Correspondents include Presidents of the two Republics, Commandant General Joubert, Generals Botha, De la Rey, Grobler, Meyer, Prinsloo, Schoeman, and Snyman, Assistant General Burger, Commandant Wessels, Dr Mangold, Postmaster-General, Pretoria, Consul General Pott of Lourenco Marques, Colonial Secretary, Pietermaritzburg and the landdrosts of Lichtenberg and Rustenburg.

Subjects included reports of skirmishes and battles, numbers and sometimes names of casualties and prisoners, breaking of railway communications, details of enemy troop movements. Mainly concerned with the besieging of Kimberley, Mafeking and Ladysmith and the battles of Dundee, Elandslaagte and Nicholsons Nek on 20th, 21st and 30th respectively.

Other subjects commented on were:

ammunition on board the Kaiser off-loaded at Port Said to avoid seizure by Thetis; 23rd v 24th, 28th -31st frequent reports of sightings of balloons.

cannon working well and Mafeking reported in smoke; report of fight with Rhodesian English (under Plumer) at Crocodile River.

sympathy of Stellalanders for Boer cause.

24th General Meyer reproached for not being there to aid other Boer forces.

22nd suggestion that British prisoners work in Johannesburg mines.

26th complaints that prisoners walking the streets freely in Zeerust.

23rd impropriety of annoying Chief Montsioa by taking his cattle.

27th Mafeking not stormed because protected by mines.

28th Meyer summoned to come quickly to Dundee to aid Trichardt and Erasmus.

request for more horses and mules after Battle of Dundee.