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High Commissioner's Office,
Johannesburg.

Dec: 7: 1902

My dearest Mother

Many thanks to you & Anna for your letter this week.
I hope you are keeping well & that the Mhor is recovered from
his indisposition. I forgot that last mail was the Xmas
mail so I sent you no good wishes: but I make up for it
in this letter. I wish I could send you all Xmas presents;
but the only things worth sending are either, like karrosses
& trophies, too heavy, or like jewellery, too expensive. Several
sapphires have been discovered on one of our Government
farms. I have got 2 or 3 rough stones, which, if
they turn out well, I shall have set for you & Anna.
I am sorry about poor old Nan being dull,
and I am very strongly in favour of her going to