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Encyclopedia Britannica



CRADOCK

This article appears in Volume V07, Page 360 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: COR-CRE
CRADOCK , a town of
South
  Africa,
capital
  of a division of the Cape province, in the upper valley of the
Great
  Fish river, 181 m. by rail N. by E. of Port Elizabeth. Pop. (1904) 7762. It is one of the
chief
  centres of the wool industry of the Cape, and does also a large trade in ostrich feathers, mohair, &c. The town enjoys a reputation as one of the best health resorts in the province. It stands at an altitude of 2856 ft.; the climate is very dry, the
average
  annual rainfall being 14.50 in. The mean maximum temperature is 77.6 F. Three miles N. of the town are
sulphur
  baths (temp. roe F.) used for the treatment of rheumatism. In the neighbouring
district
  survive a few herds of zebras, now protected by the game
laws
 . The town
dates
  from the beginning of the 19th century and is named after Sir John Cradock,
governor
  of the Cape 1811-1813. The division has an area of 3048 sq. m. and a pop. (1904) of 18,803, of whom 41% are white.


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