Johannes burg

(40), the largest town in the Transvaal, 30 m. S. of Pretor i a, and 800 m. NE. of Cape Town; is the centre of Wit waters rand gold-mining fields. Until recently an ill-equipped town, it has made rapid progre . Since 1892 railways connect it with Delagoa Bay, Durban, Port Elizabeth, and Cape Town. Magnificent buildings and residential suburbs are springing up. The water-supply is bad, and dust-storms are frequent, otherwise the climate is very healthy. Johannes burg was the seat of the di atisfaction among the Uitlanders in 1895, which led to Dr. James on's raid.