDER GORDON (1793–1826)
• LAING, DAVID (1793–1878)
• LAING, MALCOLM (1762-1818)
• LAING, SAMUEL (1810-1897)

Laing's Nek . It is the centre of a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich agricultural See also:

• DISTRICT

district . It was founded by the See also:

• BOER

Boer See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government in 1888 . As a customs See also:

• PORT

port of entry it was of some importance, and it maintains its position as a distributing See also:

• DEPOT (from the Fr. depot, Lat. depositum, laid down; the French accent marks are usually dispensed with in English)

depot . It was created a See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality in 1903 . See also:

• SANDSTONE

Sandstone is quarried in the district .