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b. Sample statistics
2.
The value 35 is the estimated average age of the population. It is both costly and
time consuming (likely impossible) to take a census of all video game players
and compute the actual average age.
3.
a. The population is all students enrolled in the accounting class.
b. The value 3.29 represents the population parameter since we are not
choosing a sample but drawing results from the actual population.
4.
a. The population is all marketing managers.
b. No, the average salary is a sample statistic computed from a sample, not the
population.
5.
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a. The population is all elderly people. The sample consists of 949 elderly
people.
b. 22% and 17% represent the sample statistics.
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6.
These numbers represent time series data. The adjusted close price of the stock grew
over this 12-month period, ranging from a low of $27.99 in January and increasing to
$31.35 by December.
7.
Note: Individual answers will vary. This is an example of what an answer may
look like.
Monthly
Accommodation
Expenses
Dorm $435
Dorm $480
Rental $505
Other $50
Rental $600
Dorm $425
Rental $525
Other $550
Other $325
Dorm $385
Rental $475
Dorm $400
Dorm $485
Rental $485
Other $475
Dorm $425
Rental $500
Dorm $375
Rental $625
Other $350
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8. Note: The data for this website changes regularly. Therefore, individual answers
will differ depending on the date the data is retrieved. This is an example of what
the table may look like:
Number of
Homes Price Square Feet Built
Beds
1 $374,900.00 3 3073 2004
2 $112,000.00 4 1788 2005
3 $190,000.00 3 1467 2009
4 $160,000.00 4 1891 2000
5 $30,000.00 3 1026 1977
6 $317,000.00 4 3465 2004
7 $62,000.00 3 1362 1973
8 $120,000.00 3 2005 2002
9 $289,324.00 3 1705 2008
10 $355,000.00 4 3648 2001
11 $65,000.00 2 1296 1976
12 $33,000.00 4 1696 1987
13 $110,000.00 3 1376 2000
14 $310,000.00 5 3716 2001
15 $75,000.00 3 1230 2004
16 $60,000.00 3 1285 2004
17 $140,000.00 4 2217 2003
18 $178,000.00 4 1967 1998
19 $226,000.00 1 533 2006
20 $128,000.00 3 1483 2006
Source: http://zillow.com/; Retrieved August 20, 2012.
9.
DATE GPSAVE
Q1.2012 3631.8
Q2.2012 3667.5
Q3.2012 3653.8
Q4.2012 3750.2
Q1.2013 3417.8
Q2.2013 3252.1
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Q3.2013 3480.8
Q4.2013 3362.5
Q1.2014 3418.6
Q2.2014 3591.7
Q3. 2014 3680.7
Q4. 2014 3719.2
Q1.2015 3635.9
Q2.2015 3672.4
Q3. 2015 3707.8
Q4. 2015 3602.9
Source: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/;
Retrieved: March 19, 2017
3000.0
2000.0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
2012-2015, Quarterly
These numbers represent time series data. Savings are relatively flat over
this time period.
10.
Median Household
State
Income in 2010 ($)
Alabama 40,976
Arizona 47,279
California 54,459
Florida 44,243
Georgia 44,108
Indiana 46,322
Iowa 49,177
Maine 48,133
Massachusetts 61,333
Minnesota 52,544
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Mississippi 37,985
New Mexico 45,098
North Dakota 51,380
Washington 56,253
Source: http://www.census.gov/; Retrieved August 20, 2012.
These data are estimates for 2010 – you may be able to obtain more recent
estimates. These numbers represent cross-sectional data. They record the
median income by family size for different states. In this particular group of
states, Massachusetts has the highest median income by family size whereas
Mississippi has the lowest median income. Also, states in the North such as
Massachusetts, Minnesota and Washington have higher incomes than Southern
states.
11.
The front page of the New York Times website is likely to be textual (written
reports) with multimedia contents (photographs etc.). The resulting data is
unstructured in that it does not conform to a predefined row-column format.
12.
Data on price and fuel economy of small hybrid vehicles can be specified in a
predefined row-column format and, therefore, is structured.
13.
The resulting data about online social media usage has a well-defined row-
column format and is, therefore, structured. The data is cross-sectional since
it is collected at the same point in time.
14.
The data for different car rental car companies in Seattle, Washington, and
Portland, Oregon is structured since it is specified in a well-defined row-
column format. It represents time series since it covers car rental over
several weeks in 2017.
15.
a. Quantitative; discrete
b. Qualitative
c. Quantitative; continuous
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16.
a. Qualitative
b. Quantitative; continuous
c. Quantitative; discrete
17.
a. Nominal
b. Interval
c. Ordinal
18.
a. Ratio
b. Ordinal
c. Nominal
19.
a. Ratio
b. Interval
c. Ratio
20.
a. Nominal scale of measurement. The values differ in name.
b.
Major # of Students
Accounting 5
Economics 7
Finance 5
Marketing 3
Management 6
Undecided 4
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c. An inspection of the data shows that Economics has the highest number of
students whereas Marketing has the lowest.
21.
a. The Year data is measured on an interval scale. The values can be ranked,
categorized and measured when using this kind of scale. However, there is no
true zero point so we cannot calculate meaningful ratios between years.
b.
Rating Number of Companies
* 0
** 11
*** 14
**** 5
***** 0
c. The Stock Price data is measured on a ratio scale. This type of scale is the
strongest form of measurement. There is a true zero point which allows for
the calculation of meaningful ratios between values.
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MVELI,
Chief.
SITSHITSHILI,
Chief.
SIBINDI,
Chief.
MANKULUMANA,
Dinuzulu's principal induna.
SIYEKIWE,
Bambata's chief wife.
To show the people that the Government was alive to the necessity of
preventing such crimes, the Police at Nkandhla magistracy
immediately set to work to try and discover the murderer. Everything
that skill or perseverance could accomplish was attempted. But these
exertions did not escape the attention of specially interested parties.
Sergeant Wilkinson, the officer who was in charge of the
investigations, retired to his room about midnight on the 8th of
September. Barely a minute after blowing out his light, two shots were
fired at him through a hole in a window-pane with a revolver. One
struck about eight inches above, and the other under, the bed. Being
very dark, no clue could be got of the would-be murderer, except that
the bullets closely resembled those fired at Sitshitshili. As, except in a
very limited degree, Natives are not allowed to possess firearms, and,
when permitted, almost invariably procure guns, the fact that a
revolver was used on Sitshitshili and Wilkinson at once attracted
general attention.
Orders were now issued by the Government for the country to be
thoroughly patrolled by a strong Natal Police Force, with the object of
restoring public confidence. Some such action was sadly needed,
but, in the opinion of Native loyalists, far wide of the mark. These and
many other people held but one opinion, namely, that Dinuzulu
himself was the fons et origo of all the mischief. If not he, then
puppets directly or indirectly instigated by him or his indunas.
The long dispensation or lease of immunity Dinuzulu had enjoyed
was, however, fast coming to a close. Oppressed with the feeling that
his misdeeds were gradually coming to light, in spite of all his
profound and subtle influence on Zulus in general, in spite, too, of the
terrorizing tactics above referred to or still to be described being
traceable to his kraal, if not to his personal attendants and himself, he
had done his best to enlist the Governor's sympathies on his own
behalf. Those of Sir Charles Saunders he felt he could still count on,
though he failed to give that officer credit for being able to see
through his prevarication, and affectedly innocent pose.
For some months past, rumours to the effect that Bambata's wife and
children were being deliberately harboured by him at his kraal had
come to the notice of the Government. As, however, it was extremely
difficult for any official Native messenger—a European one would
have been hopeless—to obtain information on such point by visiting
Usutu, all that could be done was to mark time and watch
developments.
The opportunity came shortly after the return from his visit to
Pietermaritzburg. He had been asked by Sir Henry McCallum to give
orders for the arrest of any rebels who might find their way to Usutu
and have them conveyed to the local Magistrate. On this Magistrate
subsequently sending a list of eight rebels who had been recently
seen in his ward, Dinuzulu caused five, and another not specially
asked for, to be delivered two weeks later—3rd July.
On the morning of the same day, however, Siyekiwe, the wife of the
notorious rebel Bambata, and two of his children, a girl (about 16)
and a boy (about 14), turned up suddenly at Mahlabatini magistracy,
having, as they declared, left Dinuzulu's kraal the evening before and
travelled through the night. They had deserted, owing to a threat by
Dinuzulu to remove them to a remote region in the north. As the Chief
had led the Government to believe there were no rebels at his kraal,
he determined to rid himself once for all of the woman and children.
They had at length become a nuisance, although he believed, or
professed to believe, his friend Bambata to be still alive. It was owing
to Dinuzulu's not informing Siyekiwe of Bambata's death that she did
not shave her head, as is universally customary among Zulus and
other Natal tribes. The failure to do this was of the greatest
importance in keeping alive the impression among Natives in general
that Bambata was not dead, but roaming about somewhere. If his
favourite wife, the one who had accompanied him in his flight to
Usutu, did not believe in his being dead, no one else would, as she
was not unnaturally looked on as the principal authority in such
matter. Who, they argued, can know better than a woman if her
husband be dead or not? Not the woman, but Dinuzulu appears to be
responsible for the false impression that was circulated far and wide.
When Dinuzulu went to Pietermaritzburg, he had temporarily secreted
the woman and children at a kraal a few miles off. That of a
thoroughly reliable adherent was selected. But as the woman, quite
young and rather good-looking, was not without male friends, she, on
being recalled to Usutu, heard of the scheme, whereupon she made
a plan and speedily got completely beyond Dinuzulu's reach. Then
was the fat in the fire!
The fugitives were passed by the Magistrate to Sir Charles Saunders
who, amazed to hear their numerous revelations, had them conveyed
to Pietermaritzburg, where the whole story was carefully reduced to
writing.
And what was the story? Briefly this. About a month before the attack
on the Police in Mpanza valley (4th April, 1906), and when the Police
were attempting to arrest Bambata for refusing to obey a summons
from the Government, a Native messenger arrived to say Dinuzulu
wished Bambata to come to him, the former having heard he was
unhappy through being harassed by the Government and Europeans
generally. After conferring with members of the tribe until lately
presided over by himself, he left for Usutu, taking with him the woman
and three children (by two other wives). Travelling on foot, the party
reached Usutu in a few days. Here Bambata had several interviews
with Dinuzulu and his indunas, Mankulumana and Mgwaqo. He was
treated with every consideration. Suitable accommodation and food
were found for him, his wife and children. Bambata informed his wife
that, at the interviews he had had with Mankulumana and others, he
had been reproved for showing cowardice on the occasion of the
Police entering his ward to arrest him. It was considered he should
have shown fight. Bambata queried how it was possible for him to go
to war with Europeans. "Have you no people?" they asked. "A few,"
he replied. "Few though they be, you ought to have come into conflict.
What do you suppose caused us to fight in 1879? Do you think we
did so by the aid of drugs?"
The day before Bambata's departure for Natal, he was summoned to
where Dinuzulu, Mankulumana and others were. "The room I was
seated in," says Siyekiwe, "was close by where Dinuzulu was with the
men referred to, and I could hear distinctly what was said. I heard
Mankulumana say to Bambata 'There is nothing more that we have to
say to you to-day. To-day we give you this weapon, a Mauser rifle,
and we say: Go across into Natal and commence hostilities. We give
you Ngqengqengqe, whom we direct to go back with you, also
Cakijana.... After causing an outbreak of hostilities, you will remove
into the Nkandhla district. Do not be afraid through thinking that the
fighting is brought about by you. We, not you, are responsible for it....'
The words I have given were spoken by Makulumana in the presence
of Dinuzulu in an audible voice.... My husband said he hoped that
they would not deceive him, make a fool of him, and deny the fact
that they were the originators of what they wanted him to do. My
husband was also instructed thus: 'After you have started the fighting
and fled for refuge to the Nkandhla forest, we will meet you there.'"
The rifle, said to have been handed to Bambata by Mankulumana in
Dinuzulu's presence, with cartridges done up in a piece of white cloth,
were seen by the three. Bambata then left. Some time afterwards,
Dinuzulu informed the woman that a rebellion had broken out in
Mpanza valley, and that her husband had fled to Nkandhla forest.
When the Commissioner for Native Affairs made his visit to Usutu
early in April, 1906, the woman was there the whole time, carefully
concealed in the harem.[313]
There is no necessity to refer to other items in the story, such as the
visits and harbouring of various rebels, seeing they belong rather to
criminal proceedings than to a history. These proceedings, as well as
the foregoing crucial fact, will be briefly dealt with later. Suffice it to
say, the woman and children had been actually harboured by
Dinuzulu, fed, accommodated and medically treated at his own
expense for a period of over fifteen months. During that period, the
boy was appointed cleaner of the large number of guns possessed by
Dinuzulu, many of them illegally held. And yet the Chief had been
called on officially from time to time to produce all guns in his
possession for registration.
Not long after the woman and children had given their sensational
evidence, the one corroborating the other, they were permitted to
return to their relations at Mpanza.
The position now became clearer, though still complicated.
Sir Henry McCallum's object, when he had his interviews with
Dinuzulu, was so to rouse the Chief to a sense of his duty as to cause
him, on getting back to Usutu, forthwith to put his house in order and
discontinue his unsatisfactory behaviour. We have seen the way in
which he treated the Governor's suggestion about appearing before
the Commission, and what he did about handing over the rebels who
had taken refuge in his ward. Although called on later to deliver up
other rebels, declared by reliable informants to have been recently at
Usutu, he neglected to do so, on the plea that the men had not been
there. The Governor also advised that all firearms in his possession
should be given up. According to the evidence of Bambata's wife and
children, especially the boy, and to other testimony, Dinuzulu
possessed many more guns than had been registered, consequently
he had failed between the time of getting home and when the woman
and children deserted—a period of at least three weeks—to act on
the Governor's advice.[314] What was his object in not wishing to
disclose that he had these unregistered guns? He, moreover, had
held a hunt in August, extending over a fortnight, in the Black
Umfolozi valley, at which, as reliable information went to show, he
secretly inspected about 150 breech-loading rifles in possession of
his people, including his bodyguard, 'Nkomondala.' On the same
occasion, he is said to have told his most confidential advisers "that
he had experienced great difficulty in getting Mauser ammunition, but
that there was not the same difficulty with regard to the ordinary .303
ammunition, as he could get this from agents at Delagoa Bay ... and
was expecting 2,000 rounds from that source, which would be
conveyed to him in bundles of cat-skins, ostensibly brought up from
there by Portuguese Natives for sale amongst the Zulus."[315]
In reply to Dinuzulu's remark that he had not assumed the position of
Government Induna, that being one of the conditions under which he
was repatriated from St. Helena in 1898, the Governor had told him
he would at once be given that position, but such appointment would
necessitate his coming into closer touch with the Magistrate,
Nongoma, than was possible at Usutu. The suggestion that, in
assuming the position, he should move closer to the magistracy was,
however, apparently ignored.
In addition to these unsatisfactory features, was the far graver one of
the murders that had been and were still being committed. Apart from
those of the Magistrate of Mahlabatini, Tshikana, Mnqandi and
Gence, that of Sitshitshili had occurred in August, and the attempted
one of Sergt. Wilkinson early in September. The strongest
representations were made to the Commissioner by many loyal
Natives that "the failure to obtain a conviction against the murderers
of the Magistrate (Mr. Stainbank), or to bring to justice the murderers
of certain Natives, and the belief that these murders had been
instigated by Dinuzulu, were creating a doubt in the minds of loyal
Natives as to the power of the Government to redress such wrongs,
the fear that further murders would be perpetrated with impunity, and
that Dinuzulu, by a course of terrorism, would win over the allegiance
of heretofore loyal Natives, increase his power and independence,
and so bring on another rebellion."[316]
The Police sent to patrol Zululand after Sitshitshili's murder, visited
north-eastern and northern Zululand, and ended by passing by Usutu
on the 30th September. Everywhere the people were quiet and
orderly. The only uneasiness exhibited was when the force, under
Inspector O. Dimmick, got near Usutu. As it approached, many
Natives proceeded to the kraal. Halting some distance off, Dimmick
sent Inspector C.E. Fairlie and two troopers to see Dinuzulu. The
Natives, of whom less than 100 were then seen at the kraal (though
reliable evidence received later showed that many others were
concealed in a donga near by) became disturbed, wondering why an
armed force had come that way. After speaking to Dinuzulu, Fairlie
inspected the kraal. The Police then moved towards Nongoma.
Intelligence was, at the same time, received that Dinuzulu had, two or
three weeks previously, been "doctored for war by a Native doctor,
either from Pondoland or Basutoland," and that certain ceremonies
had been carried out similar to those in vogue in the days of Tshaka.
[317]
An old Boer farmer of Vryheid district, Mr. Conrad Meyer, long a friend
of Dinuzulu, paid the latter a visit in October, when, after several
interviews, he came to much the same opinion as to the Chief's
loyalty as Sir Charles Saunders had so consistently held during 1906.
Whilst the Government, with the foregoing and other facts before it,
was seriously considering what action should be taken, an attempt
was made (7th October) to murder Mapoyisa, principal son and heir
of the Chief Mbuzo, as well as another Native of the same tribe. The
evidence went to show that the two would-be murderers had come
from Usutu kraal. But people had hardly grasped the facts connected
with this attempt when another cold-blooded murder was committed,
this time on an elderly and respected Chief, Mpumela. The lives of
two other loyalists were attempted about the same time (November).
An attempt is also said to have been made on a storekeeper, George,
formerly in the Police. His store, about six miles from Usutu, was
destroyed by fire. It is, however, possible the latter occurrence was
due to lightning.
Information also came in that the ringleaders of the previous year's
rebellion, Mangati and Cakijana, had for long been harboured by
Dinuzulu, although well knowing that warrants were out for their
arrest. The former, captured in November in Vryheid district, stated on
oath that Dinuzulu had been and was still instigating the murders. He
(Dinuzulu), in short, seemed "determined," as the Administrator
pointed out to the Secretary of State in August, "on a course of self-
aggrandizement, of cool defiance or indifference to the wishes of the
Government, and of open hostility to those Natives who had been
loyal; and it was clear that his attitude and actions were becoming a
serious cause of unrest and apprehension amongst the loyal Natives,
and a menace to the peace of the country."
It was in view of all these and other circumstances, too numerous to
refer to, that the Government, supported by the Attorney-General,
ultimately decided to issue a warrant for Dinuzulu's arrest on a charge
of high treason,[318] and to mobilize a large portion of the Militia to
reinforce the Police when proceeding to execute the warrants.
For other reasons, Dinuzulu became very agitated about this time.
The arrival of the Police on the 30th September, and especially their
being stationed at Nongoma, twelve miles from his kraal, greatly
upset him. He contemplated leaving Usutu and establishing himself
on the Black Umfolozi, where the hunt had recently been held. He
dispatched earnest letters to the Governor, Prime Minister, and Under
Secretary for Native Affairs, asking for fair play, expressing
confidence in his rulers, etc.; he followed these up, on the day that
the troops reached Zululand (3rd December), with an urgent
message through the Magistrate, Nongoma, portions of which ran as
follows:
"I have heard that it is the intention of Government to send and take
me by surprise shortly after Christmas.... I do not understand this,
and want to know if there is any truth in it, as I know of no wrong that
I have done. If Government think I am in the wrong over anything,
why does it not place me on trial and punish me if found guilty? I am
also surprised to hear that the court-house at Nongoma has been
placed in a state of defence. Police are camped all round it.... Nothing
is wrong in this division, as far as I know. The only place where things
are wrong is Nkandhla division, and I am not responsible for what
happens there; and in my opinion, ... these murders are being
committed there on account of Government having given cattle which
belonged to rebels to different people in that division, and the original
owners of these cattle resent seeing their cattle in other people's
possession."
In the meantime, however, seeing that the several murders and other
crimes against public order recently committed in Zululand had
caused widespread unrest and fear of violence to law-abiding people,
and as, in order to restore order and confidence, it was imperative to
arrest all persons concerned in the crimes, a proclamation was
issued on the 30th November directing the strengthening of the
forces in Zululand to enable the arrests to be effected. Orders were,
at the same time, issued for the mobilization already referred to of the
greater portion of the Active Militia. The troops actually called out
were 188 officers and 1,928 of other ranks.
There was good reason to suppose that Dinuzulu's immediately
available impi was comparatively insignificant, notwithstanding his
hasty endeavours to augment it under the shallow pretext of the
young men being required to 'weed his gardens.' Such appeals had
been made to Chiefs living outside Zululand, viz. in Vryheid and
Ngotshe districts. Mr. Meyer had reported "one sees at a glance that
he (Dinuzulu) is a man of rank without followers." That the force
dispatched to deal with him was so overwhelmingly strong, was due
solely to the Government's wish to overawe armed rebels or others at
Usutu against all forms of resistance. It was recognized that an
outbreak at Usutu might be taken by the Zulus as the signal for a
general rising. Another reason was that Silwana, a powerful Chief of
Weenen, whose levy, it will be remembered, behaved unsatisfactorily
during the Rebellion, was said to be calling on his people to rebel.
Units mobilized with the same remarkable rapidity that had
characterized their movements in the preceding year, and were
ordered to proceed by rail direct to Gingindhlovu. This station, on the
Zululand coast and nearly twenty miles from Eshowe, was reached
on the evening of the 3rd December.[319] On the same day, martial
law was proclaimed, to operate, however, in Zululand only. Owing to
the sudden, and necessarily sudden, mobilization, no preparation
was made to fill up the places of those who had been called away.
The ex-Commandant (Colonel Bru-de-Wold) was hastily summoned
from Port Shepstone and asked to arrange for the defence of Natal in
the event of hostilities breaking out in Zululand. The necessary
organization was carried out in a thorough-going manner. The
Reserves in sixteen districts (vide Appendix VII.) were called out and
ordered to patrol their respective districts.
As soon as Dinuzulu's message was received, the Government,
although the troops were by then well on their way to Gingindhlovu,
thought it necessary to advise the Chief that there was no intention to
take him by surprise, and that the Chief Commissioner of Police was
being sent "to require him to surrender himself in order that charges
against him might be tried." He was, at the same time, directed to
proceed to Nongoma and there await the police officer.
A communication such as this could not, of course, do otherwise than
bring about confusion among the troops that were concentrating at
Gingindhlovu, through altering elaborate arrangements which had
already been made for their subsequent advance.
The position, from the Government's point of view, was a difficult one,
but with martial law proclaimed, and the troops actually in the field,
the stronger and better course, perhaps, would have been to have
referred Dinuzulu's communication to the O.C. Troops to deal with as
he might have considered necessary under the circumstances. As it
was, his hands were tied, and his plans considerably upset.
That the Ministry were not alone in their desire for settlement of a
trouble inherited to some extent from their predecessors, can be seen
from the following remarks by the Governor, Sir Matthew Nathan, to
the Secretary of State: "Though I am doubtful whether this situation
would have arisen if Ministers had at once, after the suppression of
last year's Rebellion, or even at a later date, adopted the policy of
amnesty and conciliation, and had thereby prevented Dinuzulu from
acquiring the power he has done by protecting outlaws and by reason
of the country remaining unsettled, yet I recognize that, under existing
conditions, with a growing tale of unpunished murders attributed
throughout the country to that Chief, it was not possible for the
Government to remain inactive."[320]
The previous Government had, however, been out of office for over a
year. During such time, the new Government had had, and had taken
advantage of, opportunities of ameliorating the conditions as far as
was possible. More was to follow as soon as time had been given to
introduce some of the legislation recommended by the Native Affairs
Commission. If the Government erred in not declaring an amnesty
sooner, or in not releasing prisoners in larger lots than it did, that
gave Dinuzulu no right to persist in disloyal and treasonable
behaviour. At no moment could a general amnesty have cured such
position as then existed. The fact that such policy had answered in
other parts of the world, or even in Zululand after the 1888
disturbances, cannot be taken as a formula to apply to circumstances
which happen to be similar in a few respects. Had a general amnesty
been attempted sooner than it was, it would have been a blunder and
enabled Dinuzulu, especially as rumours were current in Zululand at
the time that he was going to secure an amnesty, to pose as liberator-
general, although known to be actively and flagrantly disloyal. It
would have been to place a premium on still more serious rebellion in
the future. The only remedy was the one adopted, namely, to remove
the source of mischief once for all. That the Ministers were not
mistaken in the view they took, will be seen further on. As it was,
between July and the issue of the warrants for Dinuzulu's arrest,
some 500 to 600 prisoners had been released, whilst, as soon as the
arrest was made, Ministers decided to release the remainder at short
intervals, 300 at a time.
FOOTNOTES:
[310] Report. Native Affairs Commission, 25th July, 1907.
[311] Deposition by Mgunguluzo, 1st Feb. 1907.
[312] Cd. 3,888, p. 83.
[313] It will be remembered that Mr. Saunders, while at Usutu, got
a telegram saying Bambata had broken into rebellion, and that he
told Dinuzulu this, whereupon the latter and his indunas were,
says the Commissioner, "unanimous in their expressions of
indignation; their frank demeanour left no doubt in my mind that
these expressions were perfectly genuine and that Dinuzulu and
his people were not in any way associated with Bambata and his
doings."—Cd. 3,207, p. 31. And yet the wife and children of the
very man whose acts they had unanimously condemned to the
principal executive officer of the Government were not 100 yards
away as they were speaking!
[314] It was definitely proved later that Dinuzulu was in possession
of unregistered guns at the time of his arrest (December, 1907).
Hence his opportunity of conforming to the Governor's advice
extended over six months.
[315] Minute, C.N.A. to Prime Minister, 23rd Aug. 1907.
[316] Administrator (Mr. W.H. Beaumont) to Secretary of State,
29th Aug. 1907.
[317] Minute by Magistrate, Ndwandwe district, 29th Sept. 1907.
[318] There was also another warrant, charging him with being in
possession of unregistered firearms.
[319] Of the Carbineers, one of the newspapers reported: "They
were the first to get orders ... and in an incredibly short time were
on their way to Zululand. The regiment is to be congratulated on
being referred to in a despatch by the Prime Minister to the
Governor as having performed 'one of, if not the quickest
mobilizations on record.'" Receiving orders to mobilize on the 30th
November, the Headquarters squadrons entrained at 5.15 p.m. on
the 2nd, and reached Gingindhlovu at 5.35 a.m. on the 3rd
December.
[320] Cd. 3,888, p. 182.
XXI.
DINUZULU EXPEDITION.—SURRENDER OF DINUZULU.—
CALLING IN OF FIREARMS.—SEARCHING FOR
OUTSTANDING REBELS.