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==Colonial Administration== {{for|a list of Governors and Lieutenant-Governors|List of governors of British South African colonies#Transvaal Colony}} 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 Louis Botha (Transvaal Colony)|Cabinet of the Transvaal Colony]] was formed on 4 March 1907. ===Attorney General=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Attorney General ! Tenure ! Notes |- | [[Richard Solomon (barrister)|Sir Richard Solomon]] | 22 March 1901 β 23 March 1906 | <ref name=TEC/><ref name=Times>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest intelligence - Lord Milner and the Transvaal |date=23 June 1902 |page=5 |issue=36801}}</ref><ref name=LG>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114223203 |title=THE TRANSVAAL GOVERNMENT. |newspaper=[[The Evening News (Sydney)|Evening News]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 March 1906 |access-date=10 April 2020 |page=4 |via=Trove }}</ref> |- | [[Herbert Francis Blaine]] | 23 March 1906 β 4 March 1907 | <ref name=LG/> |- | [[Jacob de Villiers]] | 4 March 1907 β 31 May 1910 | <ref name=SYB>{{cite book |editor1-last=Keltie |editor1-first=J. Scott |title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1910 |date=1910 |publisher=Macmillan & Co. |location=London |isbn=978-0-230-27039-8 |pages=214β215 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9LMDQAAQBAJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204998199 |title=BRITON OR BOER? |newspaper=[[The Age]] |location=Victoria, Australia |date=21 September 1907 |access-date=10 April 2020 |page=20 |via=Trove }}</ref> |} {{Further|State Attorney of the Transvaal}} ===Colonial Secretary=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Colonial Secretary ! Tenure ! Notes |- | [[George Fiddes]] (Secretary to the Administration) | 22 March 1901 β 21 June 1902 | <ref name=TEC>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4827373 |title=TRANSVAAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=South Australia |date=23 March 1901 |access-date=11 April 2020 |page=7 |via=Trove }}</ref> |- | [[Walter Edward Davidson]] | 21 June 1902 β 1903 | <ref name=Times/> |- | [[Patrick Duncan (South African politician)|Patrick Duncan]] | 1903 β 4 March 1907 | |- | [[Jan Smuts]] | 4 March 1907 β 31 May 1910 | <ref name=SYB/> |} ===Native Affairs=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Name ! Tenure ! Notes |- | [[Godfrey Yeatman Lagden|Sir Godfrey Lagden]] (Commissioner of Native Affairs) | 22 March 1901 β 4 March 1907 | <ref name=TEC/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14431048 |title=TRANSVAAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=26 June 1902 |access-date=11 April 2020 |page=10 |via=Trove }}</ref> |- | [[Johann Rissik]] (Minister of Native Affairs) | 4 March 1907 β 31 May 1910 | <ref name=SYB/> |} ===Colonial Treasurer=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Name ! Tenure ! Notes |- | [[Patrick Duncan (South African politician)|Patrick Duncan]] | 22 March 1901 β 1903 | <ref name=TEC/> |- | [[William Lionel Hichens]] | 1903 β 4 March 1907 | <ref name=TSYB/> |- | [[Henry Charles Hull]] | 4 March 1907 β 31 May 1910 | <ref name=SYB/> |} ===Lands=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Name ! Tenure ! Notes |- | [[Adam Jameson]] (Commissioner of Lands) | 21 June 1902 β 4 March 1907 | <ref name=TEC/> |- | [[Johann Rissik]] (Minister of Lands) | 4 March 1907 β 31 May 1910 | <ref name=SYB/> |} ===Mines=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Name ! Tenure ! Notes |- | [[Wilfred John Wybergh]] (Commissioner of Mines) | 22 March 1901 β 2 December 1903 | <ref name=TEC/><ref name="TRANSVAAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174983841 |title=Transvaal War |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Queensland, Australia |date=23 March 1901 |access-date=11 April 2020 |page=8 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10585939 |title=THE TRANSVAAL. MINISTER OF MINES RESIGNS. |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |location=Victoria, Australia |date=4 December 1903 |access-date=11 April 2020 |page=5 |via=Trove }}</ref> |- | [[Horace Weldon]] (Acting Commissioner of Mines) | 2 December 1903 β 4 March 1907 | <ref name=TSYB>{{cite book |editor1-last=Keltie |editor1-first=J. Scott |title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1906 |date=1906 |publisher=Macmillan & Co. |location=London|page=252 |isbn=9780230270381 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mkfODQAAQBAJ}}</ref> |- | [[Jacob de Villiers]] (Minister of Mines) | 4 March 1907 β 31 May 1910 | <ref name=SYB/> |}
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