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who said that it was a diamond of 22% carats. It was sold for $3,000. Niekerk remembered that he had seen an immense stone in the hands of a ¢ Kaffir witch-doctor, who used it in his incantations. He found the man, gave him nearly all he po e ed for the stone, and sold it the same day to an experienced diamond buyer for $56,- 000. This was the famous “ Star a of South Africa. It weighed 84% carats in the rough. and was found to be a gem quite the rival of an Indian stone in purity and brilliancy. The mines at Kim berley, 600 miles from Cape Town, are of exceeding value, the richest in the world. The output of a single mine, the ‘“ Kim berley,” is $4,000,000 annually, and within 1¢ years this district has yielded abou’ $58,000,000 in dividends.