the Romulus and Remus of Melbourne. The city was called after Lord Melbourne, who was Premier of Great Britain at the time of the foundation. CAPE TOWN. In 1652 the Dutch East India Company took possession of the land skirting Table MODERN MELBOURNE FROM THE POST OFFICE TOWER. Bay. There they built a port and established dépôts to supply their passing ships. In 1796 the Cape was captured by the English, but was restored to the Dutch in 1803. In 1814 it was formally ceded to Britain, and with that cession begins the wonderful growth of the Cape Colony. The capital, Cape Town, is now nearly two and a half centuries old, but it has not many relics in the world for a city of this size. The of antiquity except the Castle, which annual value of property in Melbourne is £15,000,000 sterling. Two claimants. was saved from demolition by public sentiment. In Strand Hoop and Bree |