Excerpt from The Reconstruction of the New Colonies Under Lord Milner, Vol. 1 of 2: From the Vereeniging Agreement, 31st May 1902, to the Introduction of Chinese Labour, June 1904 While, therefore, the contemporary historian is hampered by the obligation of reticence in the discharge of his task, he may yet perform a useful, perhaps an indispensable, service. This much he can do. He can endeavour to make sure that when the time comes for the story to be told without reservation, nothing in the new material then available will be found inconsistent with anything that he has written himself. Some new facts, some fuller informa tion upon this and that episode there will be, and some gaps, perhaps scarcely noticeable, will be filled up; but his story in all its essential features should remain unaltered and unaffected. If this book lives, it will be for a future generation to say in what degree it has achieved this aim. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.