Towards a new labour dispensation 1852-1860 -- A probationary epoch 1861-1869 -- Essential to progress 1870-1874 -- Transition times 1875-1879 -- Confronting reality 1880-1885 -- Procrastination and agitation 1885-1890 -- More of the same 1890-1893 -- A slew of statutes and Ghandi 1894-1896 -- High noon 1896 -- Pointed and pointless 1897.