for a rural seat while an urban seat would have fifteen percent more constituents. This system for the constituencies would ensure that the Afrikaner would dominate politics in years to come and would be one of the many reasons why Jan Smuts would lose the 1948 election, sweeping D.F. Malan to power and the beginning of Apartheid. The results of the negotiations at the Convention became the draft South Africa Act which was released for viewing on 9 February 1909. By 19 August 1909, the South Africa Act passed through the Houses of Commons and into law. As to the question of black enfranchisement, the views of British and Boers were similar with Alfred Milner's stating in a speech in 1903 that he believed in white superiority and thought the black man was not ready to rule and had similarly persuaded the Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain to allow a future united white government to decide the question of the black franchise. Colonial Administration Prior to the grant of responsible self-government on 6 December 1906, the Colony was administered by an Executive Council appointed by the Governor. The first elected Cabinet of the Transvaal Colony was formed on 4 March 1907. Attorney General Colonial Secretary Native Affairs Colonial Treasurer Lands Mines Geography The Transvaal Colony lay between Vaal River in the south and the Limpopo River in the north, roughly between 22½ and 27½ S, and 25 and 32 E. To its south it bordered with the Orange Free State and Natal Colony, to its south-west were the Cape Colony, to the west was the Bechuanaland Protectorate (later Botswana), to its north was Rhodesia, and to its east were Portuguese East Africa and Swaziland. Except in the south-west, these borders were mostly well defined by natural features. Within the Transvaal lies the Waterberg Massif, a prominent ancient geological feature of the South African landscape. Divisions: Zoutpansberg Cities in the Transvaal Colony: Heidelberg Johannesburg Messina Nelspruit Pietersburg Pretoria Vereeniging Demographics 1904 Census Population statistics from the 1904 Census. See also History of South Africa References External links Public-domain historical maps of South Africa American Library of Congress States and territories established in 1877 States and territories disestablished in 1881 States and territories established in 1902 States and territories disestablished in 1910 Geography of South Africa History of South Africa Former British colonies and protectorates in Africa 1877 establishments in the British Empire