3 MARCH 1894, Page 27

Diamonds and Gold in South Africa. By Theodore Rennert. (E.

Stanford.)—Mr. Reunert wrote his chapters on the "South African Diamonds" for the "Official Handbook of the Cape of Good Hope," and gave the substance of what he has to say about gold at a lecture at the Kimberley Exhibition. Here he republishes them, with enlargements and revision. These two industries are much greater than people commonly believe. The figures, in- deed, are surprising. The diamonds exported from the Cape in the twenty-four years ending in 1892 came to more than sixty million pounds. It mounted from .2200 in 1867-68 to £4,325,137 in 1889. The gold has grown from .2250 in 1870 to £4,428,629 in 1892. Mr. Reunert goes deeply into the question, and is exhaus- tive in his treatment of it.