ERMELO, a magisterial district of the Transvaal, bordering on Swaziland, and including the sources of the Vaal, Olifants, Komati and Usuto rivers. The general elevation of the region is over 5,00o feet. The principal occupations are pastoralism and agriculture. A considerable amount of maize is grown. Coal and gold are also found. Ermelo is the chief town of the district; 26° 31' S., 29° 59' E. ; altitude, 5,689 feet. Pop. Euro peans; (1921), 1,804 coloured. The town is 171 m. by rail from Johannesburg. Adjoining the town lands is a Government experi mental farm, devoted chiefly to pastoral problems, though about i,000 ac. are under plantation. (R. U. S.)