Grahamstown

Grahamstown, the capital of the eastern province of Cape Colony, stands near the centre of the maritime division of Albany, 1728 feet above sea-level. By rail it is 106 miles NE. of Port Elizabeth, and 43 NW. of Port Alfred. It is the seat of two bishops—Anglican and Roman Catholic; and in its Anglican cathedral is a monument to Colonel Graham, after whom the city is named. Leather is manufactured, and among the institutions of the place are its museum, St Andrew's College, a public library, a general hospital, and large barracks. Pop. (1875) 6903; (1891) 16,498, of whom about 7000 are whites.