A Difficult Task : Adjusting Kaffir Claims for Compensation after the Boer Invasion. 1900.

For Sale is a Full Page removed from "The Graphic, June 30th, 1900," showing a Drawing by H. M. Paget, from a Sketch by H. Lea, called "A Difficult Task :  Adjusting Kaffir Claims for Compensation after the Boer Invasion."

A Correspondent writes :- "The losses of Kaffirs in respect to cattle and crops during the Dutch occupation of our colonies are now being taken account of.  Great judgment has to be used in assessing the actual damages done, as the natives are very imaginative and have a dramatic instinct in representing their cases to the officers of the Crown.  A Kaffir the other day brought along a calf, the sole remnant of the herd, and while pointing out this animal he indicated at the same time that his corn fields were so devastated that they were as smooth and bare as the palm of his hand.  As witnesses to support his case he brought all his wives to swear to the truth of his statements.  The mounted police officer, who was well acquainted with the district, found it necessary to correct several of his statements, and generally to defend the cause of the Government."

Condition is Very Good.