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SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC.m “ n m

A CONVENTION

BETWEEN

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN

AND IRELAND

AND THE

SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBL IC .

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FM 1884.

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ACONVENTION between Her CONVENTIE tusschen Hare MaMajesty the Queen of the jesteit de Koningin van het

reat Vereenigd K oninn j k van

the Gro o t Brittannie en lerland

South African Republic. en de Zuid AfrikaanscheRepubliek .

Whereas the Gov ernment of the Transvaal State, through its Delegates, consisting ofStephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger ,President of the said State, StephanusJacobus DuToit, Super intendent of Education , and Nicholas Jacobus Smit, amember ofthe Volksraad , hav e representedthat the Conv ention signed at Pre

tor ia on the 3rd day‘

of August 1881 ,and ratified by tho Volksraad of the saidState on the 25th October 1881 , containscertain prov isions which areinconv enient,and imposes burdens and obligations fromwhich the said State is desirous to be re

liev ed , and that the south-western boundaries fixed by the said Conv ention shouldbe amended , w ith a view to promote the

peace and good order of the said State,and ofthe countries adjacent thereto and

whereas Her Majesty the Queen of the

United KingdomofGreat Britain and Ireland , has been pleased to take the saidrepresentations into consideration : Now ,

therefore, Her Majesty has been pleased todirect, and it is hereby declared , that thefollowing articles of a new Conv ention ,

signed on behalf of Her Majesty by HerMajesty

’s High Commissioner in South

AfrIca, the RightHonourable Sir HerculesGeorge Robert Robinson, Knight GrandCross of the Most Distinguished Order of

SaintMichael and SaintGeorge , Gov ernorof the Colony of the Cape ofGood Hope,and on behalf of the Transvaal State

(which shall harem-after be called theSouthAfrican Republic) by the abov e -namedDelegates, Stephanus Johannes PaulusKruger , Stephanus Jacobus DuToit, andNicholas Jacobus Smit, shall, when ratifiedby the Volksraad of the South AfricanRepublic, be substituted for the articlesembodied in the Conv ention of3rdAugust1881 ; which latter , pending such ratification , shall continuein full force and effect.

AR TIo nE sh w

ARTICLE 1 .

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ARTIKEL I.

The Terr itory of the South African Re Het gebied der Zuid Afrikaansche Repubhc will embrace the land lying between publiek zalhet land omv atten dat tusschenthe following boundaries, to wit de v olgende grenzen ligt, te wetenBeginning fromthe point where the Be innende van het punt waar de Noord

north-eastern boundary line ofGriqualand Oosteijke grenslijn v an Gr iqualand West

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Daar de regeering van den TI‘hnsvaalStaat, doo r zijne afgevaardigden Ste

phanus Johannes Paulus Kruger , Presidentv an genoemden Staat, Stephanus Jacobusda Toit, Superintendent v an onderwijs,en Nicolaas Jacobus Smit, lid van den

Volksraad , hebben v oorgedraagen, dat

de Conv entie geteekend te Pretoria,op den derden Augustus 1881 , en diebekrachtigd is door den Volksraad van

genoemden Staat op 25 October 1881 ,zekere bepalingen bevat die ondoeltrefi

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end

zijn en lasten en v erplichtingen o plegt

waarv an genoemde Staat begeert ontslagente worden ; en dat de Zuid Westelijkegrenzen door genoemde Conv entie vast

gesteld behooren to worden geq igdmethet doe] omden vrede en de goede orde In

genoemden Staat enin de daaraangrenzendelanden te bev o rderen ; en daar Het HareMajesteit de Koningin v an hetVereenigdKoningrijk en Ierland behaagd heeft de

genoemde v oorstellen in ov erweging te

nemen , heeft het Hare Majesteit thansbehaagd te gelasten , en bij dese word t

v erklaard dat de v o lgendeArtikelen van

eene nieuwe Conventie, onderteekend innaamvan Hare Majesteit door Harer Majesteit

’s Hoo en Commissaris in Zuid

Afrika, den oog Edelen Sir HerculesGeorge Robert Robinson , Ridder Grootkruis van de v erhev en Orde van St. Michael en St. George, Gouv erneur van de

Kolonie de Kaap de Goede Hoop , en innaamv an den Transvaal Staat (die hierinnader genoemd worden zal .de Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek) , door de bov enge

noemde afgevaardigden Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger , Stephanus JacobusDuToit, en Nicolaas Jacobus Smit, zullen .

na bekrachtiging door den Volksraad v an

de Zuid Afrikaansche Repuliek, in plaatsgesteld w orden van de Artikelen v ervatinde Conv entie van 3 Augustus 1881 ; welkelaatstgenoemde, zoolang zulke bekrach

tiging niet zal z 1jn geschied in v olle krachten werking bl v en zal.

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Westmeets the Vaal Riv er ,up the course de Vaat riv ier snijdt, langs den stroomvanofthe Vaal Riv er to the point of junction de Vaal riv ier nasr het punt waar de Vaalwith it of the K lip Riv er ; thenceup the rivier en de Klip r iv ier z ich v ereenigen ;cour se of the Klip Riv er to the point of v an daar langs den stroomvan de Klipjunction with it ofthe streamcalled Gansv lei thenceup the Gansv leistreamtoits source in the Drakensberg ; thence toabeacon in the boundary ofNatal, situatedimmediatelyOppositeand close to the sourceofthe Gansv leistream; thence in anortheasterly direction along the ridge of the

Drakensberg, div iding the waters flow inginto the Gansv leistreamfromthe waters

flow ing into the sources of the Bufi'

alo , to

abeacon on a point where thismountainceases to be a continuous chain ; thence toabeacon on a plain to the north-east of

the last described beacon ; thence to the

neareSt source of a small streamcalledDiv ision Streamthence down thisdivision stream, which forms the southernboundary ofthe farmSandfontein , the pro

perty ofMessrs. Meek , to its junction w iththe Coldstream; thence down the Coldstreamto its junction with the Buffalo o r

UmzinyatiRiv er ; thence down the courseof the Buffalo Riv er to the junction w ithit ofthe Blood Riv er ; thenceup the courseofthe Blood Riv er to the junction with itof Lyn Spruit or Dudusi; thenceup theBudusito its source ; thence 80 yards toBea. I. , situated on a spur of the N

’Qaba

Ka-hawanaMountains ; thence 80 yards tothe N

’Sonto River thence down the

N’Sonto River to its junction w ith the

White UmvuloziRiver ; thenceup the

White UmvuloziRiv er to a white rockwhereit rises thence 800 yards to KambulaHill (Bea. thence to the sourceofthePemvanaR iver , where the road fromKambulaCamp to Burgers’Lager crosses ;thence down the Pemvana Riv er to itsjunction with the Biv ans River ; thencedown the Bivana Riv er to its junctionwith the Fongolo Riv er ; thence down thePongolo Riv er to where it passes threughthe L ibombo Range thence along the

summits of the Libombo Range to the

northern point oftheN’Yawos Hillin that

range (Bea. XVI.) thence to the northernpeak ofthe InkwakweniHills (Bea. XV. )thence to Sefunda, a rocky knoll detachedfromand to the north-eastend oftheWhiteKoppies, and to the south ofthe MusanaRiv er (Bea. thence to a point onthe slope near the crest ofMatanjeni, which

riv ier naar het punt waar deze en destroomGansv leigenaamd zich v ereenigen ; van daar langs den stroomvande Gansv leito t naar haren oorsprong inden Drakensberg; van daar nasr een bakenOp de grenslijn van Natal, gelegen rechttegenov er en dicht bij den oorsprong van

den Gansv leistroom; van daar in een

Noord Oostehj ke richting langs den rand

van den Drakensberg, het water datin denGansvleistroomv loeit afscheidende van

het water dat in den oorsprong van de

Bufi'alo valt nsar een baken op een puntwaar deze berg ophoudt een aaneenge

schakelde keten te zijn ; v an daar naar eenbaken o p een v lakte ten Noordoosten van

laatstgenoemde baken ; v an daar naar

den naasten oorsprong van een kleinenstroomgenaamd Division Streamvandaar aflangs dezen v erdeelings stroom, diede zuidelijke grens is van de plaats Zandfontein het eigendomvan de Heeren Meek,to t aijn vereenigingmet den Coldstreamv an daar langs den Coldstreamtot zijnv ereenigingmet de Buffalo of Umzinyati r ivier ; van daar af langs den stroomvan de Buffalo r iv ier tot waar de Bloedrivier z ich daarmee v ereenigt ; v an daar

langs den stroomvan de Bloed riv ier totwaar Lijn spruitofBudusi z ich daarmee v ereenigt ; van daar langs de Dudusitot aanharen oo rsprong ; van daar 80 yards naar

Baken I . gelegen o p een afzet van de

N’Qaba-Kabawana bergen ; v an daar 80

yards naar deN’Sonto riv ier van daar langs

de N’Sonto r ivier tot waar deze zichmet

de Witte Umvulozir iv ier v ereenigt ; vandaar langs de Witte Umvulozir iv ier to tnaar een W itte rots waar zij ontspringt ;van daar 800 yards naar Kambulaheuvel(Baken II .) van daar naar den oorsprongvan de Pemvana r iv ier, waar de weg van

Kambulakamp naar Burgers’Lager doorgaat van daar langs de Pemvana rivier tothare v ereenigingmetde Bivanariv ier ; vandaar langs de Bivans r ivier af tot waar

zij zichmet de Fongolo r iv ier v ereenigt ;van daar langs de Fongolo riv ier tot waarzij door den Libombo bergketen stroomt ;van daar langs de toppen v an den Limboboketen naar het noordelijke punt van denN’Yawos heuv elin dien bergketen (Baken

is the name given to the south-eastern XV .) van daar naar den noordelijkenportion oftheMahambaHills (Bea. XIII . ) to p v an de Inkwakweniheuv els (Bakenthence to the N

’gwangwana, a double XV . ) van daar nsar Sefunda, een rotsach

pointed hill (one point is bare, the other tige heuv el afgescheiden van en aan het

wooded , the beacon being on the former ) , no ordo ostelijke einde v an deW itteKoppies,on the left bank oftheAssegai Riv er and on ten zuiden van deMusana r iv ier (BakenupstreamoftheBadusaSpruit (Bea. van daar naar een punt Op de

thence to the southern point ofBendita, a heliing dicht by den top v an Matanjeni

rocky knoll in a plain between the L ittleHlozane and Assegaai Rivers (Bea. XL ) ;thence to the h ighest point ofSulukaHill,round the eastern slopes ofwhich flow s the

L ittle Hlozane, also called Ludakaor Mudspruit (Bea. X thenceto thebeacon knownas

“ Viljoen’s , o r N

’Duko Hill ; thence

to a pomt north -east of Derby House,known as Magwazidili

’s Beacon ; thence

to theIgaba, asmall knoll on the UngwempisiRiv er, also called Joubert’sBeacon ,

”

and known to thenativ es as Piet’sBeacon

(Bea. thence to the h ighest point ofthe N

’Dhlovudwalilior Houtbosch , ahill

on the northern bank of the UmqwempisiRiv er (Bea. VIII) ; thence to a beacon on

the only fiat- topped rock , about 10 feethigh and about 30 yardsin c rcumferenceat its base, situated o n the south side of

the Lamsamane range of hills. and ov erlookingthe valley ofthe greatUsuto River ;this rock being 45 yards north of the roadfromCamden and Lake Banagher to the

forests on the Usuto Riv er (sometimescalled Sandhlanas Beacon) (Bea. VII) ;thence to the Gulungwana or Ibubulundi,four smooth bare hills, the highestin thatneighbourhood . situated to the south of

the UmtuliRiv er (Bea. VI . ) thence to

a. flat- topped rock ,8 feet high, on the crest

of the Busuku, a low rocky range southwest of the ImpulaziRiv er (Bea.

thence to a low bare hill on the north- east

of, and ov erlooking the ImpulaziRiver , tothe south ofit being a tributary of the

Impulazi, w ith a considerable waterfall,

and the road fromthe r iv er passing 200

yards to the north -w est of the beacon

(Bea. thence to the highest pointofthe Mapumula range , the water shed of

the L ittle Usuto Riv er on the nor th , and

the UmpulaziRiv er on the south, the hill,the to p of which is a bare rock , fallingabruptly towards the Little Usuto (Bea.

thence to the w estern point of a

double- pointed rocky hill, precipitous onall sides, called Makwena, its top beinga bare rock (Bea. IL ) ; thence to the

top ofarugged hill ofconsiderable heightfalling abruptly to the K omatiRiver , thish ill being the northern extremity of the

Isilotwanirange, and separated fromthehighest peak of the range Inkomokazi(asharp cone) by a deep neck (Ben.

(On a ridgein the straight line betweenBeacons I . and II. is an intermediatebeacon. ) FromBeacon I . the boundaryruns to a hill across the Komati Riv er ,and thence along the crest of the range

ofhills known as the Makongwa, whichrunsnorth- east and south -west, to Kamblubana Peak ; thence in a straight line toMananga, apoint in the Libombo range,

and thence to the nearest point in the

datde naamis gegoren aan het l idOOSlJellgedeelte van de Mahamba heuv els (Baken

van daar naar de N’gwangwana,

een heuv elmet een dubbelen kop , (een kopis kaal de andere boschrijk , en de baken isop eerstgenoemden) . op den linkero ev er vande Assegairivier en str oomo pwaarts v an

de Dadusa Spruit (Baken XII . ) v an daar

naar het zuidelijk punt van Bendita, eenr otsach tige heuvel in eene v lakte tusschende kleine Hlo zane en Assegai r iv ieren(Baken van daar naar het hoogstepunt v an Suluka heuv el, rondomw elksoosteh jke hellingen de kleine Hlo zanestro omt;, die o ok Ludaka of Mo dderSpruitgeno emd wordt (Baken X . ) v an daarnasr de baken die bekend staat alsViljo ens, of N

’Duko heuv el ; v an daar

na'

zr een punt ten noordoo sten van DerbyHouse dat hakend s taat als Magwazidili

’s

Baken van daar naar de Igaba, een

kleine heuv el aan de Ungwempisir ivierdie ook Joubert's baken genoemd w ordt

en die by de inbo o rliugen bekond staat als

Piet’s Baken (Baken IX . ) v an daarnaar het hoogste punt van de N’Dhio vudwaliliof Houtbo sch , een heuv el o p dennoordelijkeno ev er van deUmqwempisir ivier(Baken van daar naar een bakenop de eenige rotsmet platten top , omtrent10 v oet hoog en omtrent 30 yards in omtrek van onderen, gelegen aan de zuidzijdevan den Lamsamane heuv elketen , en dev alleivan de grooteUsato riv ier o v er ziende ;deze rotsis 45 yards ten noorden v an den

weg van Camden en hetmeerBanagher naarde bosschen aan de Usuto r ivier (somtijdsSandhlanas Baken genoemd) (Baken VI l . )van daar naar do Gulungwana of Ibuhulundi , vier gladde kale heuv els, de hoogstein (lieuomtrek , gelegen ten zuiden van de

Umtuliriv ier (Baken van daar naar

een rotsmet platten to p, 8 v oet hoog,

op den top van den Busuku, een lagen

rotsachtigen bergketen ten zuidwesten van

de Impulazir iv ier (Baken V . ) van daar

naar een lagen kalen heuv el ten noordoo sten

van en de Impulaziriv ier ov er ziende, enten zuiden or vanis een tak v an de Impulsai,met een aanmerkelijken waterval en de w egv an de riv ier is 200 yards ten noo rdwesten

v an de baken (Baken IV . ) van daar naar

het hoogste punt van de Mapumula bergketen ,

de waterscheiding van de kleineUsuto riv ier ten noorden en de Umpulazir ivier ten zuiden , de heuv el waarvan de

top een kale rotsis steil af IOOpende naarde kleine Usuto (Baken van daar

naar het westelijke punt van een ro tsach

tigen heuv elmet twee koppen , Makwena

genaamd , steil aan alle zijden en waar

van de top een kale rotsis (Bakenvan daar naar den top van een ruw eiheuvel van aamerkelijke hoogte, steil at

Portuguese frontier on the Libombo range ;thence along th e summits of the L ibomborange to themiddle of the poort wherethe Komati River passes through it, calledthe lowest Komati Poort ; thence in a

north by easterly d irection to PokioensKop

,situate d on the north side of the

Olifant’s River , whereit passes through theridges ; thence about north north-west to

the nearest point of Serra diChicundo ;and thence to the junctionOf the Pafo riRiv er w ith the L impopo or CrocodileRiv er ; thenceup the course of the Limpopo Riv er to the pointwhere theMariqueRiv er falls into it. Thenceup the courseof the Marique Riv er to Dorde Poort,

”

where it passes through a low range

of hills, called Sikwane, a beacon (No .

10) being erected on the spur of saidrange near to , and westward of, the

banks of the r iv er ; thence, in a straightline, through this beacon to a beacon

(No . erected on the top of the samerange, about yards distant frombeacon No . 10 ; thence, in a straight line,to a beacon (No . 8) erected on the highestpoint ofan isolated hill, called Dikgagong,

o r Wildebeest Kop,”

situated south -east

ward of, and about 331;miles distant froma high hill, called Moripe ; thence, in a

straight line, to a beacon (No . 7 ) erected

on the summit ofan isolated hill o r kop

pie forming the eastern extremity of the

range of hills called Moshweu, situated to

the northward of, and about twomilesdistant from, a large isolated hill called

Chukudu-Chochwa; thence, in a straightline, to a beacon (No . 6) erected on the

summit ofahill forming part of the samerange,Moshweu; thence ,in astraight line,to a beacon (No . 5 ) erected on the summitofapointed hillin the same range ; thence,in astraight line, to abeacon (No . 4) erectedon the summit ofthe western extremity ofthe same ran e ; thence,

in a straight line,to a beacon o . 3) erected on the summitofthe northern extremity of a low , bushyhill, o r Koppie ,

”

near to and eastward of

the Notwane Riv er ; thence in a straightline to the junction of the streamcalledMetsi-Mashwano with the Notwane Riv er

(No . 2) thenceup the course ofthe Not

wane Riv er "

to Sengoma, being the Poortwhere the riv er passes through theDwarsberg range ; thence, as described in the

Award given by L ieutenant Gov ernorKeate, dated October 17, 1871 , by Pitlanganyane (narrow place) , Deboaganka or

Schaapkuil, Sibatoul (hare place) , and Maclase, to Ramatlabama, a pool on a s ruitnorth of the Molopo Riv er . Fromamatlabama the boundary shall run to the

summit ofan isolated hill, called Leganka;thencein astraight line, passing north-east

loopende naar de Komati r ivier, zqnde dezeheuvel hetmesst noo rdelijke punt van deIsilotwanibergketen en gescheiden van hethoogstenpuntv an denbergketenInkomokazi(een scherpe kegel) door een diepen nek

(Baken (Op een bergrandin de rechtelijn tusschen hakens 1 . en II. staat een

tusschen baken . ) Van baken I . loopt de

grenslijn naar een heuv el ov er de Komatir iv ier en van daar langs den top van den

heuv elketen hakend als de Makongwa diev an het noordoosten nasr het zuidwestenlooptnaar Kamhlubanakop ; ndaarin eenrechte lijn nasr Mananga, een puntin denLibombo keten en van daar naar hetusastepunt in de Portugeesche grenslijn op den

L ibombo keten van daar langs de hoogstetoppen van den Limbobo keten naar hetmidden v an de poortwaar deKomati riv ierer door loopt, de onderste Komati Poortgenaamd van daar in een richting noordbij oost nasr Pokio ens kop , gelegen aan de

noordzijde v an de Olifants riv ier waar zijdoor de bergen lOOpt ; van daar omtrentnoord - noordwest naar het naaste punt vanSerra diChicundo en van daar naar densamenloop van de Pafoririv iermet deL impopo ofKrokodil rivier ; van daar langsden stroomv an de Limpopo rivier naar hetpunt waar de Marique rivier er in v loeit.

Van daar langs den stroomv an de Mar ique riv ier naar Derde Poort, waar Z1]door een lagen heuv elketen , Sikwanegenaamd , loopt, en op den afast v an

genoemden keten dicht bij en ten westen

v an de oev ers van de r iv ier is een baken

(No . 10) opgericht van daar in een rechtelijn door deze baken naar een baken (No . 9)opgericht o p den top van denzelfden keten ,

omtrent 1700 yards v erwijderd van baken

No . 10 van daarin een rechte lijn nas r eenbaken (No . 8)opgericht op hethoogste puntv an een alleen staanden heuv el, Dikgagongof Wildbeest kop genoemd , gelegen ten

zuid - oosten van en omtrent 3}mijl van een

hoogen heuv el, Moripe genoemd ; van daarin een rechte lijunaar een baken (No . 7)opgericht op den to p van een alleenstaande

heuv el of koppie,”het oostelijkuiteindeuitmakende van den heuvelketenMoshweu

genaamd , gelegen ten noorden v an en

outrent tweemijlen v erwijderd v an een

grooten alleenstaanden heuv el ChukuduChochwa genaamd v an daar ,in een rechtelijunaar een baken (NO . 6) opgericht Op dentop van een heuv el een gedeelteuitmakendev an denzelfden keten Moshweu; v an daar ,in een rechte liju, naar een baken (No . 5 )opgericht op den top van een spitstoeloopenden heuv el in denzelfden keten ; v an

daar in een rechte lijn naar een baken

(No . 4) opgericht Op den to van hetwestelijkuiteinde van denzelf en ketenv an daar in een rechte lijunaar een baken

of a Native Station , near Buurman’sDrift,” on the Molopo Riv er , to that pointon the road fromMosiegato the o ld drift,where aroad turns out thr ough theNativ eStation to the new drift below ; thence toBuurman’s Old Drift thence in a

straight line , to amarked and isolatedclump of trees near to and north-west of

the dwelling-house of C . Austin, a tenant

on thefarm“Vleifontein,

”

No . 1 17 thence,in a straight line, to the north-western

corner beacon Of the farmMooimeISjesfontein ,

”NO. 30 ; thence, along the western

line of'

the said farmMooimeisjesfontein ,

"

and in prolongation thereof, as far as theroad leading fromLudik’s Dr ift,” on the.

MolopoRiv er , pastthe homestead of Moo imeisjesfontein ,

”

towards the SaltPans nearHarts Riv er ; thence, along the said road ,crossing the direct road fromPolfonteinto Sehuba, anduntil the direct road fromPolfontein to Lotlakane or Pietfontein isreached ; thence, along the southern edge

ofthe last-named road towards Lotlakane,until the firstgarden ground ofthat stationis reached thence , in a south-westerlydirection , skirting Lotlakane, so as to leav eit and all its garden round in nativ e territo ry,until the roa fromL otlakane toKunanais reached thence along the east

side, and clear of that road towards Kunana,until the garden grounds of thatstation are reached thence, skirting Kunana, so as to includeit and all its gardenground , but nomore, in the Transvaal,until the road fromKunana to Mamusaisreached thence, along the easte rn side andclear ofthe road towardsMamusa,until aroad turns out towards Taungs thence,along the eastern side and clear ofthe roadtowardsTaungs, till the line ofthe districtknown as Stellaland is reached ,

about1 1miles fromTaungs ; thence , along the

line ofthe district Stellaland , to theHartsRiv er , about 24miles below Mamusa;thence, across Harts Riv er , to the junctionofthe roads fromMonths and Phokwane ;thence, along the western side and clear ofthe nearest road towards Koppie Enkel,

”

an isolated h ill about 36miles fromMamusa, and about 18miles north of Christiana, and to the summit of the said hillthence, in a straight line, to that point on

thenorth-eastboundary ofGriqualandWest

as beaconed by Mr . Surv eyor Ford , wheretwo farms, registered as Nos. 72 and 75 ,domeet, aboutmidway between the Vaaland Harts Riv ers,measured along the saidboundary of Griualand West ; thence tothe first oint w ere the north-east boundary of (friqualand Westmeets the Vaal31V?“

(No . 3) opgericht op den op van het noordelijkuiteinde van een lagen bo schrijkenheuv el of Koppie,

”dicht by en ten

oosten v an de Notwans riv ier ; van daarineen rechte lijn nasr de plaats waar de

Metsi-Mashwane en de Notwane riv ierzich v ereenigen (No . 2) v an daar langs den

stroomvan deNotwans r iv ier naar Sengoma,zijnde de poort waar de r iv ier door denDwarsbsrgbergketen lOOpt vandaar ,ge1ijkomschrev en is in deuitspraak door Luitenant Gouv erneur Keats gedaan op 17

October 1871 langs Pitlanganyans (nauweplek ) Deboaganka of Schaa

gkuil, Sibatoul

(kale plek) en Maclase, naar amatlabama,een kuilin sen spruit ten noorden v an de

Molopo riv ier . Van Ramatlahama zal de

grenslijn loopen nsar den top van een

alleenstaanden heuvel, Legankagenaamdvan daarin senrechte lijn loopendstsnnoo rdoosten van een inboorlingen statis dichtby Buurman’s Drift aan de Molopo riv iernaar dat punt op den weg v an Mo sieganasr de oude dr ift. waar een weguitlo optdoor de inboorlingenstatie naar de nieuwedrift lager af; van daar naar Buurman’sOude Drift ; van daar in een rechte lijunaar een kenbaar enalleenstaandaantalboomen dicht by en ten noo rdw esten v an het

w oonhuis van C .Austin , een huurder van deplaats Vleifontein No . 117 van daarin eenrechte lijn nasr de no ordwestelijke hoekbaken v an ds plaats Mooimeisjesfontein,No . 30 ; van daar langs de westelijke lijnvan genoemde plaatsMo oimeisjesfontein en

in v erlenging daarvan, zoo v er als de wegloopende v an Ludik’a drift aan de Molopor iv ier v oorbij het woonhuis v an MOOImeisjesfontein naar de zoutpannen nabij Hart

’s

r iv ier ; van daar langs genoemden weg,

ov er den directen weg van Po lfontein naar

Sehuba en to tdat de directs weg van

Polfontein naar Lotlakane of Rietfonteinbereikt wordt ; v an daar langs de zuidelijke zijde v an den laatstgenoemden wegnaar L otlakane totdat de eerste tuingrondvan die statis bereikt wordb; v an daar

in een zuidwsstslijke richting loo pende

langs L otlakane, zoodat d ze plaats en al

haar tuingrond in het inboorlingen gebiedblyft totdat ds w eg v an L otlakane naar

Kunana bereik t w ordt ; van daar

langs de oostzijde en v rij v an d ien wegnaar Kunana, totdat de tuingrondsn van

dat station bereikt zijn ; van daar loopendelangs Kunana, die plaats en al haar tuingrond ,maar nietmesr , in de Transvaalsluitsnds , totdat de weg v an KunananaarMamusa bereikt is ; van daar langs de

o ostmj de en v rij v an den wegnaarMamusa,tot waar een weguitdraait naar Taungs ;van daar langs de oostzijdeen v rij van den

weg naar Taungs, totdat de li'uvan hetdistrict bekend als Stellalsn bereikt

ARTICLE II.

The Government of the South 'AfricanRepublic will strictly adhere to the boundaries defined in the first Article of

this Convention, and w ill do itsutmostto prev ent any of its inhabitants frommak ing any encroachments upon lands

beyond the said boundaries. TheGovernment of the South African Republic w illappoint Commissionersupon the eastern

and western borders whose duty it w ill bestrictly to guard against irregularities andall trespassing ov er the boundaries. Her

Majesty’s Gov ernment will, if necessary,

appoint Commissionersin the nativ e terr itor ies outside the eastern and western bor

ders ofthe SouthAfrican Republic tomaintain order and prevent encroachments.

Her Majesty’s Gov ernment and the Go

v ernment of the South Afr ican Republicw ill each appoint a person to proceed together to beacon offtheamended south -west

boundary as described in Article 1 of thisConv ention ; and the President of the

Orange Free State shall be requested toappoint areferee to whomthe said personsshall refer any questions on which theymayd isagree respecting the interpretation ofthe

said Article, and the decision of such re

feree thereon shall be final. The arrangement alreadymade,under the terms of

Article 19 of the Convention of Pretoriaofthe 3rdAugust 1881 , between the ownersofthe farms Grootfonteinand Valleifonteinon the one hand , and the Barolongauthorities outhe other , by which a fair share ofthe water supply of the said farms shallbe allowed to flowundisturbed to the saidBarolongs, shall continuein force.

wordt, omtrent 11mij len vanTaungs ; vandaar langs de lijn van het districtStellaland ,naar de Harts rivier , omtrent 24mijlenbenedenMamusa; v an daar , ov er de HartsvanMonths en Phokwane ; van daar langsde west zijds en v rij van den naasten wegnsar Koppie Enkel een alleenstaandeheuvel omtrent 36mij len van Mamusaen omtrent 18mijlen ten noorden vanChr istianaen naar den top van genoemdenheuvel ; van daar , in een rechte lijn, naardat punt op de noordoostelijke grenzen vanGriqualandWest, als afgebakend door denHeer Landmster Ford , waar twee plaatsen,

geregistreerd alsNos. 72 en 75 , by elkanderkomen , omtrent halfweg tusschen de Vaalen Harts r ivieren, gemeten langs genoemdegrenslijn van Griqualand W est; van daarnaar het eerste punt waar dsNoord Oosteli

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ke grenslijn van Griqualand West deaal rivier 8111]dt.

ARTIKEL II .

De regeering van de Zuid AfrikaanscheRepubliek zal z ich stipt houden aan de

grenzen bepaald in het eersteArtikel vandeze Conv entie en zal alles doen wat inhaar v ermogenis omvan hare onderdanente beletten eenige ov erschrijdin

gts plegen

op grond gelegen huiten gsnosme grenzen.

De regeering van de ZuidAfrikaanscheRepublick zal commissarissen aanstellen op deo ostelijke en westelijke grenzen w ier plichthet zijn zal streng ts waken tegen ongsregeldhedenenelke ov erschrijding der grenzen . HarerMajesteit

’s regeering zal, indien

noodig, commissarissen aanstellenin hetinboorlingen gebied gelegen huiten de oostelijke .

en westelijke gren zen van de ZuidAfrikaansche Republiek omorde ts Ebewaren en o v erschrij dingsn te beletten .

Harsr Majesteit’s Re eering en de Re

geering van deZuidAfri aanscheRepubliekzullen elk een persoon aanstellen die samende gewijzigde zuidwestelijke grenslijn,

zo oals dis omschrev en is in Artikel I . v an

deze Conv entie, zullen gaan afbakensnen de President van den Oranje Vrijstaatzal v erzocht worden een scheidsrechter aante stellen aan wien genoemde personen allev raagstukken zullen v erwijzsn waaromtrent21]mogenv srschillen ten opzichtevan deluitlegging van genoemd Artikel, en de beslissing v an zoodanigsn scheidsrechter daaromtrent zal finaalmjn . De schikking reedsgsmaakt, v olgens de bepaling v an Art. 19van de Conv entie van Pretoria v an 3 Augustus 1881 , tusschen de eigenaars van deplaatsen Grootfontein en Valleifontein v an

den eenen kant en de Barolong ov erhedena n den anderen kant, volkens welkeeen billijk gedeelte van den waterv oo rraadvan genoemde plaatsen, ongestoord zal

9mosten loopen naar degenoemdeBarolongs,zal van kraoht blijven.

ARTICLE III. ARTIKEL III .

IfaBr itish oflicer is appointed to reside Indien een Britsch ambtenaar aangesteldat Preto r ia or elsewhere within the South wordt omts Pretoria of eldersin de ZuidAfrican Republic to discharge functions Afrikaansche Republiek ts woonen omalogous to those of a Consular oflicer funktienuitteoefenen gelijk vo rmig aan die

he will receiv e the protection and assistance van een consulair ambtenaar , zal hij do beofthe Republic. scherming en de hul '

p van ds Republiekontvangen.

ARTICLE IV.

The South African Republic w ill conclude no treaty or engagement with anyState or nation other than the Orange

Free State , nor with any native tribe to theeastward or westward oftheRepublic,untilthe same has been approv ed by Her Ma

jesty the Queen .

Such approv al shall be considered to

have been grantedifHer Majesty’s Gov ernment shall not, w ithin sixmonths after

receiving acopy ofsuch treaty (which shallbe delivered to themimmediatelyupon itscompletion) , have notified that the con

elusion of such treatyisin conflictwith theinterests ofGreat Britain or ofany ofHer

Majesty’s possessionsin SouthAfr ica.

ARTICLE V.

The South Afr ican Republic w ill beliable for any balance whichmay stillremain duo of the debts for whichit wasliable at the date ofAnnexation , to wit,the Cape Commercial Bank Loan , the

Railway Loan , and the Orphan ChamberDebt, which debts will be a first chargeupon the revenues ofthe Republic. TheSouth African Republic willmoreover beliable to Her Majesty

’s Gov ernment fo r

which will be a second chargeupon the revenues ofthe Republic.

ARTICLE VI .

The debt due as aforesaid by the SouthAfrican Republic to Her Majesty

’s Go

v ernment will bear interest at the rate of

three and a half per cent. fromthe dateof the ratification of this Convention ,

and shall be repayable by a payment forinterest and Sinking Fund of six poundsand ninepence per 1001. per annum, whichw ill extinguish the debtintwenty-fiv e years.

The said payment ofsix pounds and ninepence per 1001. shall be payable half

yearly , in British currency, at the close of

each halfyear fromthe date ofsuch ratification : Pr ovided always that the South

ARTIKEL IV .

De Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek zal

geen v srdrag of v erbindtenis aangaanmeteenigen Staat ofnatie, behalv e den OranjeVrij Staat, nochmet eenigen inboorlingenstamten oosten of ten westen van de

Republiek ,v oo rdathetzalaijngoedgekeurd

door Hare Majesteit de K oningin .

Deze goedksuring zal geacht wordenv erleend te zijn als Harer Majesteit

’s R

geering niet binnen zssmaanden na de

ontvangst van een afschrift v an zoodanigv srdrag (dat haar zalmosten o verhandigdworden terstond na de v oltooijing ervan)zal hebben ts kennen gegev en dat de

sluiting van zoodaniv srdrag strijdig ismet de belangen van rootBrittanje ofvaneen van Harer Majesteit

’s bezittingen in

Zuid Afrika.

B

ARTIKEL V .

De Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek zal

v erantwo ordelijk aij n v oor het onbetaald

bedrug van de schulden waar v o o r zij v er

antw o ordelijkwas op de dagteekeningvan deAnnexatie, te weton , deKaapsche Handelsbank Leening, de Spoorweg Leening, en

de Weeskamer schuld , welks schulden een

eerste v ordering zullen zijn op deinkomstender Republiek . De Zuid AfrikaanscheRepubliek zal bov endien v erschuldigd zijnaan Harer Majesteit

’s Regesring een be

drag van 250,000l. dateen tweede v orderingzal zijn op deinkomsten van de Republiek .

ARTIKE L VI.

De bov engenoemde schuld der ZuidAfrikaansche Republiek aan Harer Majesteit’s Regesring zal renten opbrengen be

reksnd tegen drie en een halfpercent, vande dagteekening v an de bekrachtiging dezerConv entie, en zal gedelgd worden doorde betaling van renten en delgings fondsv an zes pond sterling en nogen pence per1006. per jaar , waardoor de schuld in vijfen twintig jaren zal Zijn gedelgd . Ge

noemde betaling van zsspond sterling enne

gen pence per 1001. zal halfjaarlijks betaalbaar zijn in Britschemunt aan het eindevan elk halfjaar v an do dagteekening der

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African Republic shall be at liber ty at theclose ofany halfyear. to pay wholeo r any portion of the outstanding debt.

Interest at the rate of three and ahalf

per cent. on the debt as stand ingunder theonv ention of Pretoria shall as heretoforehe paid to the date of the ratification of

this Conv ention .

ARTICLE VII .

All persons who held property in the

Transvaal on the 8th day ofAugust 1881 ,and still hold the same, w ill continue to

enjoy the r ights of property which theyhav e enjoyed since the 12th April 1877 .

N0 person who has remained loyal to Her

Majesty during the late hostilities shallsuffer anymolestation by reason of hisloyalty ; o r be liable to any criminal prosecution o r civ il action fo r any part takenin connexion w ith such hostilities and all

such persons will hav e full liberty to residein the country,

with enjoyment ofall civilrights , and protection fo r their persons andproperty.

ARTICLE VIII .

The South Afr ican Republic renew s the

declarationmade in the Sand Riv er Conv ention , and in the Conv ention ofPretoria,that no slav ery or apprenticeship partak ingofslav ery will be tolerated by the Gov ernment ofthe said Republic.

ARTICLE IX .

There w ill continue to be completefreedomof religion and protection frommo lestation for all denominations, provided the same be not inconsistent withmorality and good order ;and no disabilityshall attach to any person in regard to

rights ofproperty by reason ofthe religiousopinions which he holds .

ARTICLE X .

The Br itish Oflicer appointed to residein the South African Republic will receiv eev ery assistance fromthe Gov ernment of

the said Republicinmaking due provisionfo r the proper care and preservation ofthe

grav es ofsuch of Her Majesty’s Forces

as hav e died in the Transvaal and ifneed be, for the appropr iation of land for

the purpose.

bekrachtiging ;met dien v erstande dat deZuid AfrikaanscheRepubliek v rijheid hebbsn zal aan het einde van elk halfjaar hetgehesl ofeen desl van demitstaande schuldaftebetalen . Renten berekend tegen d rie eneen half per centuitstaande o p de schuldonder de Conv entie van Pretoria

,zullen

betaald worden alstev o ren tot op de dagteekening van de bekrachtiging dezerConv entie .

ARTIKEL VII.

ARTIKEL VIII.

De Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek v er

nieuwt de v erk laringin de Zandrivier Conv entis en in de Conv entie van Pretoriaafgelegd , dat geen slav ernij , of inboekengelijkende Op slavernij , door de regeering van genoemde Republiek zal wordengedoogd .

ARTIKEL IX .

Vo lkomen v rijheid van godsdienst en

bescherming tegen ov erlast v oor alle gezindtsn zal blijv en bestaan,mits deze niet

strijdig zijnmet zedelijkhsid en goede orde ;en niemand zal belemmerd worden in deuitoefening van zijn eigendomsrecht tengev olge van de godsdienstige gev oelens diehij toegedaan is.

ARTIKEL X .

De Britsche ambtenaar aangesteld omv erblijf ts houdon in de Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek zal alle onderstsuning ontv angen van de regeering van geno emdeRepubliek ter behoorlijke

‘

v o o rziening On

derhoud en behoud van de grav en van zo o

danige K rijgslisden Harer Majesteit’s die

in de Transvaal gestorv en zijn en ind iennoodig v oor de onteigening van land v oordat doel.

Alle personen die eigendombezatsnin de Transvaal op den 8sten dagv an Augustus 188 1, en het nog bezitten , zullen de eigendomsrechten die zijsedort 12 April 1877 , bobben genoten ,

blijv sn genieten . Geen perso on die loyaalgeblevsn is aan Hare Majesteit gedursndede v roegere Vijandelijkheden zal eenigenoverlast lijden ten gev olge v an zijn loyaliteit, of blootstaan aan eenige krimineslev erv olging of osnig burgerlijk rechtsged ing wsgens eenig deel door hemgenomen in v erbandmet zoo danigs vijandelijkheden , on zulks personen zullen v ollev rijheid hebben in het land te wonsn alleburgerlijke rechten en bescherming v oorhun persoon en eigendomgenietende .

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ARTICLE XI.

All grants or titles issued at any timeby the Transvaal Government in respectofland outside the boundary of the SouthAfr ican Republic, as defined in Article 1 ,shall be considered invalid and of no

effect, except in so far as any such grantor title relates to land that falls withinthe boundary of the South African Re

public and all persons holding any suchgrant so considered invalid and ofno effect

will receive fromthe Gov ernment of the

SouthAfrican Republic such compensation,

eitherin land orinmoney , as the Volksratidshall determine. In all cases in which anyNativ e Chiefs or other authorities outsidethe said boundaries hav e received anyadequate consideration fromthe Gov ernment of the South African Republic forland excluded fromthe Transvaal by the

firstArticle of this Conv ention , or wherepermanent improvements hav e beenmadeon the land , the High Commissioner willrecover fromthe nativ e authorities faircompensation for the loss ofthe land thusexcluded , o r of the permanent improvements thereon .

ARTICLE XII. ARTIKEL XII .

The independence of the Swazis, w ithin De onafhankslijkheid van de Swazies,the boundary line ofSwaz iland , as indicated binnen de grenzen v an Swazieland , gelijkin the firstArticle ofthis Convention

,w ill die aangsduid zijnin heteersteArtikel van

be fully recognised . doze Conv entie, zal ten volle wordsn erkend .

ARTICLE XIII .

Except in pursuance of any treaty or

engagementmade as provided in Article 4of this Convention , no other or higherduties shall be imposed on the importation into the South African Republic of

any article coming fromany part of Her

Majesty’s dominions than are ormay be

imposed on the like article coming fromany other place or country ; nor will anyprohibition bemaintained or imposed on

the importation into the South Afr icanRepublic of any article coming fromanypart of Her Majesty

’s dominions which

shall not equally extend to the like articlecoming fromany other place or country .

And in likemanner the same treatmentshall be given to any ar ticle coming to

Great Britain fromthe South AfricanRepublic as to the like article coming fromany other place o r country .

These provisions do not preclude the

consideration ofspecial arrangements as toimport duties and commercial relations

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ARTIKEL XI.

Alle schonkingen of grondbriev en ts

esnigsr tijd door deTranvaalsche regeeringuitgegsv sn ten aanzien van grond huitends grenzen van de Zuid Afrikaansche Reublisk , zoo sls die omschrev enup inArt.

I)

, zullen nietig en krachteloos geacht wor

dsn , behalv e v oorzoo v er zulk een schenkingof grondbrief betrekking hoeft op land

dat binnen do grenzen van de Zuid Afr ikaansche Republiek valt ; en alle personenin hetbezit v an zo odanige schenking, aldusnietig en krachteloos geacht, zullen van

ds regeering van de Zuid AfrikaanscheRepubliek zoodanige v ergoeding ofin landof in geld , ontvangsn , als de Volksraadbepalen zal. In alle gevallen waarinHoofden der inboorlingen , ofandere Ov erheden

huiten genoemde grenzen toereikends v er

gooding ontvangsn hebben vande regeerinder ZuidAfrikaansche Republiek v oor lanbuitengeslotenuit ds Transvaal door heteerste Artikel van deze Conv entie of waar

blijv ende v erbstsringen gemaakt zijn opden grond , zal de Hooge Commissaris vando opperhoofden der inboorlingen, bill kev erg oeding v erkrijgen voor het verlies vangrond aldusuitgesloten, of van ds daarop

gemaakte blijv ende v erbstsringen .

ARTIKEL XXIII .

Behalv e krachtens sen v srdrag of v er

bindtenis gesloten gelijk bepaald is inArtikel 4 v an deze Conv entie zullen er

geene andere of hoogere inv oerrechtengelegd w orden op den inv osr in de ZuidAfrikaansche Republiek van eenigerleiv oorwerp afkomstiguit eenig deel van

HarerMajesteit’s gebied , dan opgelegd Zijn

of Opgslegd zullen worden Op dergelijkv oorwerp af komstig nit eenige andereplaats of land ; noch zal semig v erbod

gehandhaafd of opgelegd w orden Op deninv osr in de Zuid Afrikaansche Republiekvan eenigerleiv oo rwerp afkomstiguiteenigdeel van Harer Majesteit

’s gebied dat niet

ev enzesr z ichuitstrekken zal tot deninv o srv an dergelijk v o orwerp afkomstig uiteenige andere plaats ofland . En ev enzoo

zalieder v oorwerp afkomn van de ZuidAfrikaansche Republiek op dezelfde wijzsbehandeld w orden in Groot Brittanje alsdergelijk artikel af komstig nit eenigeandere plaats ofland .

Dsze bepaliugen sluiten de ov erwegingnistuit van bijzondere schikkingsn betraffsndeinv oerrechtenenhandelsbetrekkingen

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between the South African Republic and tusschen de Zuid Afrikaansche Republiekany of Her .Majesty

’s colonies or pos en een v an Hater

'

Majesteit’s kolonisn of

sessions . bezittingen .

ARTICLE XIV. ARTIKEL XIV.

All persons, other than nativ es, con Alle personen , geeneinboorlingen z qnde,forming themselv es to the law s of the die zich schikken naar de wetten van de

South Afr ican Republic (0 ) will have Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek (a) zullenfull liberty ,

with their families, to enter , v olkomen v rijheid bobbenmet hunne huistrav el, Or reside in any par t of the South geziunen to komen, ts reizen of to wonsuAfrican Republic ; (b) they will be en in elk deel v an de Zuid Afrikaanschetitled to hire or possess houses,manufac Republiek ; (b) zij zullen het recht bobben ,

tor'

ies , warehouses, sheps, and premises ; huizen , fabrieksn ,magazijnen , winkels, en(0) theymay carry on their commerce eigendommen te huren ofto bezitten ; (c) zijeither in person or by any agents whommogen hunnen handel drijven in perso on

theymay think fit to employ ; ( d) they of door zoodanige agenten als zij zullenw ill not be subject, in respect of their goedvindsn aantestellen ; (d ) zij zullenpersons or property, 01

‘ in respect of their niet onderhevig zijn wat hunne personen of

commerce orindustry , to anytaxes ,whsthsr eigendommen betreft, aan belastingen , het

general or local, other than those which zij algemeene of plaatselijke, behalv e disare ormay beimposedupon citizens ofthe welks aan de burgers v an geno emde Resaid Republic. publisk opgelegd zijn of zullen worden .

ARTICLE XV . ARTIKEL XV .

All persons, other than nativ es, who

established their domicile in the Transvaalbetween the 12th day ofApril 1877 , andthe 8th August 1881, and who withintwelv emonths after such last-mentioneddate h av e had their names registered bythe British Resident, shall be exemptfromall compulsorymilitary service whatev er .

ARTICLE XVI. ARTIKEL XVI .

Provision shall hereafter bemade by a Voo rzisning zal later worden gemaaktseparate instrument for themutual extra in sens afz onderlijks akts v oor de wederdition of criminals , and also for the sur k eerigeuitlev ering vanmisdadigers en ook

render of’

deserters fromher Majesty’s v oor deuitlev ering van deserteurs uitForces. Harer Majesteit

’s krijgsmacht.

ARTICLE XVII . ARTIKEL XVII .

All debts contracted between the 12th Alle schulden aangegaan tusschen den

April l877 and the 8th August 1881 will 12den dag van April 1877 en den 88ten

be payable in the same currency in which Augustus 1881 zullen betaalbaar zijn intheymay hav e been contracted . dezelfdemunt waarin zij

.

aangegaan zijn .

ARTICLE XVIII. ARTIKEL XVIII .

No grants ofland whichmay hav e been Geen schenkingen van land die gemaaktmade, and no transfers ormortgages whichmochten zijn en geene transporten ofv ermay hav e been passed between the 12th bandsn die v olto oidmochten zijn tusschenApril 1877 and the 8th August 188 1 , will den 12den April 1877 en den 8sten Aube invalidated by reasonmerely of their gustus 1881 , zullen nietig v erklaard wordenhaving beenmade o r passed between such alleen opgrond dat zij aangegsv en ofv o l

dates . tooid zijn tusschen dis dagteekeningen .

All transfers to the British Secretary fo r Alle transporten aan denBritschen SecreNativ e Affairs in trust fo r nativ es will tar is v oor inboorlingen Zaken als Trusteeremain in force, an oflicer of the South v oor de inboorlingen zullen van krachtAfr ican Republic taking the place of such blijv en , tsrwijl een ambtenaar van de ZuidSecretaryfor NativeAfl

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airs. Afrikaansche Republiek de plaatsinnsmenzal van disn Secretaris voor Inboorlingenzaken.

Alle personen . gseneinbo o rlingen zgnde,

die hunne w o onplaats in de Transvaal

gev estigd hebben tusschen den l 2den dagv an April 1877 en den 8sten Augustus1881 , en die binnen twaalfmaanden na

laatstgenosmds dagteekening hunne namenhebben doen registreersn door den Britschen Resident zullen van allsn gedw ongenkrijgsdienst v rIJgsstsld zun .

ARTICLE XIX . ARTIKEL XIX .

The Government of the South African De Regesring v an de Ziiid AfrikaanscheR epublic will engage faithfully to fulfil Republiek v erbindt z ich de v erzekeringenthe assurances giv en , in accordance w ith gegev en, ov ereenkomstig de wetten v an

the laws of the South African Republic, de Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek , aan de

to the natives at the Pretoria Pitso by the inboorlingen Op de Pitso ts Pretoria doorRoyal Commission in the presence of the deK oninklijke Commissiein de tegenwoorTr iumvirate and w ith their entire assent, dighsid van het Drismanschap etmet zijn( 1 ) as to the freedomofthe natives to buy v olkomen goedksuring, getrouw nit to

o r otherwise acquire landunder certain v oerencond itions, (2) as to the appointment of a we t betreft dc v rijheid der inbo o rcommission tomark out nativ e locations, lingen omonder zekere v oor(3 ) as to the access of the nativ es to the waardeuland ts k0 0 pen of opcourts of law , and (4) as to their being andere wijzs te v erkrijgen :

allowed tomov e freely within the country ,wat betreft de aanstelling van een

or to leave itfor any legal purpose,under a commissie omlocaties vaninboo rpass system. lingen aftsbakenen

wat betreft de toelating van inboo rlingen tot de gsrechtsho v en en

wat betreft de v rijheid hun gegev enon zich v rij te bewegen binnenhet land of hetmet een wettigdoel te v erlatsn , onder een pas

stelsel.

ARTICLE XX . ARTIKEL XX .

This Conv ention w ill be ratified by a Deze Conv entie zal bekrachtigd wordenVolksraad ofthe South African Republic door den Volksraad van de Zuid Afriw ithin the period of sixmonths after its kaansche Republiek binnen den tijd van

execution, andin default ofsuch ratification zesmaanden na hare onderteekening en

this Conv ention shall be null and v oid . bij gebreke van zoodanige bekrachtigingzal deze Conv entie v an nul en gesner

waarde zijn .

Signed in duplicate in London this 27th G'reteeksnd in dubbel ts L ondon

day ofFebruary 1884 . op den 27ston dag van Februari1884.

(Signed ) HERCULES ROBINSON. (Signed ) HERCULES ROBINSON.

(Signed) S. J . P. KRUGER. (Signed ) s. J . P . KRUGER.

(Signed ) S. J. DU TOIT. (Signed ) S. J . DU TOIT.

(Signed) M. J. SMIT. (Signed) N. J. SMIT.

CORRESPONDENCE

RESPECTING THE

C O N V E N TI O N .

CONCLUDED WITH THE

SOUTH AFRIC AN REPUBLIC

ON THE 27TE FEBRUARY 1884.

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To the Transvaal Deputation.

The Transvaal Deputation

To the Transvaal Deputation.

The Transvaal Deputation

To the Transvaal Deputation.

The Transvaal Deputation

To the Transvaal Deputation.

The Transvaal Deputation

Dec. 4, 1883.

Dec. 7, 1883.

Dec. 11 , 1883 .

Dec. 12, 1883.

Dec. 18, 1883.

Dec. 22, 1883 .

Jan. 9, 1884.

Jan. 17 , 1884.

Enclosing amap showing roughly the

extension of the Transvaal boundary towhich Her Majesty’s Gov ernment are

willing to consent, and detailing themeasures which it is proposed to take

to ensure the independence and good

gov ernment of the nativ e tribes on the

south-west bo rder .

Submitting objactions to the preposals

contained in Colonial Ofi ce letter of the

4th December with regard to the

Western boundary.

eplyingin detail to the points raised intheir letter of the 7th December , andobserving that H er Majesty’s Government continue to be of Opinion that thequestion of the South-western boundaryshould first be settled , and further thatthey desire to be in a position tomakeliberal concessions in regard to the

Foreign relations, the internal Gov ernment, and the debt

,of the Transvaal

State.

Replying to Lo rd Derby’s letter of the

11thDecember, and stating thatitdoes no tmeet or remov e the objections and didicultice expressed in their letter of the

7th December ; stating also the reasons

which will prev ent their Go v ernmenttaking any part in the proposed jointprotectorate ov er Bechuanaland .

Observing that.ifthe Deputation areunableto accept L ord Derby’s proposal as to theboundary, it would appear impossible, atthe present time

,to proceed further

with the negotiations ; Her Majesty’sGov ernment will, however, be Willing to

send out a Commissioner to reportwhether the proposed line can in anyway bemodified .

Replying to L ord Derby’s letter ofthe i8thDecember, and suggesting, in ad ditionto other proposals, that a Commissionershould be appointed by each Go vernment for the Eastern and Western

boundaries, to guard against all trespassing, each Commissioner to be responsibleto his own Gov ernment.

Replying to their letter of22nd December,and suggesting, for the reasons set forth

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that they should again consider the

po ssibility of their accepting the pro

posed revised boundary line as securingthe wishes and interests ofall parties ina case in which some compromise isunav oidable ; also transmitting copyletter fromSir H . Robinson

,withmap .

Replying to Lo rd Derby’s letter of the

9th January, and enclosing amapshowing the boundary line proposed byDelegates ; stating that,ifthis cannot beaccepted by Her Majesty’s Go v ernment,Delegates will, on certain conditions,agree to the line proposed by ColonelMoysey enclosing also aMemorandumpointing out inaccuracies in Sir H .

Robinson’s letter of the 23rd December,and theMemorandumby Co lonelMoyseyenclosed in it.

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To the Transvaal Deputation.

To Treasury

TheTransvaal Deputation

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Jan. 28, 1884.

Feb. 4, 1884.

Feb. 5 , 1884.

Feb. 7, 1884.

Feb. 8, 1884.

Feb. 13, 1884.

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xpressing the willingness of Her Majesty

’s Gov ernment to entertain their

prOposal to accept themodified boundaryline as defined by Co lonel Moysey, and

stating that,on receiving a satisfactory

reply, Her Majesty’s Gov ernment will

proceed at once with the consideration of

their other proposals for themodificationofthe Conv ention .

Suggesting a slightmodification ofColonelMoysey

’s line, by which L otlakana (Riet

fontein) w ould be included within the

Transvaal,and that the settlement oftheTransvaal and Griqualand West boun

daries should be left to the Cape andTransvaal Gov ernments.

Expressing ahope that the question oftheW estern boundary can now be settled

and other questions proceeded with, andconv eying the opinion that, fo r the

reasons stated ,it will be better to adhereto the linewhich excludes Lotlakanafromthe Transvaal.tating that they willslightmodificationsuggested in theirJanuary, but that the information oh

tained by the Secretary of State on thispoint is incorrect and contrary to facts ;calling attention to the greatimportanceof speedily arriving at a satisfactorysettlement.

Requesting that payment oftheamount of interes t on thedebt due tomorrowmay be postponedfor the present.

Transmitting copy letter fromTransvaalDeputation requesting that payment of

the half yearly interest on the Transvaal debt now duemay be postponed ,and recommending compliance with thisapplication.

Accepting the proposed reduction of thedebt by the sumof and

calling attention to the question of

compensation to the owners of thosefarms which

,by the first article of the

Pretoria Conv ention w ere placed outsidethe Transvaal.ransmitting, with observations

,a draft

of the proposed Conv entionin substitution of the Conv ention of Pretoriatogether with amap .

Recommending that of theTransvaal debt be remitted , leaving inround numbers, to be acknowledged in the proposed new Convention.

Acknowledging receipt of Draft New

therein.

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Sulflect.

To theTransvaal Deputa Feb. 19, 1884.

Feb. 23, 1884. Transmitting amap showing approximatelythe bounda1ies of the South AfricanRepublic as defined in the firstarticleofthe new Conv ention.

Feb. 23, 1884. uthorising the reduction of the debt of

the South African Republic to the sumof fromthe date of the ratification of the new Conv ention, on the

Specified conditions.

To the Transvaal Deputa Feb. 26, 1884. Transmitting copy of a letter fromtheTreasury, showing the arrangementsunder which it has been decided to

reduce the debt to 250,0001.Feb. 27

, 1884. Conv ention between Her Majesty the

Queen and the South African Republic.

The Transvaal Deputation Feb. 27, 1884. Requesting that the provision contained inArticle 4 ofthe new Conv entionmay beconsidered already in operation, so thatthe Deputationmay proceed to concludetreaties, subject to Her Majesty’s

To the Transvaal Deputation.

To Sir Hercules Robinson Mar . 14, 1884. Transmitting, with observations, copies of

the correspondence relating to the Conv ention, which has been printed forParliament as a separate paper inaccordance with a promise given to the

Map showing the boundaries ofthe SouthAfrican Republic, as definedbyArticle 1 oftheConvention, dated 27th February 1884 To face page45.

xplaining further the arrangementswhichmight bemade in the event of

themodification of the GriqualandWest boundary, and observing thatifitshould appear that compensation wouldbe fairly payable to Mankoroane for

loss of territo ry, Her Majesty’s Government would expect that it should be

secured to himbefore the arrangementis sanctioned .

Stating that Her Majesty’s Governmentconsent to waive the provisions of

Article 4 of the new Conv ention, so thatthe Deputationmay be enabled to treat

personally with the Gov ernments oftheNertherlands and P ortugal, and Her

Majesty’s Gov ernment will be willing toconclude a Treaty with the Netherlandsor Portugal in the name and on behalfofthe Transvaal State ifdesired .

No . 1.

L IEUT.-GENERAL THE HON. L . SMYTH, C .B.

, to the RIGHT HON. THE EARL OFDERBY .

(Received June 17,TELEGRAPHIC.

17th . Transvaal Gov ernment requestme to send following. Bégms Volksraadresolv ed , that time has come to reconsider Conv ention . Gov ernment author ized to

take necessary steps. Is Her Majesty’s Gov ernment prepared to receiv e deputation

fr omTransv aal, of which President or Vice-President w ill be one, either in Londonor before Imper ial Commission in Cape Town ? ” Ends.

No . 2.

THE RIGHTHON. THE EARL OF DERBY to L IEUT.-GENERAL THE HON. L . SMYTH , C.D.

TELEGRAPHIC.

11th July . Yours, 17th ) “ InformTransvaal Gov ernment Her Majesty’s Government consent to inquire into working of Conv ention , and w ill receiv e deputation ,

including President o r Vice-President, in London , at conv enient time to be arranged

hereafter . Personal communication w ith Transv aal authorities preferable to sendingCommissioner to Cape . About end ofOctober seemsmost convenient time for deputation to arrive.

No . 3 .

L IEUT.-GENERAL THE HON. L . SMYTH , C.B. ,

to the RIGHT. HON. THE EARL OF

DERBY.

(Received July 25 ,TELEGRAPHIC.

Yours, l 1th .1' Transvaal Gov ernment express gratification .

beKruger , DuToit, and Smit. They add revision Conv entionurgent, swestern border affairs, and ask to be receiv ed in September .

No . 4.

THE RIGHTHON. THE EARL OF DERBY to MEET-GENERAL THE HON. L . SMYTH, C.B.

TELEGRAPHIC .

July 27 , Yours, 25th . InformTransvaal Government not convenient receivedeputation September , as session then just finished . May select any time after end

October .

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THE TRANSVAAL DEPUTATION to the RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF DERBY.

(L iteral Translation .)Albemarle Hotel, L ondon,

MY LORD, Nov ember 14, 1883 .

1 . At the personal interv iew w ith which the Deputation commissioned by the

Government of the South African Republic to negotiate!

w ith Her Majesty’s Government concernin a revision of the Convention of 1881 was honoured by your L ord

ship on the 7t instant, your Lordship requestedus to state at once the whole ofour case, and to formulate in writing both our grievances and our proposals.

W ith the fullest confidence in the justice of our cause and theunbiassed judgmentofHer Majesty

’s Government, we readily comply w ith your Lordship’s desire, and we

now have the honour to submit, for your special consideration , the follow ing statement.

2 . We feel ourselves bound at the outset to state that our people and their representativ es in the Volksraad object not only to certain stipulations of the Conventionof1881 , but to the said Conv ention in its entirety, as being a document which neitherin or igin , nor in tendency , nor in practical working,meets the requirements of thecoun3 .

1”Aye the principal objections to the Conv ention as awhole we beg to submit,a. That this Conv ention was not the result of free negotiation between two

parties, but aunilateral documentframed by aRoyal Commission , in whichWe, notwithstand ing oururgent request,* were not represented .

The Commission granted us a hearing only, but we did not have thestatus of a contracting party . The abov e-mentioned Conv ention is, in fact,no Convention , but an arrangementimposeduponus against our w ill.hat our representativ es, when they were heard ,

before the Royal Commission ,

repeatedly 11 ed serious objections against the chief pr inciples embodied inthe so- calle Conv ention , and that they forewarned the Commissioner '

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against the d ifficulties which they foresaw w ould result fromthe provisionsofthat Convention .1

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These representations were not admitted by the Commissioners, but subsequent events hav e proved themto be quite correct.

0. hat the said Conv ention in several important stipulations is a v iolation of theprinciples laid down in the preliminary treaty of peace signed by the two

belligerent parties on the 21st March 1881 .

It was onl in the firmconviction that there should be no deviation whatever fromt e conditions of that treaty , that our armed burghers dispersed . They had the right to expect the complete and faithful execution ofthe terms of the peace agreement fromHer Majesty

’s Gov ernment, yet,

notwithstanding this, a Convention wasunilaterally framed which containsstipulations less favourable to our people than were justified by the peaceagreement, not only w ith regard to the powers derived fromsuzerainty te

served to Her Majesty, but also w ith regard to interference inmattersconcerning the nativ es w ithin our borderaiIn addition to this, it appears tous that sev eral stipulations ofthe Conv en

tion exceed the limits prescribed in the instructions to the Royal Commission .

d. That the said Conv entionmoreov er bears the stamp of a temporary prov ision,invented for a per iod of transition fromthe condition brought about by theannexation and war to one of peace and independence, rather than of apermanent settlement ofmutual relations.

Thisis evident, both fromthe large number of articles of a temporarynature contained in the Conv ention , and fromthe vague and indefinite termsIin which the powers reserv ed to Her Majesty

’s Gov ernment by the Conv en

tion are indicated .

6. That the said Conv ention was only ratified by the Volksraad under compulsion , to prevent further bloodshed , and not before amod ification hadbeenmost earnestly butunsuccessfullyurged .

At that time Her Majesty’s Secretary ofState for the Colonies declared

that propositions for the amendment of the said Convention could only beBlue Book C .

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considered after the same had been ratified and its practical working properlytested .

f. That the experience ofmore than two years has now proved that the graveobjections which were at once raised by our delegates before the Royal Commission , and which were stillmoreurgently pressed by the representatives of

the people in the Volksraad were thoroughly well founded . These objectionsto the working of the Conv ention do notmerely refer tominor points, butso closely concern themain principles themselves, that the Conventionmayjustly be considered impracticable, as w ill appear fromthe particularsmentioned below .

4. The impracticability of the Conv ention has appeared chiefly in the follow ingointsp

a. The western boundary as defined in Article I .

b. The extent of the suzerain r ights reserv ed to Her Majesty byArticles II. andXVIII .

The obligation contained in Article III . to previously submit fo r the approvalof Her Majesty all new regulations concerning the interests of the nativesw ithin the Republic before they can come into force ; and

d . The financial settlement contained in Articles X . and XI .

5 . The follow ing w ill serv e as acondensed explanation ofthese points.

AI) . A. The impracticability of the new western boundary is shown by the followin factsgl . The lawful territor ial nativ e chiefs have refused to accept this boundary hav e

ev en formally and repeatedly protested againstit, because they did not wishto be shut outfromthe protection afforded to themby the Republic.

2 . This boundary has torn asunder the nativ e tribes, so that of the same tribe one

partwas placedunder the authority oftheTransvaalGov ernment,whilstanotherpar t, againstits own wishes, was cut offfromthe Transvaal terr itory .

3 . The completemarking of? of this boundary has not been properly carried out,on account ofthe hostile attitude ofthe tribes who repud iated it.

4. Acond ition of anarchy accompanied by robbery,murder , and countless disturbances has at once resulted fromthis delimitation, and still continues toprevail.

AD. B. W ith reference to the rights of the Suzerain we w ish to point out 'moreparticularlyl st. The considerable inconv enience experienced by our country on account of the

lengthy and complicatedmanner in which every communication with aforciower , however simple itmay be, has to be carried on. For , accord ing to t e

onv ention , this has to be done through themediumof the British Resident,ofthe High Commissioner , and ofHer Majesty

’s Government.

2nd . The stipulation of the Convention , accord ing to which our Gov ernment is notqualified byits own author ity andunder its own responsibility to communicatew ith nativ e chiefs outside the Republic, but has to employ fo r that purpose theBritish Resident. What is the result of th is ? That while in former timescattle thefts on the borders occurred v ery seldom, now complaints of suchthefts are continually coming in , inasmuch as the Kafi’ers know that they havea great chance of stealing the cattle of the inhabitants on the borders of theRepublic, and of carr ying themoffin secur ity beyond the Transvaal with impunity . Ow ing to the want of immediate suppression , the crimes committedon the borders acquire amuchmore grav e character ,mostly to the detrimentofthe nativ es themselves. The nativ e chiefs themselv es are involv ed in seriousdifficulties through the rascalities of afew thieves, and the Government cannottimeously consult w ith the chiefs because its hands are bound . The continualM ‘ W Q ‘ G

intertribal quarrels of the nativ es outside the Transvaal are encouraged and

furthered by this condition ofaffairs.

AD. C . The stipulation that all regulations concerning the interests of the nativesthe Republic should be submitted for approval to Her Majesty’s Government,

has been found to be very impracticable . In case of rebellion and sedition itis absolutely necessary to take immediatemeasures in cases which it is no t possible to

anticipate, without first being compelled to inquire fromHer Majesty’s Government,

at a distance of somany thousands ofmiles , and in amanner so lengthy and circumlocutionary , whether suchmeasures are satisfactoryin all particulars. The consequenceof this is that theinterests of the natives sufi’er . Formilder and at the same time

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4more satisfactorymeasures could be taken if we were at liberty to at oncemak eprovision suitable to ev ery emergency than if a prev iously sanctioned law has to

provide generally for every possible occurrence .

AI) . D. With regard to themonetary obligations which the Conv ention imposesuponour State, the Deputation venture to refer your Lordship to the v ery just obser vationexpressed by the Volksraad at the ratification of the Conv ention , ( viz . ) that thisquestion cannot be put to a practical test. It can hardly be denied that the debtimposedupon it, w ith the interest thereon ,

is v ery detrimental to the growth of ourRepublic ; and the Deputation consider it their duty tourge your Lordship to agree

to amore reasonable arrangement.

6. The Deputation v enture to trust thatafter this summary statement theimpracticability ofthe existing Conv ention will be recognised by the impartial judgment of

your L ordship . W e take the liberty to add to this Memoranduman annexure insupport of our statements concerning our historical r ight to the Sand Riv er Conv ention . To p reventunnecessary encumbrance theDeputation have restaicted themseh es to thisannewm'e, but should you/r L ordship desire any further exp lanation on any other p oints, wearep repared to submit thefullest evidence to supp ort our statements.

7 . Having thus exp lained our serious objections to the intolerable condition of

affairs, resulting fromthe Praeto ria Conv ention, affecting our Gov ernment, our people,and the nativ es w ithin our territory, as w ell as the tribes on our borders, and whichcondition threatens to create fromyear to year stillmore serious complications andan increasingly critical state of tension, should no satisfactorymodification of existingrelations be arriv ed at, the Deputation w ish to comply w ith your Lordship’s desire, andat once, in this Memorandum, beg to submit such proposals as we judge are requiredto bring about a condition of affairs which

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w ill offer a reasonable expectation that adefinite removal ofthe difficulties which hav e hitherto arisen w ill result fromit. YourL ordship w ill see fromthe above argumentation , that in the opinion of the Deputation a satisfactory settlement ofmutual relations will not result fromthemodificationof certain articles of the present Conv ention , but can only be expected froma new

arrangement,The Deputation consider it their duty tourge this w ith themore earnestness,

because Her Majesty’s Gov ernment would entirelymistake the feelings of our people

should they suppose that either the present o r the coming generation can ever rest

in satisfactionunless the Sand Riv er Conv ention be again recognised as thefi

historicalbasis of the n ew arrangement. The just conviction that this treaty still continues tohave its binding forceupon the Br itish Gov ernment as well asupon our own , can

nev er be abandoned by our people, not only because the said treaty is the reward of

incredible sacrifices, but also because our people w ould continue to feel themselv esmenaced by the proximity of Her Majesty’s power in South Africa, as long as the

Opinion can take root that a treaty concluded in themost solemnmanner and in dueformcan no longer be considered as the basis ofunlimited reciprocal confidence.

Itmay be that the people of the South African Republic will ev en now thankfullyaccept fromHer Majesty’s Gov ernment some allev iation of the burden imposeduponthem, but whatev er concessions Her Majesty

’s Gov ernmentmay be prepared tomak e

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the reciprocal confidence between the British and Dutch colonists will then onlyreviv e, when Her Majesty

’s Gov ernment also will accept the Sand River Conv ention

as the historical basis of all further arrangements. Any settlement not foundeduponthis basis cannot but be ofamerely temporary character — onlyupon this basis can a

Lpermanent settlement be '

scoured .

In support of this view , the Deputation w ish to draw your L ordship’s attention toanother consideration . The Conv ention of Sand Riv er is on a parallel w ith the treatyofBloemfontein , and , amongst Colonists in South Afr ica the conv iction prevails thatan arrangement as thatunder which the Orange Free State attained a state ofindependence and gradual dev elopment, is to be considered as amodel, approv ed by 30

years exper ience of themanner in w hich the relations between Her Majesty’s Gov ernment and the emigrant farmers should be regulated . The burghers of the Transvaal

Republic liv e in the conviction that they will share in the prosperous condition of

the Orange Free State as soon as the historical right called into existence by the SandRiver Conv ention is rev er ted to .

The Deputation , on their side, will not be able to do their duty, normay they takeupon themselv es the responsibility ofthe further course of events,unless they plainlyand clearly place before your Lordship this state ofmatters, andunless they impresstheir firmconviction that the noble object which your L ordship has in v iew— to

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Enclosurein No . 5 .

ANNEXURE To THIs MEMORANDUM .

The Gov ernment and the People hav e always claimed the Sand River Convention astheir just right, and have always faithfully observed that treaty . This w ill appearfromthe followingI . Protest ofthe Gov ernment ofthe South African Republic against the annexation ,

dated 1 1th April 1877 .— See Blue Book C .

— 2128, p . 13 .

II . Memorial signed by registered burghers to L ord Carnarvon , Secretary of

State for the Colonies, dated 7th January 1878, by which Memorial was con

firmed the Protest of 11th April 1877 .— See Blue Book C .

—2220, p . 363 .

III . L etter of the Deputation enclosing the Memorial, sub . II. , to Sir Michael HicksBeach , Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated l0th July 1878 , advancing as

principal fact against the annexation the breach of the Sand River Treaty — SeeBlue Book C .

—2128 , p . 15 .

IV . Memorandumof the People delivered to Sir Bartle Frere, dated 12th Apr il1879.

— See Blue Book C .

— 2367, p . 144.

V . Resolution ofthe People at Luipaardsv lei, dated 10th December 1879, to convenethe Volksraad — See Blue Book C. 1 17 .

VI . Letter of the Representativ es of the People to Mr . Gladstone, dated loth Mayl880.

— See Blue Book C.

— 2676, p . 46.

VII. Proclamation oftheTriumv iratein accordance w ith the Resolution ofthe Peopleat Paardekraal, dated 13th December 1880.

— See Blue Book C.— 2794, p . 4.

VIII . Appeal to the Sand Riv er Treaty in the letter of Mr . Kruger to the RoyalCommission , dated 1 l th May 1881 .

— See Blue Book C .

— 3114 , p . 63 .

IX . Objections oftheVolksraad to the ratification ofthe Pretoria'

Conv ention, dated

25th October 1881 .— See Blue Book C .

— 3098 , p . 102 .

The RIGHT HON. the EARL OF DERBY to the TRANSVAAL DEPUTATION.

GENTLEMEN,Downing Street, Nov ember 20, 1883 .

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt ofyour letter ofthe 14th instantf‘

submitting a statement of Objections to the Transvaal Conv ention of 1881 , and of

proposals for the substitution of new arrangements in lieuthereof. I have broughtthis letterunder the consideration ofHer Majesty

’s Government.

2 . They are not able to accept some portions of your account of past transactions,nor can they adopt in all respects your View of the present position of affairs ; but 1do not propose to examine your statementin detail on this occasion ,mpresent objectbeing to obtain fromyoufurther explanations as to the course whio the TransvaalStatemay be prepared to take with reference to some important points.

3 . In the first place, I shall be obliged if youwill explain somewhatmore fully anddefinitely the nature of the new agreement which youwould propose to take the

place ofthe Conv ention of Pretoria. Youstate your desire thatj n this new agreement ev ery connexion by which youare now bound to England , should not be

broken,

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and in another part of yourmemor ial, youexpress the opinion that theSand Riv er Conv ention still has a bind ing force. It is not possible to entertainthe suggestion that that Convention has now any v itality, o r thatifit could be revived ,it w ouldmeet the requirements of the present case . That Conv ention , like the

Conv ention of Pretoria, was not a treaty between tw o contracting Powers, but V

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a declarationmade by the Queen, and accepted by certain persons at that time, hersubjects, of the conditionsunder which , and the extent to wh ich , Her Majesty couldpermit themto inanage their own affairs w ithout interference. It did not create a

South African Republic, with a political organisation and defined boundaries, and theconditions with which it dealt had to a great extent disappeared before the annexationin 1877 terminated the independence of the Republic, and , as was declared by your

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Volksraad in confirming the Convention ofPretoria, brought theSand River Conventionto an en

4. While, therefore, Her Majesty’s Gov ernment do not reject the p reposal that

th ere‘ should be a new Conv ention , as preferable to a_modification of the “ existing

ILQQ SYQ QLQDDYGDtiQQ , and while they are prepared to consider whether provisionssimilar to some of the prov isions of the Sand R iv er Conv entionmay not be adopted ,it is desirable that youshouldunderstand that that Conv ention does .not in fact

now exist, and that if the Conv ention of 1881 is to be superseded, theremust be anew instrument.

5 . I shall be obliged , then , by your informingmein what senseitis wished thatinsuch new Agreement some connexion w ith England should bemaintained , and , ifitisthe desire of the Transvaal people that their State should hereafter stand in anyspecial relation to this country , whatis the formofconnexion which is proposed .

6. Her Majesty’s Gov ernment desire, in the second place, to understandmore

definitely what youw ould propose w ith regard to the boundar ies of the Transvaal, andhow far your Gov ernment will be prepared to preserv e, or to assistin preserv ing, peaceand order on , and near ,itsfrontier . Youstate that the Transvaal does not desire suchan extension of territory as would comein conflict with the legal claims of the surrounding Native tribes, or with the commercial interests of the neighbour ingColonies and States and I request youto informme whether I amr ight in

concluding, that these words indicate a readiness to agree to such a definition ofthe

W estern boundary of the Transv aal as w ill place outside the State, not only thoseNative chiefs and tribes who object to come w ithin it, but also the road or roads whichformthe principal trade route to the northward fromthe Cape Colony ; and further ,whether after the boundary has been revised and settled , your Gov ernment will takeeffectiv emeasures to prevent citizens oftheTransvaal fromtrespassingupon and seizinglands beyond the frontier , and w ill bear its fair share ofthe costofsuch prov isions asmaybe determinedupon fo r repressing such outrages and confiscations as hav e latelyoccurred in the Bechuana country .

7 . These are questions as to which it is necessary that Her Majesty’s Gov ernment

should receiv e some satisfactory assurances beforeit proceeds to consider the proposalswhich youhav e submitted ; and I need only add that they will be glad to find themselvesin a position to entertain these proposalsin a liberal spirit.

I hav e, 850 .

Messrs. Kruger , DuToit, and Smit. (Signed) DERBY.

No . 7.

THE TRANSVAAI. DEPUTATION to the RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF DERBY .

(L iteral translation. )

Albemarle Hotel, Albemarle Street, L ondon,MY L oan,

Nov ember 23 , 1883 .

WE have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your L o rdship’s letter of the2oth instant, ‘ informingus that Her Majesty’s Government cannot accept some portionsofour account of past transactions, no r adopt, in all respects, our view of the presentpo sition ofaffairs, and requesting some further explanations with regard to the coursewhich the Transvaal Governmentmay be prepared to take w ith reference to someimportant points.

2 . We have given your L ordship’s letter ourmost serious consideration,and have to

express our sincere regret that Her Maj esty’s Government are not able to accept the

who le ofour account ofpast transactions, o r to adept, in all respects , our View of thepresent position ofaffairs but as your L o rdship does no t wish to enter into details now

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we also w11| dismiss this subject for the present.

3 . But before we endeav our to giv e the further explanations desired we cannot refrainfromagain distinctly stating that neither the Volksraad no r the cople of the SouthAfrican Republic ev er did acknowledge or can acknowledge that t e Sand River Conv ention was brought to an end by the an

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4 . The points aboutwhich your L ordship desires further explanations appear tous tobe the follow ingl . The sensein which tt is WIBlled that tn a new agreement, some connexion with

England should bemaintained2 . The settlement of the boundaries of the Transvaal, andmore especially of the

western boundary ; and3 . The nature ofthe new agreement propo sed to take the place ofthe Convention of

Pretoria.

5 . With regard to the first of these po ints, viz ., the future relations between HerMajesty

’s Government and the South African Reublic, the Deputation wish oncemo re

to refer to what was stated in our letter ofthe Mt instant,* that, besides the standpointlaid down byus, as the basis offurther agreement, viz . , that

In the new ag reement every connexion by which we are now bound to England

should not be broken, but that the relation ofa dependency pu’blz'cz' juris, in which ourcountry now stands to the British Crown, be replaced by that oftwo contractive powers,

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it was further stated that thereis no objection to any later arrangements ofcommercialand other interests with Her Majesty

’s Go vernment either in the Convention whichmay he arrived at now or by a separate treaty .

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Acknowledging, h owever, the reasonableness ofadistinctunderstandingupon a po inttoo important to allow ofanymisunderstanding hereafter, the Deputation wish to explainthat, admitting the proposed basis, there is no reason why the Government of the SouthAfrican Reublic should not stand M W to Her Majesty

’s Government,

and why points of common interest should not be arranged in a friendlymanner, as,fo r instance,mutual protection of commercialinterests, acommon native policy , and thelike.

The Deputation would even go further and declare what has already been repeatedlyand openly declared by the Government and people of the South African Republic, thaton their partmeneis ne p bjflction -

ceesidetetiop lEQJ LQL BQt e

of confederation between _thc Colonies and Africa, emanating fromHerMajesty

’s Government, and wherein the interests of the Imperial Government are duly

recognised even in so far as a British Pro tectoxatc.might hereafter be required againstfl . “

any attempt on the part oftransmarine p owers to take po ssession of South Africa byforce ofarms. 1

6. With reference to the boundaries of the Transvaal, and especially the Western

boundary, the Deputation wish to informyour Lo rdship that it is their intention tosubmit within afew days a separate document containing afill] statement of1 . The rights ofthe South African Republic over the territory where the present

difficulties exist ;2 . The encroachmentsmadeupon those rights ;3 . Ahistorical sketch ofthe present complications ; and ,The proposals fo r apermanent settlement.

7 . Butin order to at once acquaint your L ordship with the drift of our proposals wew ish to state that we are w rlling to accept at present the boundary line as fixed in the

Pretoria C onvention, except on our western border where somemod ification isabsolutely necessary ; and as your L ordship desires some further information regardingthat part ofthe boundary , we wish to frankly answer your L ordsh ip’s questions .

1 . Our Government is prepared , asit always has been prepared , to preserve and toassistin preserv ing peace and order on and near our frontiers.

2 . We are w illing to agree that the interested artiesin tho se regions shall be in futuresubject to the Government ofthe SouthAfrican Republic o r ofthe Cape Colony

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according to their own free choice, as our only objectis to see themplacedundersome settled formofgovernment, so that the difficulties at present existingmaybe removed and prevented in future .

3 . Fo r this reason we cannot give your L ordship the assurance that one ofthe roads

forming the trade route fromthe Colony to thenorthward will be excluded fromour territory , fo r by iving such assurance we should be obliged to chip of? fl orathe Republic some C iefs and their tribes who hav e alread y repeatedly protestedagainst being removed fromour protection . Butin addition to that road thereare other roads fromthe Colony to the northward , and the Go vernment of the

Republic, as we hav e stated above, will always be ready to arrange commercialrelations with the Colony .

4. Should our pro osals fo r the regulation ofthe western boundary be adopted , theTransvaal wi bo rder on the Colony, and our Government will take effectivemeasures to preserve the neutrality ofour fi ontiers, and will be prepared to bear

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its fair share Ofresponsibility of such prov isions as the two Governmentsmaydeemnecessary to take fo r the preservatio n ofpeace and order on that border .

8 . With regard to the nature ofthe new agreement which we would propose to take

the place ofthe Pretoria Conv ention, the Deputation will consider it a fav our ifyourL ordship would allowus to submit within afew days a draft Conv ention fromwhichyour L ord ship will be able to ascertain the wish of the Deputation with regard to the

nature of the final settlement between Her Majesty’s Government and the South

African Republic.

We have, & c.

(Signed ) S. J. P. KRUGER.

(Signed) EWALD EssnLEN, S. J. DU TOIT.

Secretary . N. J SMIT.

The Right Hon. the Earl ofDerby ,Her Majesty

’s Secretary ofState fo r the Colonies.

No . 8 .

THE TRANSVAAL DEPUTATION to the RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF DERBY.

Translation . Albemarle Hotel, L ondon ,

MY Loan,Nov ember 26, 1883 .

THE Deputation ofthe South African Republic, hav e the honour , in accordancewith their letter ofthe 23rd instant,* to forward herewith1 . Adraft Treaty.

2 . Astatement about the Western Boundary .

W ith reference to the draft Treaty , we beg to observe

(a.) Thatfor the purpose ofmeeting your Lordship’s objections, nomention is theremmade of the Sand -Riv er Conv ention , although the Deputation do not wish to

be considered , in consequence thereof, as hav ing yielded their standpoint, asformerly explained , nor as hav ing admitted the correctness of your Lordship’sv iews concerning the said Treaty .

(b.) That the proposed stipulation contained in Art. 2, is explained in the statementabout the W estern Boundary , andmust be considered insuggestionsmade at the end ofthat statement.

(c.) That the financial question and othermatters of a temporary character , can , inour Opinion , be better prov ided for in a separate Protocol than in the Treatyitself.

(d .) W ith regard to the nativ e policy, amatter of such importance to SouthAfr ica,we are ofopinion , that the interests ofboth Nativ es and Europeanswould bemosteffectually promoted bymutual confidence between the different Colonies and

States ofSouth Africa, and by the endeav our to arriv e at a common policy .

For this reason we w ill be prepared , should your L ordship wish it, to giv e ourfav ourable consideration to an agreement in which itis arranged a,

—that thevarious Gov ernmentsin South Afr icaundertake to communicate to each othertheir nativ e laws and regulations, and b. that these Gov ernments in addition to

such communication should endeav our bymeans of a conference of authorisedcommissioners to arriv e at acommon policy.

(Signed) EWALD EssnLEN, We hav e, (be.

Secretary . (Signed) S. J . P . KRUGER.

The Right Hon . the Earl ofDerby, S. J . DU TOIT.

& c. the. & c. N. J. SMIT.

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Enclosure.

1 in No . 8.

Draft ofa, Treaty — (English version) .The Honourable the Volksraad of the South African Republic, and Her Majesty

the Queen of the United Kingdomof Great Britain and Ireland , Empress of India,having judged it expedient to establish a permanent settlement of the reciprocalrelations between the two countries, and to promote the fr iendly intercourse betweentheir respective citizens, have named as their plenipotentiaries to conclude a treatyfor this purp ose, that is to say

— The Honourable the Volksraad ; His ExcellencyStephanus Johannes Paulus K ruger , President of the South African Republic ;Mr . Stephanus Johannes DuToit, Superintendent of Education ; Mr . Nicolas JacobusSmit, aMember of theH onourable the Volksraad ; and Her Majesty the Queen of the

United KingdomofGreat Br itain and Ireland , Empress ofInd ia,are at: a: as as

who , after having commtmicated to each other their respective full powers, found ingood and due form, have agreedupon and concluded the follow ing articles

ART. 1 .

It is agreed , that Her Britannia"Majesty recognises and guarantees by this treatythe full independence of the SouthAfrican Republic, w ith the right tomanage itsown affairs, according to its own laws, w ithout any interference on the part of the

British Gov ernment ; it beingunderstood that this systemof non- interference isbinding on both parties.

ART. 2 .

The present boundaries of the South African Republic are those named in the

first article of the PretoriaConvention of 1881 , except the South-western boundaries,which are the follow ingThe present boundaryis followed as far as the point where the Notwane r iv er joins

the Crocodile r iver . Fromthis point, the boundary follow s t he Notwane r iv er withinamile’s distance of the kraal of the Chief Lentsoe (tribe of late Chameau) ; thence,includ ing this whole kraal on both sides of the r iver , in a straight line to Sepetsi(the junction with the Metsi Mashwane riv er) ; thence follow ing the line whichseparates the territory of the Chief Magoosie fromthat of Gatsisibie— the latter

therefore, falling outside of the Republic ; and , further along the western boundariesofthe tribes ofMOntsioa, Moshette, Massouw , and Mankoroane all these, therefore,falling inside the Republic ; provided always, that these boundaries do not extend

beyond the line determined by the Proclamation of 29th April viz . , the straightline drawn fromthemo st westerly point of the lake Ngamito the northern point of

Langeberg, and further the boundary of Griqualand 1West, and with that boundary of

Griqualand West to the Vaal river .

ART. 3 .

Itis agreed , that no change or extension ofthe territory ofeither ofthe contractingparties shall take place w ithout the knowledge and approval ofthe other party, and ev enthen ,

only in case such a change or extension of territory be considered exped ient forthe peace or the secur ity on the boundary or for the common interest ofSouth Africa.

If the approval of the other contracting party to such change or extension of

territory cannot be obtained , this controversy shall be submitted to the decisionofarbitrators asmentioned in Art. 8 .

ART. 4.

It is agreed , that no slavery , in any formwhatev er , will be tolerated by eithercontracting partyunder its gov ernment, and further , that neither of the contractingparties w ill conclude any new arrangement or alliance w ith whomsoever of the

extraneous coloured nations, w ithout the approval ofthe other party.

If the approval of th other party to such arrangement or alliance cannot beobtained , this controversy s all be submitted to the decision ofarbitrators asmentionedinAr t . 8 .

ART. 5 .

Itis agreed , that no'

other or higher duties shall be imposed on the importation of

any article, the produce ormanufacture of the dominions and possessions of either

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the contracting partiesinto th e dominions and -

possessions of the'

Other party, than

are ormay be imposed on the like article arriving fromthe dominions ofother powers ;nor w ill any prohibition on theimportation ofany article, the produce ormanufactureof the dominions or possessions of the one party hemaintained or imposed by theo ther party, which prohibition shall not equally extend to the importation of the likearticle, the produce ormanufacture ofother countries.

The abov e prov ision does not exclude the possibility ofmaking a special arrangement about import duties and other commercial relations with the States and Coloniesv ofSouth Africa, or with any ofthese States or Colonies.

ART. 6.

Itis agreed , that neither of the contracting parties shall hinder the other party inithe purchase and the conveyance of firearms and -ammunition, and it is likew isemutuallyunderstood that all trade in firearms and ammunition w ith Natives isprohibited by the two contracting parties.

ART. 7.

Itis agreed that aseparate treaty shall hereafter‘bemade‘

for themutual extraditionofcriminals.

ART. 8.

Any controv ersies whichmay arise respecting the interpretation or the execution of

the .present Treaty , or the consequences of any violation thereof, shall be submitted ,when the contracting parties cannot come directly to a satisfactory arrangement, tothe decision ofacommission ofarbitrators.

The commission of arbitrators shall be selected by both parties, so that each of the

parties shall nominate an arbitrator , or an equal number of arbitrators, as the casema reqmre .

f the arbitrato rs, or amajority of themcannot agree, the controv ersy shall besubmitted to the decision of the President of the United States ofAmerica, and on

his refusal, to the decision ofthe head ofanother independent poweThe decision of the arbitrators, and if they cannot agree, the decision of the

President of the United States of America, or of the substituted power, shall bebindingupon both contracting parties.

AR'B. 9.

This treaty shall be ratified by the two contracting parties ; the ratifications thereofshall be exchanged at Pretoria as soon as possible, and the treaty shall come intoforce immediately after the respective ratifications.

whereof th e respective plenipotentiaries have signed the present treaty induplicate, in the Dutch and English languages.

Done at London , this day ofNovember , in the year ofOur Lordone thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

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Enclosure 2 in No. 8 .

Translation . The Western Boundary.

It is generally known that the terr ito r ies bordering on the western boundary of

South Afr ican Republic, have for the last three years been the scene of continualdisturbances. Var ious chiefs of inland tr ibes there carry on abloody str ife againsteach other , and are guilty of inhuman cruelties. Whites .too , hailing fromdifferentStates and Colonies of South Africa, even fromEurope, and called to their assistanceby the Chiefs ofboth sides, take partin that strife.

For the assistance afforded by them, they hav e obtained fromthe Chiefs, certainterritorial rights, and in this way the position has becomemore complicated .

Ifthe general weal already demands that an end should bemade to that cond itiona

lluncertainty and comparative anarchy. theSouth;AfricanRepublicurgently, requires

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Its territory borders immediately on theseunhappy regions, and it daily experiencesall the d ifficulties which anunsettled andunbr idled border population causes itsneibhour to feel.Esromthe nature of the case, there is in general no clear idea of the relationsin

which the South Afr ican Republic stands to these regions and their inhabitants, norofthe relativ e positionsin which the different tr ibal Chiefs stand to each other .

The deputation has, therefore, considered it their duty to explain some thingsmorefully, and this duty has themore w eight now that it appears to themthat both theaction and intention ofthe Republic hav e been invariablymisjudged . Theunfortunatecondition of affairs on the western frontier is a source of continual care and great

expense to the Republic, and as the reward ofsuch care and expense, it obtains onlythemostunfounded reproaches.

The deputation wish to point out seriatimI . The r ights ofthe South African Republic.

II . The encroachments on their rights.

III. The cowrse ofexisting complications.

IV. Remed ies.

Rights ofthe South AfmRepublic.

When the emigrant farmers leftHer Majesty’s ossessions in 1836 andmigrated

northward across the Orange Riv er , the country to t e north of the Vaal Riv er was toa larger extent than the Transv aal of to - day ,under the dominion of the two bloodthirsty Zuluusurpers, Umzwaas and Mo silikatse, who bymeans ofmurderous v iolenceconquered and retained possession of those regions , ev er further extending theirconquests southward into the territory now belonging to the Orange Free State, and

westward to the Kalahari Desert. The Olifants Riv er was the boundary between thepossessions of those conquerors , the eastern portionunder Umzwaas and the western

portionunder Mosilikatse.

The eastern portion of the Transvaal was subsequently acquired fromUmzwaasby the emigrant farmers by purchase or by exchange ; but the western portion of the

country became their property by v irtue ofthe right ofconquest and cession .

The present complicationsmore par ticularly affecting that western portion of ourcountry, the deputation considersit not inappropriate to giv e a briefhistorical account ofthemanner in which this territory came into possession ofthe South African Republic,

and what extent ofland was thus acquired . Mosilikatse, the then ruler ofthat w esternportion,

was not an old nativ e tribal chief, but, as was stated abov e, ausurper fromZululand , who extended his conquests ov er these regions only subsequent to the year1822 . The abor iginalinhabitants of this country had been nearly entirely extirpatedby himin themost cruelmanner . Some small remnants of tr ibes had , to save theirliv es, fled across the Vaal Riv er , and lived on land now belonging to the Orange Free

State, as, for instance, the Baralongs, who then liv ed at Blesburg . Another smallremnant of the original tr ibes continued to liv eunder Mo silikatse as his slaves ordogs in themost abject degradation , pov erty, andmisery .

While the emigrant farmers were liv ingin the Orange Free State , Mosilikatsemadean attackupon themalso in hisusual bloodthirsty and predatorymanner , killing andplunder ing asmuch as he could . He suddenly fellupon a section of emigrants,murderedmen , women , and children , and hemoreov er carried off portion of theircattle and fiv e children .

The remainder of the Boers, in order to save their liv es ,united in one body and

went into lager at Vechtkop . About 15 or 20 days later , Mosilikatse cameup with alarge force and there again attacked them. The Boers repulsed him, but he carriedof nearly all their cattle.

The Baralongs then came w ith their pack oxen and assisted in carrying off the

Waggons ofthe Boers to Blesburg, the placewhere they liv ed . Acommando ofBoers

thereupon pursued Mosilikatse with the object of recover ing the children which hadbeen carried off, and the cattle which had been stolen .

Machabi, aminor Baralong Chief, together with about 15 followers, accompaniedthe Boer commando as guide ; the other Baralongs were to omuch afraid ofMosilikatseto go with them. The Boers defeated Mosilikatse at theupper part ofK lein -Mariko,retook a small number of the stolen cattle, but not the children . They paid Machabiwith aportion ofthe recaptured cattle. This happened in 1837.

In that same year a second Boer commando took the field against Mosilikatse, toattain the same object which the former one had tr ied to accomplish . Machabiagain

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General to advance against Gazibone to punish himfor the evil perpetrated , and tobring back the woman and the girl and the stolen articles.

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When Mr . Kruger w ith his commando came near themhe was informed that thewoman and the girl wereunder the care ofMahura he sent amessage to this Chief,who was subordinate to Gazibone, requesting himto deliverup the woman and the

girl together with. themurder ers and the stolen cattle. Mahura sent 'himthe womanand the girl, stating that he could not deliverup the other articles. All the Batlapinswerethen assembled atTaungs, where Mahura resided .

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Commandant-General Kruger then sent amessage to Mahura, asking himwhetherhe . sided with the other rebels, and requesting him, if such were not the case,

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separate fromthembefore .he attacked them..But when General K ruger advanced with his force theunited forces ofthe Batlapins

attacked him. After some days’fighting the Kaffirs were defeated , and Gazibone fell .

imthe battle. 3 v

Mahura their sued ffor peace, admitted his guilt, and surrendered him‘selfl Peace

was concluded , and Mahura, the father of Mankoroane, was appointed to ruletemporarily in zGazibone’s stead, till the lawful Chief, the son ofGazibohe, sh ould sssécome ofage.Mahuraundertook to return the stolen cattle, to pay

‘ head of cattle for

war . expenses; and further to obey the Government of the SouthAfrican Republic.

Thereupon the Boer commando withdrew .

The above-mentioned facts conclusively prove,in the deputation’s humble opinion ,

that the SouthAfrican Republic has a second andmore special right of conquest tothe territory now occupied by the Batlapins, and also, that not Mankoroane, butGazibone, is the lawful terr itor ial paramount Chiefofthe Batlapins .

The r ight ofthe South African Republicis, however , not only basedupon conquest,a conquest which cannot be called a violent seizure;but which was the outcome of

necessarymeasures ofselfdefence, and a recapture of stolen goods, but this right was,moreov er , acknowledged by the lawful territorial Chiefs, and was confirmed byrepeated abdication oftheir claims.

The le al paramount Chiefs areMassouw oftheK orannas, Moshette ofthe Baralongs,and Gazione of the Batlapins, as has been convincingly proved by the reference totheir genealogies and history, of the late President Burgers in his correspondence

(ofAugust 31 , 1874) (w ith Sir H . Barkly) , the then High Commissioner . These

paramount chiefs were all subjects ofthe Republic so also the other petty chiefs. It

is well to refer here to the Proclamation ofPresident Pretorius, dated 29th Apr il 1868,containing a-notifieation ofthe boundaries oftheRepublic (aide Staats Courant ofthe

South Afr ican Republic, l 0th June According to that Proclamation , the

W estern boundary of theR epublic str etches '

to Lake Negami and fromthat lake iiia straight line to themost northerly point of the Langeberg. The Deputation refers

to this proclamation ,no t for the purpose of vindicating the r ight of the Republic to

the whole extent of this c territory, because the said proclamation has a historicalsignificance, which has not been recognised hither to , and which they wish to pointout .These extensive terr itories were not proclaimed because the Boers consideredthemnecessary for habitation , but to protect against the attacks ofMosilikatsiweakertribes, who had placed themselv esunder the protection ofthe Boers .

Later on ( 1846—1847) a treaty wasmade w ith the abov e-mentionedusurper by theGovernment of the South Afr ican Republic, and he !was ordered not to attack anytr ibe w ithin these territories, nor was any attackmade afterwards by this warliketr ibe, though they continue tomurder and rob weaker tribes, outside the said boundary.

The successor ofMosilikatsi, L o Banzulu, has several times requested the Governmentof the . Republic to . allow himto attack tribes w ithin this boundary ; but this hasalways been refused . Since HerMajesty

’s Governmentprotested against this boundary

in 1870, however , and the said Proclamation was re-called in consequence of thatprotest, thismurderous Zulutribe immediately commenced tomurder and rob againthose weaker tribes which were formerlyunder our protection , so that some tribeslivingin the vicinity of Lake Negami hav e been annihilated . The before-mentionedlegal territorial chiefs hav e never encroachedupon the r ights of the Republic, but,indeed , we regret to say, Br itish ofiicials, whose actions hav e been approved of by the

British Gov ernment, and for this purpose, theyusually employed as their instrumentsusurping petty chiefs, who were supported in theirunjust claims against their

paramount chiefs, by which they came into rebellion against not only their legalparamount chiefs , but also against the Gov ernment of the South African Republic,who could not recognize theirunjust demands. Thus for example, Mankoroane was

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supported in his rebellion .againstGazibone,Monteioa.againstMoshette, andilkalafynagainst Gapani. x a l “

”The deputation are therefore of Opinion that they ought . to be exhaustive and par

ticular in this historical sketch , in order to removemisunderstanding and erroneousrepresentations so often brought forward .

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2 . Emroachmeuts on the Rights ofltlieSouth fifflfiéqfi‘Republic '

The discovery ofdiamondsin the district now known as Griqualand Wessign for achangein Br itish p olicy. Astreamof English diggersrushed in ,

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rrels

ar ose, and though the Gov ernments of both -Republics (Orange Free State an SouthAfrican Republic) , to whose territories these grounds helonged’, took' propermeasuresof this new condition ofaffairs, the desireowas too strong, and the Opportunity seemedto o good a one for the purpose ofgaining new glory for the Br itish crown . AGr iquachief, called Waterboer , was persuaded to claimthis country his ‘

claimwas supportedby the Br itish Governor of the Cape Colony . Waterboer “

became a British subject,and notwithstanding the earnest protest of both

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republics, the country was takenp o ssession of, in violation of the treaties of Sand Riv er and Bloemfonteinf Howutterlyunfounded theclaims offlWaterboer were, has been shownby, amongst '

others‘

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a letter published in the Times,” ofMarch 9, 1871 .

TheScuth African Republic, strong in its just to submit the questionto the decision of arbiters. On the part of the Republic, Mr . O

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illy wasmadearbiter , and the Br itish arbiter was Mr . Campbell;whilst it was agreed that

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finaldecision was to be left to Gov ernor Keate ofNatal. That which was at once feared byapprehensiv eminds soon . happened . The arbiters

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at Bloemhoh' could not agree,andGov ernor Keate gave his award against the Republic, even with regard to groundswhich were not submitted to arbitration .

Against thisKeate award, which has acquired some historical notor iety, the SouthAfrican Republic protestedmost strongly . Not only because the award wasunjust 'initself, but also because ofthe partiality ofthe arbiter

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s, and , secondly , on account oftherepud iation ofthe legal nativ e chiefs. For it was '

shown ‘

that Mr . Campbell had , inanticipatio n , bought fromWaterboer a portion of the disputed

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territory, and that

Gov ernor Keate had , in anticipation, accepted Waterboer and his people‘

as Britishsubjects, in violation of the Sand River treaty. The rights of the legal nativ e chiefswere grievously d isregarded , because the Keate awar dunlawfully allotted land to

Mankoroane and Montsioa, w ithout the consent of Massouw and Moshette; who werenot even heard before the arbiters. These points have been convincingly shown in thealreadymentioned cor respondence between President Burgers and Sir H . Barkly . Theinjustice ofthe Keate award has since also been repeated ly acknowledged fromthe sideofthe British .

In 1878 the Griquas revolted against the British Government, and in the reports ofthe British Commanders, Colonels Warren and Lanyon ,

loud complaints aremade of

the participation of Mankoroane, and of his impotence tomake the other chiefsacknow ledge himas their paramount chief. Meanwhile, in an evil “

hour , the SouthAfrican Republic was annexed by Sir Theophilus Shepstone. He recognised the greatdanger of the condition of anarchy on the Western borders, and as Governorof the Transvaal, he argued , in his noteworthy despatch of July 18

,1870, that

the Keate award had had theunfortunate result of greatlyinjuring the natives, inmany cases bymeans of white adv enturer s, and at all ev ents bymeans ofintertribalquarrels and a condition ofanarchy . Gov ernor Shepstone '

also openly declared thatthere was only one

iby which the Nativ es could obtain justice and peace, and

secur ity be restored in the country . And whatwas that remedy ? Nothing but areturnto the old boundaries ofthe South-African Republic and to the policy adopted .

He proposed that the authority of the Transvaal Gov ernment should be extended

ov er the whole of the old limits of the Transvaal, apportioning a satisfactory location for

each ofthe tr ibes wrongfully excluded fromthe Transvaal, by the Keate award .

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The Deputation ventures to submitmost forcibly to your L ordship , this practicaladvice coming froma witness who will certainly not be rejected by the B ritishGovernment. In their Opinion nothing better can be done than still to follow thisadviceToomuch stress cannot be laid on the fact that the germofthe present troublesis to

be foundin the Keate award , andmore especiallyin theunfortunate prov isioncontainedin that award,.by w hich the status ofp aramount fdhiefflwas’ secured toMankoroane

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and Montsioa, a status to which they had no claim, and by which the rights of thereal paramount Chiefs, Massouw and Moshette, hav emost painfully been infr inged .

Ifadditional proofwere required Ofthe danger connected w ith the acknowledging Of

suchunlawful Chiefs, wemight refer to the Despatch Of Sir W illiamOwen Lanyon ,

the then Gov ernor Of Griqualand West, dated 19th February 1879 (see Blue Book .

C .—2454, p . Sir W illiamthere declares thatMankoroane , this pet Of the British

Government, is powerless for good as well as for evil, and is amere puppet in the

hands Ofmischiefmakers ofhis own tribe.

The Royal Commission has not acknowledged the boundary fixed in the Keateaward in the Praetor iaConv ention , but in this, as inmany other respects, it took amiddle course which satisfied no one. It tried to steer through the d ifferent parties,instead oftak ingits stand on the solid ground Oflaw .

It adopted a very arbitrary new boundary line, suggested by Colonel Moysey, who

as appears fromletters intercepted by the Boers, played a v ery questionable partduring the war . That new boundary line is in conflict with the r ights Of theRepublic which have been referred to in section 2 . (That) That new boundary linewas fixed w ithout an Opportunity being giv en to the paramount Chiefs, Massouw and

Moshette, to express their opinion about it, and without theurgent representationsOf the representatives Of the SouthAfr ican Republic being noticed . (See Blue BookC .

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As we hav e already pointed outin our MemorandumOf the i4th of November last,faithful subjects Of the South African Republic, were through the boundary line Of

the Praetor ia Conv ention, cut off against their will, and the tribes themselves wereto rn asunder .

Cut Offagainst their w ill. w ere the paramount Chiefs, Massouw and Moshette. Bothhav e protested against the boundary line ; hav e prohibited the line beingmarked O ff

completely , and have expressly signified their desire to remain , whathitherto they alwayshad been , faithful and loyal subjects Of the South African Republic. (See BlueBook C .

—3098 , p . 127 and 3381 , p .

The tribes were torn asunder for Machabi, a Chief subordinate to Moshette was

brought within the Republic, while his own paramount Chief was excluded . Whatmarvel that this arrangement was bound to giv e rise to great troubles ? (See BlueBook C . (Report OfMajor Buller ) , (pp . 17

3 . Historical Sketch ofthe p resent Comp lications.

Dur ing our war of independence, ameeting was held by the Chiefs Moshette,Montsioa, and Machabito consultupon the course they should adopt. It was resolv edto adopt awaiting policy, and not to tak e part in the war , but this decision was not

approv ed Of by Montsioa, who had proposed to attack the Boers. In passing, wemayObserve that this act OfMontsioawas v ery intelligible . Fo r the Br itish Gov ernmenthad by the Keate Award , conferred the positionupon himof paramount Chief, towhich he was not entitled , and which could never be acknowledged by the lawfulChiefs, and by the Boers. Howunfounded Montsioa’s claims were, is best prov ed bthe ev idence giv en by Montsioa’s son before the Royal Commission . (See Blue BoolzC .

—3219, p .

Montsioawas incensed at the result Of themeeting, and he wasmore particularlyenraged at the conduct OfMachabi, who had sided w ith Moshette and acknowledgedthe rights Of the latter to the paramount chieftainship . For this reason Montsioatreacherously attacked Machabiby night, killed a number Ofmen and women , and

cruelly burnt some and flayed others . (See'

Blue Book C .- 3098, p. Moshette

then came to the assistance ofhis subordinate ChiefMachabi, and the quarrels betweenthe tribes were fully set going. Major Buller and General Joubert were sent at the

request Of the Royal Commission to put an end to the hostilities ; they succeeded ininducing the hostile parties to lay down their arms till the Royal Commission shouldhav e giv en a decision , butit was a grav e omission On the part of the latter that itleft thematterundecided , though the Chiefs Moshette and Machabi, as well as theTransvaal representativ es, insistedupon it, accusing Montsioa Ofmurder . Instead Of

this, the Royal Commission fixed an arbitrary line west of the Republic, imaginingthat thereby peace would be restored andmaintained , though we on our part predictedthe reverse, which actually took place. For the wr onged ChiefMoshette , seeing thatjustice was not done to him, took the law into his own hands, which resulte d in new

troubles in those parts . But this was not all. The ChiefMank o roane, assisted bywhite volunteers, also attacked Massouw, without the latter having given himany

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provocation . (See Blue Book C.—3381 , pp . 44, In doing so he did not scruple

to commit the horrible cruelty Ofhav ing prisoners Ofwar tied between tw o planks andhaving themsawn through aliv e, he also v iolated the boundary line and came with hisforces within our boundary . In how far Montsioaand Mankoroane were instigated tomake these entirelyunjust attacks bymalicious English advisers, the deputation is notdisposed to decide, butitis afact that the two Chiefs were continually surrounded byEnglish adv isers . The deputation is satisfied w ith theundeniable fact that bothMontsioa and Mankoroane were the aggressors, and that the paramount ChiefsMoshette and Massouw were forced to defend themselv es against those assailants .

Both parties called white v olunteers to their assistance, and these were rewarded for

their serv ices w ith land , Mankoroane setting the example. Themost strict neutralitywas Observ ed by the Transvaal Gov ernment, and already, on the 2l st October 1881 , a

proclamation was issued by Mr . Kruger , as Vice-President, and by Mr . Joubert, asmember OftheTriumv irate, by which all burghers, w ithout d istinction , were prohibitedfromtaking partin this str ife, and were threatened w ith punishment according to law

in case they disobeyed . (See Blue Book C .

—3381 , pp . 46, Bitter hostilitiesh aving been carried on fo r some time, Mankoroane and Montsioawere defeated . Theconsequence was that peace was concluded , first, between Massouw and Mankoroane,and subsequently also between Moshette and Montsioa (see Blue Book C .

- 3419,

p p . 55 by which land was granted to the white v olunteers Of both belligerent

parties , and an appeal wasmade to the supreme authority Of the South AfricanRepublic (sec Blue Book C .

—3486, p . In themeantime the Transvaal Gov ernmenthad earnestly endeav oured tomake peace, and had employed all themeans at itsdisposal .

These endeav ours were not supported by the British Government, and against thesession Of r ights by the Chiefs to the South African Republic, later again renewed andurged , Objections w ere constantlymade in accordance w ith the counsels OfSir HerculesRobinson . (See Blue Book , C .

- 3486, p . 47 New troubles have been the result ofthis attitude Of the British Gov ernment, chiefly to the detriment Of the Natives, whonow continued in a state Ofanarchy .

The deputation is fully prepared , in accordance w ith the promisemadein theirmemorandumOf 14th Nov ember last, to produce documentary ev idence in proof Of

any Ofthe abov e -mentioned facts, should your Lordship deemit desirable.

4. Remedies.

Fromthe foregoingit will, we trust, clearly appear that the causes Of the existiucomplications are to be soughtin the persistentignoring Ofthe rights, a, of the SoutAfrican Republic, b, Ofthe lawful paramount Nativ e Chiefs .

Ifthese causes are remov ed , the effects also will d isappear .

The historical rights Of the Republic Obtained by conquest, by roclamation, and

by repeated cession by the lawful Chiefs, should be acknowledged . O the request Ofthe interested parties to be annexed to the SouthAfrican Republic, no Obstacles shouldbe raised .

If these pr inciples are admitted to be valid and aremade the basis of furthernegotiations, the deputation on its part w ill not insist on all the rights ofthe SouthAfrican Republic being immediately fully exercised . The western boundary linemight be restricted within narrower limits than were fixed by the proclamation Of

29th April 1868 .

The deputation declares itself perfectly w illingmost carefully to consider all

p roposals Ofsuch tendency . If it is proposed to leav e it to the free choice of thelawful Chiefs, and Of the white inhabitants Of those countries

,to decideunder whose

rule they desire to be, this also w ill be considered by the deputation, rovided they arebroughtunder a settled go v ernment. Ifitis desired to leav e it to ontsioa to choosebetween being a subject Of the Republic, in accordance with his own request, o r

Obtaining a'

sufliciently large location elsewhere, the deputation w ill be ready to

consider whether such a thing would be possible . For , as we have repeatedly stated ,

it is the sole aimOf the South African Republic to have peace and quietin thecountry , and to satisfy the demands Of humanity. As regards Mankoroane, if herefuses to submit to his lawful chief, and also to the Republic, as he requested inhis cession , but prefers the authority Of the Cape Colony , the deputation does not

believ e that any Objection will be raised against this.

In proof Of the earnest endeav ours Of the deputation to arr iv e at a satisfactoryagreement w ith Her Majesty

’s Gov ernment, we w ill add to this, thatif we should

succeed in agreeing w ith Her Majesty’s Gov ernment on othermattersunder considera

tion , and a d ifference of Opinion should prevail on this question only, we will then bei1 1535 . C

in a.position to consider whether this question can be settled separately hereafter by

amixed Commission , nominated for that purpose by the Government of the Cape

Colony, and that Ofthe SouthAfrican Republic.

NO. 9.

The RIGHTHON. THE EARL OF DERBY to the TRANSVAAL DEPUTATION.

GENTLEMEN, Downing Street, November 29, 1883 .

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt Of your letters Of the 23rd and26th instant.

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2 . The d raft Treaty which youhav e submitted in the second Of these letters isneither in formnor in substance such as Her Majesty

’s Gov ernment could adopt, but

I will not now enter into a detailed examination Of it, as it would be premature to

consider the language in which reference should bemade to any subjectuntil someunderstanding has been arriv ed at w ith respect to that subject.

3 . Her Majesty’s Gov ernment would ,moreover , not be able to accept as satisfactory

the suggestionmade in the statement w ith regard to the western boundary (alsoinclosed in your letter Of the 26th thatit should be considered separatelyhereafter whether the boundar ies which younow propose to define in a permanentinstrument should subsequently bemodified .

4. I hav e the honour to request that youw ill again refer tomy letter of th e

20th instantfi.~ in which youwill find it stated that after consideration Of your first

communication Her Majesty’s Gov ernment felt it necessary that before examining

your proposals they should receiv e some satisfactory assurance that youare ready to

agree to such a definition of the western boundary Of the Transvaal as w ill placeoutside the State those Nativ e Chiefs and tribes who Object to come w ithin it.

5 . Youare no doubt aware that there is a strong feeling in this country in fav our ofthe request Ofthese Chiefs that their independencemay be securedif they cannot comeunder British rule, and what I desired to explain to youwas that Her Majesty

’s

Gov ernment cannot consider any other pointsuntil it has been definitely settled withyouthat the boundaries Ofthe Transv aal, ifextended beyond the line now fixed by the

Conv ention Of 1881 , shall not include the terr itory which it is desired to reser v e fo r

these Chiefs and their people.

6. Itis necessary that the question Of the western boundary ofthe Tran svaal shallbe settled on this p rinciple befOre any further points can be considered ; and on

hear ing fromyouthat youunderstand this stipulation , I shall hav e pleasure in sendingfor your consideration amap , showing what extension Of the present boundary Ofth e

Transv aal Her Majesty’s Gov ernment can agree to , and in further explaining the

conditions to which that concession would be subject.

I hav e, & c.

Messrs. Kruger , DuToit, and Smit. (Signed) DERBY.

N0 . 10.

THE TRANSVAAL DEPUTATION to the RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF DERBY .

(TRANSLATION.)Albemarle Hotel, L ondon,

Mr L oan, November 30, 1883 .

W e have the honour to acknowledge the receipt Of your L ordship’s letter Of

the 29th instant. §2. The Deputation regret thatHerMajesty’sGov ernment cannot accept, eitherinform

orin substance, the draft treaty which we had the honour to submit to your L ordship .

3 . We are prepared , as we have already expressed in our statement concerning theWestern Boundary (of the 26th instant) ,

-t to agree to the regulation of the Western

Boundary on the basis laid down by your L ordship, viz .,that the interested parties who

desire it,may be excluded fromthe Republic by such regulation.

4. We will,therefore, havemuch pleasure in receiving fo r consideration themap

showing what extension Of the present boundary Of the Transvaal Her Majesty’s

Government can agree to , together with the explanation of the conditions to which that

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concession will be subject, in order to enableus to judge whether we can agree to the

application ofthe above-mentioned basis.

We have, & c.

(Signed) EWALD ESSELEN, (Signed) S. J. P . KRUG'ER.

Secretary . S. J. DU TOIT.

To the Right Hon. the Earl Derby , N . J. SMIT.

& c. & c. & c.

No . 11 .

The RIGHTHON. THE EARL OF DERBY to the TRANSVAAL DEPUTATION.

GENTLEMEN, Downing Street, December 4, 1883 .

IHAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt ofyour letter ofthe 3othultimo ,*expressing your desire to receiv e, for consideration , amap show ing what extension of

the present boundary of the Transv aal Her Majesty’s Gov ernment can agree to ,

together w ith an explanation of the conditions to which that concession will besub !

eet.

In accordance w ith your request, I have now the honour to transmit a copy of amapj' show ing roughly the alteration in the western boundary of the Transvaal towhich Her Majesty

’s Gov ernment are prepared to consent.

3 . The change in the boundary fixed by the Convention of Pretoria, which Her

Majesty’s Government propose, isin that part ofthe line which at present d ivides the

Transvaal fr omBechuanaland . Itis thought desirable tomake a slight deviation theresufficient to place w ithin theTransvaal part of the country belonging to the BaralongChiefMoshette and the Koranna ChiefMassouw . The new line will keep to the

eastward ofthemain road fromTaungs to Kunana, and fromKunana to Sehuba.

4. The proposed dev iation w ill place within theTransvaal a large portion ofthe lands

ofStellaland and Goshen , now occupied by the fr eebooters calling themselvesMoshette’s

and Massouw’s volunteers, who came into the country at the inv itation ofthose Chiefs.

It w ill probably be desirable that any freebooters remaining outside the new line inMontsioa’s andMankoroane’s country should be remov ed , and the whole ofBechuanalandlying outside the amended western boundary of the Transvaal, as well as the nativ eterritory to the north of Bechuanaland , through which themain trade route to the

inter ior runs, should be acknowledged to be an independent native reserveunder the

joint rotection ofGreat Britain , the Transvaal, and the Cape Colony.

5 . tis further proposed , with a view to giv e practical effect to this arrangement,that a British Resident Commissioner should be appointed , whomight reside at

Kuruman , or some other convenient place w ithin the protected territory. He wouldbeunder the orders of the High Commissioner , w ith whomhe would correspond . He

would no t interfere in the internalmanagement of the var ious tribes by theirrespective Chiefs ; he wouldmerely be the friend and adv iser of the Chiefs, andendeavour , if inv ited to do so , to arbitrate in their inter - tr ibal disputes. His pr incipalduty would be the protection ofproperty, and themaintenance of order in the countrybeyond the Transv aal and Colonial frontiers. For this purpose, he should be furnishedw ith a small but efiicientmounted police force. This force would be stationed indetachments along the border , which should , for a time at all events, be period icallypatrolled . Any Natives committing depredations in the Transvaal or the Colonyw ould be apprehended and punished , and any whitemarauders entering the protectedterritory fromeither the Transvaal or the Colony would be arrested , and handed overfor trial to their respectiv e Governments.

6. The cost of the Resident Commissioners’establishment and policemight, in aconsiderablemeasure, bemet by anative hut tax, which the Chiefs benefited would, itis believed , w illingly levy , and any deficit should be shared in equal propor tionsbetween the Imper ial, Colonial, and Transvaal Gov ernments.

7 . It w ill ofcourse be stated in any n ew convention thatmay bemade, that, subjectto the alteration abovementioned , the Transvaal Gov ernment renews the declarationcontained in Article XIX . ofthe Convention of Pretoria, viz . , that The Gov ernment

of the Transvaal State w ill str ictly adhere to the boundaries defined in the 1st

Article of this Convention , and will do itsutmost to prevent any ofits inhabitantsfrommak ing any encroachmentupon lands beyond the said State.

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8. IShall be happy to receive youif, after considering this letter, youshould wish tohave any further explanations w ith regard to the details ofthe proposed extensmn of

the boundary.

Ihave, & c.

Messrs. Kruger, DuToit, and Smit. (Signed) DERBY.

The TRANSVAAL DEPUTATION to the RIGHT HON. the EARL OF DERBY.

(L iteral Translation.)

MY LORD, Albemarle Hotel, L ondon, December 7, 1883 .

THE Deputation of the South African Republic have the honour to acknowledgethe receipt ofyour L ordship’s letter of the 4th instant,’submitting proposals concerningthe Western Boundary and the surrounding territory , and enclosing amap showingwhat extension of the said boundary could be accepted by Her Majesty

’s Gov ernment

andunder what conditions .

2 . The Deputation exceedingly regret that they cannot accept your L ordship’sproposals, on account of the following difficulties, which appear to themto be

insurmountable(a. ) The proposed arrangement goes beyond the instructions of the deputation, and

we could therefore only prov isionally agree to it, in order that the furthernegotiationsmay not be interrupted . But the proposed arrangement wouldhave to be submitted fo r approval to the Honourable the Volksraad , and weconsider it our duty to frankly informyour L ordship that we do not think itat all probable that the L egislature of the South African Republic will everconsent to such an arrangement.

(b. ) We wish further respectfully to point out that, according to our judgment, yourL o rdship’s prepo salis notin accordance with the principle laid down by yourL ordship that the existing complications should be settled not by force, but bythe free choice ofthe interested parties. For if this principle is adopted , as

prepo sed by your L ordship, that the tribes who wish it should be excludedromthe Republic it would scarcely appear reasonable that those who desireto come within the Republic should be denied that liberty .

(c ) The Deputation,moreover,may not conceal fromyour L ordship their firmconviction that the proposed arrangement, instead of putting an end to themelancholy state ofaffairs by the restoring of peace and order, which, as w ehave repeatedly declared , we desire above all

,things, would rather cause new

andmore serious complications by the tearing assunder of tribes and the

practical deprivation ofland fromsomein favour ofother tribes.

(d .) To whichmust still be added that, in the opinion of the Deputation, yourL

qrdship

’s preposal is subject tomany practical difficulties, as w ill appear

be ow .

3 . Taking advantage of your L ordship’s friendly offer to furnish further informationaboutminor points in your L ordship’s proposals, we wish respectfully to request furtherexplanations concerning the following po ints which are less clear tous— that is ifyourL ordship does no t accept as valid the above-mentioned objections and stillmaintains thatthe proposed arrangementis the only possible one

(a.) To what extent, proportionally, will the lands of the paramount Chiefs Massouwand Mo shette fall within and w ithout the Republic according to the new

arrangement(b.) What ro ratanumber ofthe subjects ofthe above-mentioned Chiefs inhabits the

lan which will fall within and w ithout the Republic according to the proposedarrangement

(c. ) Should the subjects ofboth the abov e-mentioned Chiefs not wish to be forciblyse rated fromtheir Chiefs— which ,

in our opinion,ismore than probable— wherewi1 they find ahome, and whose property will the land now inhabited becomewhen vacated by them

(d .) Will any compensation be given to those subjects of these Chiefs who are thusde

pirlved of their lands P how will the amount be determined, and by whom

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of the Transvaal frontier , nor do I allowmyself to doubt that the Volksraad w illreadily ratify amoderate enlargement ofthe State territory if that course shall appearon the whole to secur ein the bestmanner the var ious interests concerned .

3 . Referring then to the further observations contained in the second paragraph of

your letter , I would remind youthat, while Her Majesty’s Government desire that the

boundary shall be revised in accordance, as far as possible, with the w ishes of the

Chiefs and tr ibes pr incipally affected (of whomitmay be said , generally, thatMank oroane and Montsioa w ish to be outside the Transvaal, while Moshette and

Massouw would be w illing to come w ithin the State) , and also that the watered

country through which the trade road to the northward passes shall remainindependent, it is not practicable to attain these objects without some division -and

re-arrangement of the Native territor ies. There w ill, as youobserv e, be practicald ifficulties in connection with the details of such re- arrangement, but they are suchas Her Majesty

’s Government and the Transvaal Government can ov ercome ; and the

Native chiefsmay properly be required to accept the provisions determinedupon fo rtheir protection .

4. In reply to the questions asked in the third paragraph of your letter , I w ill, inthe first place, say, generally , that they are for themost part such asit would not be

advisable to attempt to answer precisely at the present time . Afresh surv ey ofthe

country and an accurate demarcation of the line will hav e to bemade before the new

frontier is authoritativ ely and finally declared . And itis not suggested that anythingmore definite should now be declared than that a boundary line nearly in accordancewith that shown on themap which I hav e given youshall, when laid down bycompetent surv eyors, be adopted as the recognised frontier ofthe State.

5 . I do not therefore think it necessary that the consideration of this subject shouldbe delayed while Her Maj esty

’s Gov ernment are ascertaining what should be the

answers to your questions (a) and (b) , and , indeed, it is probable that youpossessmore rece’nt andmore complete information with regard to themthan Her Majesty

’s

Gov ernment could giv e without referring to South Afr ica. W ith regard to questions(0) and (d ) , I think itis clear that the duty of prov iding land for those Natives whomay desire to remain in the country proposed to be added to the Transv aal will rest

w ith the Gov ernment of that State, while Her Majesty’s Government willmake

similar prov ision for any whomay desire tomov e into the territory placedunder theResident Commissioner . Ifcompensation should seemequitablein any case, it wouldbe payable by the authority failing to prov ide land for those hav ing a good claimupon it.

6. Her Majesty’s Government have not amap ofthe terr itories called Stella- land and

Goshen sufficiently complete to enable themto answer your questionmarked (c) , and ,inanswer to (f) , I apprehend that it w ill not be necessary in all cases to remo v e the

freebooters fromthe land taken by them, but that, where thismeasure is necessary, itwill be carried out by themounted police forceunder the ResidentCommissioner . Her

Majesty’s Gov ernment will appoint the Resident Commissioner ( question 9) after

consulting the Gov ernments of the Cape Colony and the Transvaal State ; and , if anygood reason for remov ing himshould at any time be established by either Gov ernment,w illmake a fresh appointment. His instructions will be drawnup by , and proceedfrom, Her Majesty

’s Gov ernment (question it) , and the Gov ernments of the Transvaal

and the Cape will be fully consulted in regard to them.7 . In answer to question t

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, I hav e to informyouthat, as Her Majesty’s Gov ernment

and the Government of the Cape Colony are prepared to bear their share of the costand responsibility of the proposed protectorate, it rests w ith the Transvaal State to

secure by its co - operation the solution ofthe existing difficulties. On that cc- operationwill depend , in a great degree, the strength of the police force thatmay be required(question j ) , and the cost ofit cannot be now stated , nor the amount which itmay bepossible to procure fromthe nativ es bymeans ofhut-tax .

8 . The Cape Government is not prepared (as the 5th paragraph of your letterindicates that yousuppose) to takeunder its control, as a part of the Colony, anyportion of the territory in question ; but when the boundary is surv eyed it w illprobably be found possible in some cases tomake such fair exchanges of country as

yousuggest, and so to prevent a native tribe frombeing partly w ithin and partlyw ithout the Transvaal.9. I trust that, after considering these explanations, youmay be able to agree

generally to the settlement of the boundary on the principles which I have stated,

leavingits details to be laid down hereafter by surv ey . As I informed youinmy

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letters of the 2oth and 29th November} Her Majesty’s Government feel it necessary

that this question should be satisfactor ily settled before any other points are con

sidered ; and I need now only add that they continue to desire that theymay be

placed in aposition tomake liberal concessionsin regard to the foreign relations, theinternal Government, and the debt, ofthe Transvaal State.

I have, 860 .

Messrs. Kruger , DuToit, and Smit. (Signed ) DERBY.

No . 14.

The TRANSVAAL DEPUTATICN to the RIGHTHON. THE EARL OF DERBY.

(L iteral translation . ) Albemarle Hotel, L ondon ,

MY LORD, December 12 , 1883 .

THE Deputation ofthe South African Republic hav e the honour to acknowledgeth e receipt of your Lordship’s letter of the 11th instantd to which , after serious consid eration , we hasten to r eply .

2 . W e are sorry that we hav e to declare that neither our objections nor our difficulties, as expressed in our letter of the 7th instant,1 hav e beenmet and removed by

your L ordship’s letter .

3 . W e are glad , how ev er , that themain pr inciple to which we attach the greatest

imp ortance, is stillmaintained , that the boundary shall be rev ised in accordance, asfar as possible, w ith the wishes of the Chiefs and tribes pr incipally affected

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and

that your L ordship allow s some latitudein the application ofthat pr inciple.

4 . W e, therefore , still continue to cher ish the expectation that, after having arr ivedat an agreement w ith your L ordship about the chief pr inciples, there will be a

p r obability of settling, at a personal interview , the details connected with the

application ofthose principles.

5 . But w e consider it necessary that a distinctunderstanding about these principlesshould exist between the negotiating parties before the details can be arranged , and ,

therefore, putting aside the particulars for the present, we confine ourselv es to themain pr inciples contained in your L ordship’s letter, which appear tous to be the

followinga. That the boundary shall be revised in accordance, as far as possible, with the d

wishes ofthe Chiefs and tr ibes principally affectedb. That the Nativ e Chiefsmay properly be required to accept the provisions

determinedupon for their protection ;0 . That the watered country through which the trade road to the northward

passes shall remain independent ; and

d . That the whole of Bechuanaland lying outside the amended western boundaryofthe Transvaal, as well as the Nativ e terr itory to the north ofBechuanalandthrough which themain trade route to the interior runs, should be acknowledged to be an independent Nativ e reserveunder the joint protection of

Great Br itain , the Transv aal, and the Cape Colony .

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6. W e not only agree w ith your L ordship on the first point (sub but we considerit themain principle which, above all,must be vindicated in order to ensure a

satisfactory solution and apermanent settlement.

7 . The great importance which we attach to the above-mentioned fundamentalprinciple, in consequence ofwhich we consider the other pointsas ofminor importance,prev entsus fromaccepting the second principle (sub in its fullest extent and

far - reaching tendency .

The Deputation wouldmoreover , by agreeing to the application of such aprinciple,make themselv es guilty of a departure fr om, and violation of, the standpointuponwhich the Government of the South Afr ican Republic has always based its Nativ epolicy ,

viz . , that of justice, which standpoint does not allow the arbitrary d isposal ofthe rights and claims of weaker and less civilized tribes, not even where the strongerthinks such arbitrary disposal to be for the benefit ofthe weaker party.

8 . W ith reference to the third point (sub we oncemore take the liberty of

submitting our objection , and beg to refer your L ordship to what was stated on thatsubjectin our letter ofthe 23rd No v ember § (sub 7TheDeputation can the less agree to this demand , because, as was then stated , one of

the trade routes fromthe Cape Colony to the northward passes through the terr itory of

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Chiefs and tribes who will have to fall outside the Republicif the said read is to beleft free, although these Chiefs and tr ibes hav e repeatedly protested against being shutout fromour protection . Thus the execution of this demand would also come inconflict with the lead ing principle abov ementioned (sub ca) . No r can w e refrain fr omagain pointing out that the particular trade route, the exclusion of which fr omTransvaal terr itory seems to be the basis of your L ordship’s proposal, and fromwhich ,

accord ing to our opinion , arise all the difficultiesmentioned , is not the only trade routefromthe Colony to the northward , but that there are other roads through watered

country further west, as appears fromthemap attached to the Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the question of the Northern boundary of

Griqualand W est, and submitted to both Houses of Parliament of the Cape Colony in1883 , to which w e respectfully w ish to refer your L ordship .

9. And , with reference to the last point (sub w e consider ourselves bound to

distinctly declare that we cannot share in such a j oint protectorate as preposed , andfo r the following reasons

Because, as alreadymentioned in our letter of the 7th instant,‘ it goes beyondour instructions . The Deputation are authorised to enter into an agreementw ith Her Majesty

’s Government, but only w ithin certain circumscr ibed limits .

To this wemay add in passing, and w ith reference to your L ordship’sobservation on that subject, that there can be no question here of extensionof the Transvaal terr itory , as the Gov ernment of the Transvaal has always

v indicated its just claimto the whole terr itory nowunder consideration , as

we pointed out in ourmemorandumon the W estern Boundary , enclosed inour letter ofthe 26th Nov embersl

(2 ) Because such a p rotectorate does not seemto bein accordance with the abov ementioned pr inciple of free choice (sub the Deputation not being aware

that such a protectorateis desired by the parties interested .

And lastly , because we are firmly conv inced that such a protectorate ov er an

extent of territory of which the W estern and Northern boundaries hav e no t

been ev en approximately fixed , and on account of which the Republic w ouldincur considerable expense and responsibility w ithout deriv ing any benefit

therefrom, and falling besides so littleunder its control that not ev en peaceand order w ill be secured to it thereby , will nev er be accepted by the

Gov ernment ofthe South African Republic.

10. Should your L ordship , therefore, agree w ith the Deputation that the lead ingprinciple in the settlement of theW estern Boundary questionmust be the free choiceof the parties interested (sub a) , and that the objectmust be the restoration and

permanentmaintenance of peace and order for the welfare ofSouth Afr icain general ,as well as of the South African Republic in particular , w e would desire to request apersonal interview w ith your Lordship ,

and we w ould then think ourselv es justified inexpecting a satisfactory settlement ofdetailsupon the abov e-mentioned bases .

1 1 . In conclusion , the Deputation w ish respectfully to submit that we as yet fail tosee any valid objection to our proposal, which was again stated in our letter of the

7th instantj'

(paragraph and we therefore tak e the liberty oncemore to call yourL ordship

’s attention to it. W e are not aware that the Cape Gov ernmentis prepared

to enter into the proposed joint protectorate, but not to takeunder its control, as apart ofthe Colony, any portion ofthe territory in question . On the contrary, we hav e

good reason to suppose that the Cape Parliament will agree to such an arrangementas suggested byus, especially if it appears that such arrangement would tend to the

resto ration andmaintenance of peace and order , and to the promotion of the welfare

ofthe whole ofSouth Afr ica.

We have, & c.

(Signed) EWALD ESSELEN, (Signed) S. J . P .

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KRUGER.

Secretary . S. J . DU TOIT.

N. J. SMIT.

The Right Hon . the Earl ofDerby& c. & c. & c.

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No . 15 .

The stemHon.mEARL or DERBY to the TRANSVAAL DEPUTATION.

GENTLEMEN, Downing Street, December 18, 1883 .

YOUR letter of the 12th instant" indicated a d ivergence between your v iews andtho se of Her Majesty

’s Gov ernment as to the wester'n boundary of the Transvaal,

wh ich,unless remov ed by further explanation, was likely to prov e an obstacle to the

p resent settlement of the questions which youhav e broughtunder consideration, and

I, therefore, invited youto confer w ithme, in the hope of being able to remove someof the difi culties to which youhad referred . I had , accordingly, the pleasure o f

r eceiv ingiyouhere last week , and of hearing fromyouthe reasons for which you

object to t e line ofboundary proposed inmy letter ofthe 4th instantsl'2 . Youadhered to your suggestion that the western frontier ofthe Transvaal should

n o t now be laid down definitiv ely , but should be settled hereafter in accordance w ithth e recognised boundaries between the nativ e tribes, and the w ish of each tribee ither to come w ith in or to remain outside the Transvaal, asmight be ascertained afterfull inquiry on the spot.

3 . I have, I th ink ,made it clear to youthat Her Majesty’s Gov ernment, although

very desirous tomeet the Views of the Transvaal Gov ernment w ith respect to themo dification ofthe Conv ention ofPretor ia, are not able,until the boundary has beensatisfactorily settled , to proceed to the consideration of any other points . Thedefinition ofthe boundary is the first article ofthe Conv ention ofPretor ia; and beforethat Conv ention is superseded by another instrument giving greater independence of

action to the Transvaal State, itis necessary thatthe State should hav ea clearly defined

frontier , to be adhered to hereafter byits Gov ernment and Volksraad . If, therefore,youshouldunfortunately beunable to accept the proposals which I hav emade to youfo r the revision of the boundary as now fixed , it would appear impossible to proceedfurther with our negotiations at the present time. They will not, I trust, in that case,hav e been w ithout advantage, as the fr iendly interchange ofexplanations has led to aclearerunderstand ing on both sides ofthe considerations to which special weightmustbe attached and youhav e receiv ed personal assurances of the willingness of Her

Majesty’s Government tomake such concessions to your State asmay be fair and

practicable, and at the same time hav e learnt the feeling ofthis country on those pointsto which public opinion hasmost earnestly directed itself.

4. Ifyoushould decide that youcannot agreeupon a line of frontieruntil after thew ishes and the boundaries of the Nativ e Chiefs in Bechuanaland have been furtherascertained , Her Majesty

’s Gov ernment w ill be w illing to appoint a Commissioner to

visit the country and report whether , without sacrificing any of the interests which itis desired to protect, the line proposed byme can bein some degreemod ified . SuchCommissioner would of course consider the just claims of all parties, and would payattention to any considerations which the Transvaal Governmentmight bring beforehim. I do not think it r ight to conceal fromyoumy conv iction that the circumstancesdo not admit ofsuch a delimitation offrontier as would leav e the whole ofthe countryclaimed by Mankoroane and Montsioa outside the Transvaal and the whole of the

country claimed by Moshette and Massouw w ithin the State. The present difficultiesar ise in agreat degree fromthe fact that the same country is claimed bymore thanone Chief and these conflicting claims cannot apparently be settled otherwise thanby d iv iding and re-arranging the country .

The inquiry by aBritish Commissioner need not, however , delay for any considerabletime the proceedings which have been commenced in connexion with the reconsiderationof the Conv ention ofPretoria, and youmay be assured that Her Majesty’s Governmentwill be glad to resume the negotiations, should they be at present interrupted , as soonas possible. I still hope, however , that youmay be able tomake, on the part of yourGovernment, that one concession which Her Majesty

’s Gov ernment has been compelled

to press for as preliminary to the various concessions which itis ready to agree to .

I have, 850 .

Messrs. Kruger , DuToit, and Smit. (Signed) DERBY.

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No. 16.

The TRANSVAAL DEPUTATION to the RIGHTHON. THE EARL OF DERBY.

L iteral Translation .

Mr LOED, Albemarle Hotel, London, December 22, 1883 .

WE have the honour to acknowledge the receipt ofyour Lordship’s letter ofthe

18th instant,* and it is very gratifying tous to recognise therein your L ordship’sdesire tomeet our difficulties to a certain extent. Your L ordship will , at the sametime, please to accept the assurance, that also the personal interview which was grantedtous, has, in our Opin ion, operated very favourably towards arriving at furtherharmony, even though perfectunanimity has not yet been fully arr ived at.

2 . It is by nomeans our intention to raise objections against the boundary linesuggested by your L ordship on account ofattachment to our own views, or on accountofa desire for an extension of territory . Nothing would pleaseusmore than to beable to forthw ith accept that boundary line,unmod ified and without any reser vation,

but your L ordship knows thatit seems tous to beA. Dangerous to peace and order in South Afr ica. We fear that thatline will cause

new troubles and fresh bloodshed , and to thiswe cannot become accessory. Ourmain object, to secure peace and safety to our young State, would then be

entirely frustrated .

B . In conflict w ith the rinciple thatit should be left to thefree choice ofthe Nativ eChiefs to come withtheir tribesw ithin the SouthAfrican Republic, or to remainoutsideits boundar ies— a principlewhich should bemaintained intact, because itis the strongest guarantee for peace and tranquillity, and has, consequently, beenacknowledged as abasis for the settlement of the new boundary line In yourL ordship’s letter ofthe 11th instantsl'

C. Contrary to the justice due to the parties concerned(a.) Accord ing to your Lo rdship’s letter , dated 4th December ,1 paragraph

3, a part ofthe country belonging to the Baralong ChiefMoshette andthe KorannaChiefMassouw ,

”would fallwithin the proposed boundary

line of the South Afr ican Republic, and another part outsideit. It

seems tous, in as far as the imperfectmaps referred to justify anydefin ite conclusion , that by far the largest portion ofthe country belonging to these two chiefs would be taken from'themby the new boundary .

W hat impression will such an arrangementmake on the nativ es ? Onthe one side Massouw and Moshette are depriv ed ofa very large portionoftheir terr itory ; on the other side Montsioa and Mankoroane are leftin possession of their whole country, and w ill probably, in addition tothis, be rewarded w ith the country taken fromthe two first-mentionedChiefs. Is this just orunjust ? Is this equity or caprice ? W e v entureto eXpress this truth so clearly, because it appears fromparagraph 5 of

your Lordship’s letter of the 11th instant, § that your L ordship also is ofopinion thatit is not possible, w ithout further information fromSouthAfrica, to reply to questions a and b contained in our letter of the

7th instant,"in which we ask what preportion of the lands and tribes ofMoshette and Massouw w ould fall w ithin and w ithout the Republic.

Thisuncertainty existing, the Deputation feel themore confident thatyour Lordship will not consider the proposed boundary as final, but willconsent to a later delimitation on the abov e-named basis.

6. Accord ing to paragraph 4 of your Lordship’s letter of the 4th instant,I]the se -called freebooters or volunteers of Stellaland and Goshen w ouldhave to partly evacuate the lands they acquired fromthe Nativ e Chiefs,and should they refuse to do so , they are to be compelled by force. Buthere again itis, in the first place,uncertain howmany white Colonistswould be afl

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ected by this ; and , secondly, the r ights of the paramountChiefs fromwhomthese whites have obtained the land would be

infringed . They would insistupon the Chiefs giv ing themother landsfor those taken away, and thus, by the new boundary, the Nativesfalling w ithin the Republic would again be deprived ofmore land .

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a. In reply to the questions 0 . and d . contained in our letter of the7th instant,* your Lordship informed us in your letter of the11th instant, -l paragraph 5 , that the duty of prov iding land for thoseNatives whomay desire to remain in the country to be added to theTransvaal will rest w ith the Gov ernment of the Republic, while HerMajesty

’s Government w illmake similar provision for any whomay

desire to be outside the Republic. Similarly, compensationmight begiv en instead of land Fromthis reply, we are led to doubt whetherthemeaning of our questions has been fullyunderstood . We did not

ask who had to provide a dwelling-place for the Nativ es whomightdesire to remain on the land preposed to be added to the Republic, butwe spoke of the subjects ofMoshette and Massouw , who , by the new

line, are to be cut offfromtheir Chiefs, and who , consequently, woulddesire a new dwelling-place, in order to remainunder their Chiefswithin the new boundary of the Republic. Ifyour Lordshipmeans thatthe Republic will have to provide land or compensation for all the

Nativ es who prefer this to the lands excluded by the new boundary lineit would be extremelyunjust, especially as Her Majesty

’s Gov ernment

hav e to giv e neither land nor compensation , since no land is cut offfromMontsioaand Mankoroane, and since they will even get in add ition totheir own , the land ofwhich the others are depr iv ed . The Deputationcannot believ e that your L ordship intended thisinjustice. But then thetw o important questions are not answered by your Lordship’s letter , andwe still await w ith interest a d istinct answer thereto .

3 . We are glad to see fromparagraph 4 ofyour Lordship’s letter ofthe 11thinstant,jthat the correctness of the preposed new line is, in your L ordship’s own opinion , not

beyond all question . For there we read ,Afresh surv ey of the country , and an

accurate demarcation of the line w ill hav e to‘

bemade before the new frontier isauthor itativ ely and finally declared . And it is not suggested that anythingmoredefinite should now be declared than that aboundary line nearly in accordance w iththat shown in themap I hav e giv en you, shall, when laid down by competentsurv eyors, be adopted as the recognised frontier of the State. In this way our

objections stated abov emay bemet, and the pr inciple of free choice by the NativeChiefsmay be observedmore closely by introducing improvements in the proposed :

boundary.

4. Meanwhile we are anxious to remov e amisunderstand ing which we noticein yourL ordship’s letter of the 18th instant }: It is there represented as if we could not

consent to anotification of the boundary before afull inquiry has beenmade on the

spot. This, howev er , is not ourmeaning. What wemeant to conv ey was, as we

explained in our letter ofthe 12th instant, § thatin determining the new boundary , thepr inciple of leav ing to the Chiefs of the tr ibes the liberty of choosing whether theyw ould liv e w ith their people w ithin o r w ithout the Republic, should be recognised , andthat the application ofth is pr inciple should be carr ied out later on, when the re- surveyand demarcation ofthe frontier take place, inasmuch as theremay be d ifficulties in theway ofan immediate application ofthat principle.

5 . In order tomaintain the goodunderstand ing w ith Her Majesty’s Government,

and to proceed , without delay , with the negotiations about the other points, we stillcherish the warmest desire and the greatest readiness tomake all possible concessionsconsistentw ith asettlementwhich will secure peaceand order on our borders. This disposition ofthe Deputation has been already clearly shown at the end ofourmemorandumon the western boundary, as well as in our further correspondence, in which variousreposals calculated to lead to a satisfactory settlement were submitted to yourLordship’s attention . We are still prepared to enter into any scheme for a reasonablearrangement, and in proof of this we take the liberty of now submitting the

follow inga. Letit be agreed that, for the present, we confine ourselves to the adeption of

the pr inciple that every Native Chief shall have the free choice, retaining hisdefacto rights, and to theunderstanding that when the re- survey and demarcation take place this principle shall be carr ied out w ithmutual forbearance.

The Government of the Republic will practise this forbearance in the veryfullest extent.

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b. If your Lordship still considersit a difficulty that the trade route referred to ,which is but one of sev eral trade routes, falls w ithin the Republic, we are

prepared tomeet that difficulty by agreeing to a prov ision stipulating thatthe road shall remain neutral, or that our power to establish tolls shall belimited .

0 . As regards the preposed joint protectorate, we think wemay flatter ourselv es thatthe objections we raised against it hav e not been w ithout effect, as nothing issaid aboutitin your Lordship’s letter ofthe 18th instant)“ To show , however ,that w e ourselv es see the desirability of strictlymaintaining both the weste rnand eastern boundary line, and ofguardingagainst all trespass and irregularities ,the Deputation take the liberty to recommend to your L ordship the follow ingproposal. Letit be agreed that both by Her Majesty

’s Gov ernment and by the

Republic, a Commissioner be appointed for the W estern and another Commissioner for the Eastern boundary . These Commissioners would hav e to guardagainst all trespassing ov er the said boundaries, and each shall be responsibleto his own Gov ernment. The instructions to be given to these Commissionersmight now be d rawnup by both the contracting parties bymutual agreement.

d . Should , to our profound regret, all the abov e-mentioned d ifficulties bemadelight of, our warnings disregarded , and our proposals rejected , the Deputationare still so earnestly desirous to settlematters that w e declare ourselves w illingto retract our request for themod ification of the western boundary line and toretain the Conv ention lineunmod ified , till further prov ision ismade. Fulleffect will then be giv en to the statement occurring in your L ordship’s letterofthe 18th instant,* to the effect that the Transvaalmust hav e a clearly defined

and admitted frontier before the Pretoria Conv ention can be superseded byanother instrument giving greater independence of action to the TransvaalState and thus ev ery objection against further negotiations being imme

diately proceeded with, w ill be remov ed .

6. If, whatis scarcely conceiv able , themaintenance of the Conv ention line shouldalso be objected to by your Lordship, the Deputation would , while the principle isobserv ed that free choice is left to the Native Chiefs, accede to your L ordship’sproposal offrontier delineation by aBr itish Commissioner .

7 . In this case the Deputation would , if the negotiations on the other points areforthwith opened and satisfactorily settled , even go the extreme length of bindingthemselves to adopt the boundary delineation, which , w ith due observ ance of the

principal agreedupon ,may be proposed by Her Majesty’s Commissioner , with this sole

reserv ation , that the boundary line to be proposed shall not tend to frustrate themainobject of the Deputation , viz . , the restoration andmaintenance of peace and order .

At the same time, howev er , the Deputationundertake, thatifit should prov e necessaryto avail themselv es of this reservation , the Gov ernment of the South African Republicw ill strictly adhere to the line as laid down by the existing Conv ention .

We have, & c.

(Signed) s. J . r . KRUGER.

s. .I. DU TOIT.

(Signed ) EWALD EssELEN, Secretary . N J . SMIT.

The Right Hon . the Earl ofDerby& c & c. & c

No . 17 .

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF DERBY to the TRANSVAAL DEPUTATION.

GENTLEMEN,Downing Street, January 9, 1884.

Her Majesty’s Government hav e attentively considered your letter of the 22nd

December ,j' and regret that youshould still beunable to accept the line proposed inmy previous communications on the western boundary of the Transvaal State, andthat youadhere to the beliefthat a satisfactory boundary can be defined on the pr inciple ofleaving each native chiefbeyond the present frontier free to choose whether heshall come w ithin the State o r remain outside it. Youhav e not favouredme w ith any

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Enclosure 1 in No. 17 .

The Right Hon . Sir HERCULES ROBINSON, to COLONIAL OFFICE.

L ondon , December 23, 1883 .

I HAVE conferred w ith Colonel Moysey , R.E . , who was employed in 1881 to

beacon off the South-western boundary line of the Transvaal defined in the fir st

Article ofthe Pretor ia Conv ention , as to the best way of now altering that boundaryline so as to give effect to the suggestion contained in the fifth paragraph ofmyletter ofthe 23rdultimo,* and he has furnishedme w ith amemorandumandmap ,1

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which I forward herew ith for Lord Derby’s consideration .

2 . The extension of the South- western limits of the Transvaal, as p roposed byColonel Moysey, is, I think ,under existing circumstances the best and fairest settlement ofthe difficulty which can be devised . It will be seen by a reference to themap that the new line includes within the Transvaal Kunana, the station of the

Barolong Chief Mo shette, and excludes fromit L otlakana, one of the stations of

the Barolong Chief Montsioa, and the trade road to the inter ior fromTaungs via.Kunanaand Sehuba. A slight div ersion of that road is proposed to bemade roundthe garden grounds of Kunana so as to keep the trade route to the north whollybeyond the Transvaal boundary .

3 . The line which has been adopted by ColonelMoysey to connect on the south the

trade road with the existing Transvaal boundary at Koppie Enkel is the southernboundary of Stellaland as laid down by the freebooters . This would include withinthe Transvaal State country heretofore claimed by Mankaroane, but that Chief hasexpressed his readiness to acquiesce in such a settlement, as will be seen by a reference

to the telegramfromthe Officer Administering the Gov ernment of the Cape, datedthe fi stultimoi4 . The territory which w ould be added to the Transvaal by this proposed alteration

ofthe existing boundary ,may be described as a strip of country about 130miles long,

with an av erage breadth of about 20miles. It comprises the whole ofMassouw’s

territory , and the greater portion of that heretofore occupied by Moshette. It

comprises also a portion of Montsioa’s country , as the Maritsanir iv er was always

considered the boundary between himand Moshette . ButMontsioa will doubtlessglad ly consent to this loss of territory in consideration ofhaving what will be left tohimsecured by aprotectorate .

5 . Outside the proposed new boundary line , in the country Which I have suggestedshould be considered independent native terr itoryunder the joint protection ofGreat

Br itain the Transvaal and the Cape Colony ,there are at present, I aminformed , only

about fifty o ccupied farms. These aremostly held for speculativ e purposes by personswho hav e purchased themfromthe freebooters. Vryburg, the capital ofStellaland isalso outside the proposed new boundary , but it consists at present of only abouttwenty houses.

Iam, & c.

The Under Secretary ofState , (Signed) HERCULES ROBINSON.

Colonial Office.

Enclosure 2 in No . 17.

MEMORANDUM on aBOUNDARY LINE, as shown on the accompanying Map , to extend the

South -W esterly Limits of the Transvaal so as to include Kunana, the Station of

the Baralong Chief Moshette ; to exclude L otlakana (Rietfontein) , one of the

Stations ofthe Barolong ChiefMontsioa and to exclude the Trade Route to theInterior fromTaungs viaKunana.

The new line would leave the boundary of the Convention of 1881 where the roadfromLndiks Drift, on the Molopo , to the Hart River salt- pans crosses the road fromPolfontein to L otlakana (Rietfontein) , near Beacon 20.

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Itwould run along the road to Lotlakanaat a”

distance of 20 yards north and clear

ofthe roaduntil the first garden ground ofLotlakanais reached .

It would then cross the road and skirt L otlakana so as to leav e all its gardenground in Native terr itoryuntil the road fromL otlakana to Kunanais reached .

Thenceit would , at a distance of 20 yards east and clear of the road to Kunana,follow its courseuntil the garden ground ofKunanais reached .

Thenceit w ould pass round Kunana to the westward , so as to include allits gardenground , but nomore,until the road fromKunana to Mamusais reached .

Thence along the eastern side of the road towards Mamusa, and 20 yards clear of

it till the road turns out towards Taungs.

Thence along the eastern side of the road towards Taungs , and 20 yards clear Ofit

&‘ill the line of the district called Stella Land is reached , about 1 1miles fromaungs.

Thence along the line of the district called StellaLand to the Hart Riv er , at apoint about 24miles below Mamusa.

Thence across the Hart River to the junction of the roads fromMonthe andPhokw ane.

Thence along the western side of the road towards Koppie Enkel, and 20 yards

clear of it to Beacon No. 43 on the summit of Koppie Enkel, where the Conventionboundary is rejoined .

The trade route fr omTaungs to the north would be div erted in the neighbourhoodofKunana so as to pass westward ofthat station, and be wholly beyond the Transvaalboundary .

(Signed) CHAS . J. MOYSEY,

9th December 1883 . L ieut.-Colonel, R.E .

No . 18.

The TRANSVAAL DEPUTATION to the RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF DERBY.

(L iteral translation .)Albemarle Hotel, London ,

MY LORD,January 17, 1 884.

W E havethe honour to acknowledge the receipt ofyour L ordship’s letter ofthe9th instant,* in which w e noticed with pleasure a favourable and increasingrapprochement which is now very evident, not only fromyour L ordship’s steadfast

desire to arrive at a satisfactory settlement, but also froman importantmodificationof the new boundary line proposed by your L ordship, by which Kunana, the kraalof the paramount Chief of the Baralongs, is included w ithin the Transvaal, andfurther , fromthe enclosure, for our information , Ofthe letter ofSir Hercules Robinson,

and thememorandumof Colonel Moysey,upon which the boundary line prop osed byyour L ordship is based .

2 . W e cannot, however , conceal our regret and surprise that your Lordship doesnot feel at liberty to agree to one of themany fair proposals contained in our lastletter , as we considered we were fairly entitled to presume. For in that letter we

guaranteed that the Republic would be as accommodating as possibleifyour L ordshipw ould concede to the Deputation that, for the present, the principle should be adoptedthat every nativ e Chief shall have the free choice to come within the Republic withhis de facto rights, o r to remain outside it, and to subsequently apply this

p r inciple when the boundaryis to be beaconed off “in loco .

”If th is principle be

carried out, and if one of the different trade routes fromthe Cape Colony to the

North should fall w ithin the boundaries of the Republic, we have further consentedto the neutralization of such trade route o r to the limitation of our authority to levyto lls thereon . W e have shown our earnest desire to strictlymaintain the boundaryline of the Republic, the Eastern as well as the W estern , and to guard against alltrespass and irregularity by suggesting that aCommissioner should be appointed bothby Her Majesty’s Government and by that of the South African Republic for theW estern , and another Commissioner for the Eastern boundary, each responsible tohis own Government in accordance with instructions to be drawnup by both the

contracting parties now negotiating. We have declared ourselves prepared even to

retract our request for themodification of the Western boundary line and to retain

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the line as fixed by the Convention till further provision should bemade,in ordertomeet your Lordship’s objection that theTransvaal should have a clearly definedand acknowledged boundary, before the Pretoria Convention can be superseded byanother instrument giving greater independence ofaction to the Transvaal State.

We have ev en gone the extreme length of agreeing to your Lordship’s proposalthat the boundary should be laid down by a British Commissioner on the pr inciplethat the Native Chiefs should have free choice nay, we even ventured to bindourselves to adopt the boundary line which would be preposed by Her Majesty

’s

Commissioner , with due Observance ofthe principleagreedupon betweenus,ifthe negotiations relating to the other points should be forthw ith enteredupon and satisfactor ilysettled , w ith this reservation , that the boundary line to be proposed should not defeat

themain Object ofthe Deputation, viz . , the restoration andmaintenance ofpeace andorder ; and on theunderstanding that in case it should be necessary to avail itselfof this reservation the Government of the South African Republic would strictlyadhere to the line as fixed by the existing Convention .

W e think that thus we havemade great concessions on our part, and have surrendered important rights, in order tomeet Her Majesty

’s Government and to arrive

at a satisfactory settlement. W e hav e thus surrendered the impo rtant principle laiddown in the Sand R iver Convention (Article which Convention -w c have ev er

clung to andmaintained as our sacred right, namely, that Her Majesty’s Governmentdisclaimall alliances of whatever nature, and w ith whomsoever concluded , of th ecoloured tr ibes to the north ofthe Vaal River . W e have thus surrendered the rightsof the Republic, based on conquest and repeated cession to the whole country inquestion . W e hav e laid aside the territorial rights of the lawful paramount ChiefsMassouw and Moshette. W e have surrendered our right to levy tolls on a trade

route whichmight, perhaps, fall w ithin our boundary, though we have to pay heav yimport duties on all themerchandise which is imported byus through the Britishcolonial ports, and though to lls are levied on all other roads leading fromthe d ifferentColonies and States through the Republic. W e have surrendered all these rights,— we

have bound ourselves to yield and co - Operate to theutmost,—ifonly we can agree w ithHer Majesty

’s Government about a satisfacto ry settlement.

3. Ifw e are notmistaken thereis no difference in principle between your L ordshipand the Deputation , for itis agreed on both sides that the only peaceful and lastingsolution is a settlement in which theinterests of the parties concerned are consulted ,and one which is in accordance with their w ishes . It, therefore, appears tous to beonly adifference ofopinion about the true state ofaffairs, originating fromimperfectand contradictory information on both sides, wh ich still stands in the way of an

immediate settlement of the question . And it is exactly because the informationabout the various interests concerned is so insufficient that we considered we weretaking themost practical course by proposing that, for the present, only themainprinciple should be settled by the contracting parties, and thatits application should9 left for future settlement. Ifyour L o rdship , however , persist in the questionsbeingimmediately and definitely settled , we feel compelled , howev er reluctantly, topoint out that the informationupon which themodification of the boundary linesuggested by Colonel Meysey is based , as communicated to your Lordship in the

above-mentioned letter of Sir Hercules Robinson, and in Colonel Moysey’smemo

randum, is either incorrect oris based onmisrepresentation of facts. W e, therefore ,have the honour to enclose, for your Lordship’sinformation , amemorandumin whichsome of the inaccuracies andmisrepresentations contained in the letter andmemorandumaforesaid are exposed .

4. The Deputation cannot possibly admit that any responsibility or obligation restsupon the Gov ernment of the South African Republic in relation to the sad conditionof affairs on its sonth -western frontier , as seems to beimplied in paragraph 41 of yourLo rdship’s letter ofthe 9th instant for that line was fixed by the Royal Commissionon the suggestion of the same Colonel Meysey who has new recommended the

boundary line proposed by your L ordsh ip , then , as at present, in spite of the clearest

evidence and themost earnest warnings On our part, as we then were represented bythe Transvaal Commission before the Royal Commission (see Blue Book, O. 3219,

pp . 98 and Our remonstrances then were not heeded . Colonel Moysey’s

recommendation was accepted , and the sad results which we predicted have followed .

The Triumvirate was compelled to accept the Convention with its boundary lines, andthe Volksraad was compelled to tainty it, in order to avoid further bloodshed ,

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and only to subject it to a practical test, as was demanded by the Colonial .Minister .

Thatthe Convention line thus fixed , in spite of our warnings, and forceduponus,and the beaconing Off of which was prevented by the lawful territorial Chiefs whosetribes would thereby have been torn asunder w ithout their ev en being heard, isimpracticable, and the fruitful source ofthe difficulties and complications which arose,w e felt and still feel certain of, and the only remedy for the evil seems tous to be anefficient revision ofthe said boundary linein accordance with theinterests and desiresofthe parties concerned .

5 . As regards th e falling backupon the said Convention line, we did notmean to

convey by our letter of the 22nd December” that we approved ofthat line, but wemeant only to indicate that we would prefer that line to themodification preposed byColonel Meyseyifwe are compelled to choose between two evils, and we would onlychooseit as ameasure to remainin force during a period of transitionuntil amoresatisfactory settlement shall have been arrived at, in order thus tomeet yourL ordship’s objection that otherw ise the Transvaal would obtainmore internal libertyof action w ithout a fixed boundary line and the sh ple reason why we are inclinedto prefer the Conv ention line to themodification recommended by ColonelMeyseyis this, that —though we say that the first-mentioned line isuntenable— at last, aftermany struggles and sad bloodshed , amodus vivendi has been found by thecontend ing parties, while we are firmly convinced that themodification recommendedby Colonel Meysey w ill cause new complications and fresh bloodshed , because thetribes are thereby again to rn asunder , the wishes of the lawful Chiefs and theirtr ibes are ignored , and the rights of some tribes to the soil are infringed in favour of

other tribes. To this bloodshed, which is easily to be foreseen , the Deputation cannotbecome accessory, and we would do so if, frommotives of self- interest, we acceptedthe proposedmod ification , though well aware of the bad results. This is the reasonwhy, rather than incur this responsibility and becoming accessory to this bloodshed ,w e are of Op inion that we Should rest content w ith the existing boundary line of the

Pretoria Convention imposedupon the Government ofthe Republic against its will,and for whichit consequentlyis not responsible.

6. W ith reference to the power and authority of the commissioners to be appointedby H er Majesty

’s Government and by that of the South African Republic, in order tomaintain the neutrality of our eastern and western frontiers and to guard against all

trespass and irregular ity , we beg to refer to our letter ofthe 22nd December} in wh ichitis clearly intimated that the instructions for bothmight be drawnup here by thecontracting parties aftermutual consultation . Reserving the right ofmak ing futuredetailed arrangements, we are prepared tomeet your L ordship’s w ishes by giving a

p reliminary statement of our leadingideas on this subject, and then itmust be keptin the foreground that, in accordance w ith the wishes and aims of the Deputation,

the new western boundary of the Republic will have to bemarked offin such amanner that the interests are consulted and the wishes considered of the partiesconcerned , and therefore without force or bloodshed . Once such a peaceful settlement is arrived at, those tribes who , in accordance with their wish , are includedw ithin the Transvaal will comeunder the Government ofthe South African Republic,wh ile the excluded tr ibes retain their rights of self- government,under which settlement, ifit be thought desirable for the better secur ity of future peace, the boundarylines between the said tribesmay bemarked offat the same time .

The Commissioners '

of the South African Republic would therefore hav e to guardagainst all trespassing over the boundary lines on our side, and would have to givenotice at once of every such trespass to the landdrost of the district in which itoccurred , or in wh ich the trespasser resides . The landdrost shall then, w ithin hisjurisdiction , and w ith the police force at his disposal, inquireinto the case, and disposeofitaccording to the laws ofthe land . On the other hand ,ifthe trespassis committedon the part of the tribes adjoining the Republic, it will be the duty ofHer Majesty

’s

Commissioner to bring such cases to the notice of the native chiefs, and to see thatthe guilty parties are punished , and that justiceis done to those injured . Itmightalso further be agreed that the Commissioners shall co - operate harmon iously to attainthe desired end byinforming each other of all cases of trespass and other offencesbrought to their notice. Under this arrangement, roughly sketched and capable ofmodification andmore accurate definition , we are of opin ion that not only the costs ofan armed police force on the frontierswill be avoided, but also that all precipitateactionmay be prevented .

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7. We have the honour to accede to your Lordship’s request, and to submit asketch -map* show ing amodified boundary line which appears to us to promise apeaceful and permanent settlement. Till now , we abstained fromsubmitting sucha Sketch -map because the datain all existingmaps areunsatisfactory and frequentlycontrad ictory, and thereforeinsufficient for accurately fixing aboundary linein whichsomany interests are inv olved , and because our standpoint hitherto has been only todetermine here the principles on which the settlement should be based , and that thesep rinciples should beapplied on the Spot, when the lines had been accuratelymarked off.

8 . Admitting, as we admitted throughout, that ev ery demarcation of a boundaryline at such a distance and on such incomplete and contradictory information issubject to objection , we still believ e wemay flatter ourselves w ith the hope that yourL ordship w ill find that the boundary line proposed byus is subjectto fewest objections,at all events, to fewer and less weighty objections than themodification suggested byColonel Meysey , against which we have Stated our objections in our previous letters,and which we again repeatin thememorandumannexed .

Indeed , we fail to see what valid or insurmountable objections can beurged againstthe boundary line proposed byus,in which we tried to keep in view the interests andwishes of the different parties . By this no ground is taken fromthe excluded tribes .

The small tract of ground which Sir Hercules Robinson says, in his letter datedDecember 23rd , '

l' is taken fromManko roane does not really belong to that Chief, as we

pointed out in thememorandumannexed , but even ifMankoroane’s claims theretoshould be considered valid , that tract of ground has been granted by himto hisv olunteers. Nor w ill Montsioa have reason to complain about loss of ground if ourproposal .is adopted , for the kraal R ietfontein, whichis statedin Sir Hercules Robinson’sletter to be one ofthe kraals ofMontsioa, not only belongs to Machabi, and is, in fact,now occupied by his tribe, asis shown in ourmemorandum, butMontsioa receiv es alarge portion of ground taken fromhimby Moshette during the war commencedw ithout any cause by Montsioa, which was ceded to Mo shette by treaty, and is nowoccupied by his tribe, and ,moreover , Montsioa gets a piece of land which he hasnever claimed [see Report of the Secretary to the British Resident (Blue BookC . w ith annexedmap] . Only Massouw and Moshette are, even by ourpreposal, prejudiced in their territorial rights, and a large tract of ground is takenfromtheir tribes ; but the Deputation are so firmly convinced of th e peacefuldisposition ofthese two Chiefs and their tribes, and of their readiness to yield if theyare only takenunder the permanent protection of the Republic, that we think itpossible that they can be p ersuaded to submit to that loss. And what objection can

exist to the neutralization of one of sev eral trade routes wh ich would fall within the

Republic by this arrangement, we fail to see ; on the contrary, we had hoped that ourextreme readiness tomake concessions on this pointwould have beenmetwith greaterfavour .

9 . If your L ordsh ip should decide to adopt the boundary line proposed byus, weundertake to p rov ide w ith residenceswithin the borders oftheRepublic, such subjectsof Massouw and Moshette asmay be excluded by this line and who are not disposedto submit to the authority of the excluded Chiefs in whose territory theymighthappen to fall.

10. Should your L ordsh ip , however, even after the arrangement proposed above,adhere to themodified boundary line as proposed by Colonel Meysey, we declare ourllingness to agree thereto on the following conditions1 . That the Gov ernment of the South African Republic shall not be bound to take

partin a demarcation wh ich is to be carried out by force ofarms.

2. That the Ch iefs Massouw and Moshette shall, w ith their subjects, retain theirde facto r ights to land outside the said line.

3 . That the Republic shall not be held responsible for difficulties whichmight ariseby placing part ofthe subjects ofMassouw and Moshette outside the Transvaal.

11 . But perhaps the following proposalmay appearmore acceptable to yourLordsh ip —That, being new agreed on, the principle of free choiceupon which thefixing of the boundary line shall take place, the beaconing off of the line shall takeplace on the spot, after acareful investigation and w ith due observance of the r ightsof the d ifferent parties, by a Commissioner or Commissioners, as shall be agreeduponby the contracting parties, but with this reservation, that the boundary line to be

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fixed Shall not extend beyond the two lines suggested by your Lordship and th e

Deputation respectively.

We have, 850 .

(Signed) S. J . P . KR’

UGER .

(Signed) EWALD E SSELEN, S. J . DU TOIT.

Secretary. N . J . SMIT.

The Right Hon . the Earl ofDerby,& c. & c. & c.

Enclosure in NO . 18 .

MEMORANDUM , containing REMARKS on SIR HERCULES ROBINSON’S L ETTER ofthe

23rd December , and COLONEL MOYSEY’SMEMORANDUM ofDecember 9th .

IN both letter andmemorandum, L otlakana (Rietfontein) is said to be one

of the stations of the Baralong Chief Montsioa,”

and it is consequentlyallotted to Montsioa in the proposed settlement. Fromthe ev idence giv en byPresident Kruger before the Ro yal Commission at Newcastle, on the 2l stMay 1 881 ,and byAndr ies Machabi, before Major Buller and General Joubert, at the Eye of

MOIOpo , on the 26th May 1881 [Blue Book s C . 3219, pp . 40 and 41 , and C . 3098 ,

pp . 32 and which evidence has never been contrad icted ;itis clear , howev er , thatthe said stationundoubtedly belongs, not to Montsioa .

but to Machabi. W e can the

less agree to allow Machabito be deprived ofhis lawful property, because he receiv edit fromthe Gov ernment ofthe South African Republic for services rendered , and hehas always been a quietand peaceful subject of the RepublicuntilMontsioamad e atreacherous andunprovoked night attack on his station and expelled himfromit.But, asis well known , Montsioa has in his turn been driven out ofRietfontein , and

that station is new again occupied by Machabi’s tribe.

2. In both the above-mentioned documents, stress is laidupon the exclusion fromthe Republic of a certain trade route fromGriqualand West to the northward .

Undue importanceis attached to thismatter , as the said read is one ofseveral roadsthrough that territory, none of which have been speciallymade, but all ofthemrunover an ev en country and , touching the natural water course and Kaifi r stations, areused for purposes oftrade.

3 . In paragraph 3 of Sir Hercules Robinson’s letter , it is stated that the preposednew boundary line recommended by himwould include w ithin the Transvaal State

country heretofore claimed by Mankoroane. This country has , however , beenrecognised by the British Government as belonging to Mathlabani, who , along w ithMankoroane, was recogn ised by the British authorities as an independent Chief, andwho , according to ColonelWarren , rendered important serv ices to the British Governmentin 1 878 . Colonel Warren , in his Despatch (Blue Book , O. 2454, p . thuscharacterizes the value ofMankoroane’s claims Ibeg to represent that the powerhitherto assumed over other tribes by the ChiefMank oroane, and which he has neverbeen strong enough to exercise, has been a fruitful source ofirritation among thenative tribes of these territories, and I have to submit that if he were at oncerelieved ofthis position , the general peace ofthese territor ies would be accelerated .

”

But even ifMank oroane’s claims to the land in question were considered valid , thisland has been granted by himto his own volunteers, themajority ofwhomwere British4. In paragraph 4 of his letter, Sir Hercules Robinson also states that the new

boundary comprises the whole ofMassouw’s territory .

” This is not the case. Onlya small portion of his territoryused as arable land is included by the said boundaryline, wh ile the pasture land which is absolutely necessary for the existence of the

tribe is excluded . (Seemaps annexed to Report of Northern Border Commissionp resented to both Houses ofthe Cape Parliament, G. 104,5 . In the same paragraph it is stated that the preposed boundary comprises the

greater portion of the territory heretofore occupied by Moshette .

”

But this line,though itincludes Kunana, the principal station ofMoshette, excludes several stationsofhis subordinate chiefs

,such as Phoe, & c. It does not even include the whole of

Moshette’s arable land , and it excludes the greater portion of his pasture land , which

is asindispensable as the arable land for the subsistence and welfare ofMoshette and

his tribe . It is admitted that only a portion of Moshette’s land is included .

W ould this not be an act ofinjustice towards Moshette ? Themore so because heI

did not'

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Montsioa on a fair basis, while, on the other hand , Montsioa refused to agree to a.

peaceful settlement. This is clearly shown in Captain Nourse’s Report (Blue Book ,C . 3098, pp . 1 30, 132,6. In his concluding paragraph , Sir Hercules Robinson seems to imply that the

greater portion of Stellaland and Go shen is included w ithin the Republic by theproposed boundary, while only some occupied farms fall outside ofit. Aglance atthemaps already referred to in paragraph 4 of thismemorandum, w ill show thatmore than three-fourths ofStellaland , includingits capital, Vryburg, is outside of th e

proposed line.

(Signed) S. J . P . KRUGER .

S. J . DU TOIT.

(Signed) EWALD ESSELEN, N . J . SMIT.

Secretary.

January 17, 1884.

No . 19.

The RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF DERBY to the TRANSVAAL DEPUTATION .

GENTLEMEN, Downing Street, January 25 , 1884 .

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt ofyour letter of the 17th instant,’which has been fully considered by Her Majesty

’s Gov ernment.

2. Ido not propose to discuss your contentions as to the Keate Award Country, andas to the territorial rights and tribal positions of the various Chiefs inhabitingit, as thereasons for which itis impossible for Her Majesty’s Government to accept your views onthese points hav e been repeatedly explained . I w ill therefore pass on to the consideration of the practical proposals contained in your letter, Observing that Sir HerculesRobinson, having carefully read thememorandumattached t

o it, sees no reason to doubtthe substantial accuracy ofthe description given by himin his letter of 23rd December-tofthe effect ofColonelMoysey

’s amended south -western boundary .

3 . Youpropose ( 1) amodified boundary line, (2) the appointment ofa Commissionero r Commissioners to determine the boundary line on the spot, and (3) the retention of

the line fixed by the Pretoria Convention as ameasure to remain in force during aperiod oftransition,until amore satisfactory settlement shall have been arrived at.

”

And if this cannot be accepted , youoffer (4) to agree to Colonel Moysey’smodified

boundary line, subject to certain specified conditions.

4. The boundary line sketched by youappears to Her Majesty’s Government to be

such as they would be quiteunable to entertain . It would place within the Transvaalabout 90miles ofthe direct trade road fromthe Cape to the interior of the continentand it does no t appear practicable to neutralize this portion of the trade route, o r to findanother road to the westward ofit, which would fairlymeet the requirements of trade.

The pro osed boundary line would also, I amsatisfied, place within the Transvaal largetracts o territory heretofore claimed andused by Montsioa and Mankoroane, whichthose Chiefs would never surrender exceptunder compulsion. It would , therefore, heunjust to the Nativ es who claimthe protection of this country , and detrimental to boththe British and Native commercial interests, which haveup to the present time had thefreeuse ofthe existing trade road to the interior.

5 . The second proposal, namely, the appointment ofa Commissioner o r Commissionersto determine the boundary line on the spot, would, I apprehend, lead to no practical result.

Her Majesty’s Government cannot consent to any portion of the existing trade road

being placed within the Transvaal, andunless they were prepared to hand over to theTransvaal a considerable portion of this read, there would be nothing fo r the Commissioner or Commissioners to decideuon. It is admitted that the road runs fo r.

probably, about 20miles on each Side o t unana, through territory formerly claimed andoccupied by Montsioa, but now claimed and occupied by Mo shette. Her Majesty

’s

Govemment’s proposalis to place within the Transvaal asmuch ofthis territory as canbe given withoutincluding the road , and for the delineation ofafrontier to be boundedby the road a Commissioner is obviously not necessary.

6. If the third proposal, namely, the retention ofthe Pretoria Convention line tillfurther provision should bemade, were adopted, the south-western border troubles

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3 . W ith regard to the conditions stipulated , and subject to which we hav e feltourselv es compelled to submit to the settlement of the W estern Boundary as proposedby your Lordship, we think it our duty tomore clearly explain themeaning of thefirst of those conditions, because of your Lordship’s construction of that cond ition .

The condition laid down by the Deputation refers to the demarcation of the boundaryby force of arms, w ith regard not only to the Volunteers but also to the Nativesconcerned .

4. In order to secure a delimitation in accordance, asmuch as possible, with thew ishes ofthe interested parties, we w ish respectfully to point out to your L ordshipthe desirability of a slightmod ification of the proposed boundary by which L otlakana(Rietfontein)— a kraal whichundoubtedly belongs to Machabi, —as w e hav e shown inour letter andmemorandumof the 17th instant, and as also appears fromthemapsof Colonel Moysey laid before the Royal Commission (Blue Book C .

— 31 14, MapsNo s. 2 ,

3 , and w ill be included w ithin the South Afr ican Republic, the boundaryproceeding thence along the eastern side of the road fromL otlakana to Zeerust,joining the Conv ention line at Buurman’s Drift. W e do not think that any seriousobjection can be offered to this proposal, as the said kraal not only belongs to Machabi,butis also at present occupied by a considerable portion of his tr ibe, and seeing thatthe trade road fromthe Colony to the North is not affected thereby . On the

contrary, w e hav e ev ery reason to fear that the exclusion ofthat kraalmay become afruitful source offuture difficulty .

5 . Moreov er , in consider ing the boundary question, itmay, perhaps, not be

superfluous to direct your Lordship’s attention to the fact that the Parliament oftheCape Colony hasunder consideration themore accurate demarcation of the boundaryofGr iqualand West. As itis stipulated in Article I . of the Pretor ia Conv ention thatthe boundary of the South African Republic shouldmeet, and to some extent follow ,

that of Griqualand W est, and as we hav eundertaken to retain the Conventionboundary w ith the exception ofthat portion ofit which itmay now be agreedupon tomodify , we consider ourselves justified in trusting that your L ordshipmay deemitsafe to leave the settlement ofthat boundary between the South Afr ican Republic andthe Cape Colony to the Governments ofthe Republic and the Colony .

6.

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W e trust that your Lordship will consider this reply sufficiently satisfactory toproceed at once with the consideration ofthe other points of the Pretoria Conv entionwhich areunsatisfactory , and with the substitution of a new Conv ention for thatinstrument as proposed byusin our letter of the 14th Nov ember ,* and accepted byyour L ordship in paragraph 4 ofyour L ordship’s letter ofthe 20th Nov ember j7 . Should your L ordship consider apersonal interview desirable at the present stage

ofthe negotiations, we are prepared tomeet your L ordship at any time your L ordshipmay appoint.

W e hav e, 850 .

(Signed) Ewan ) ESSELEN, (Signed) S. J. P . KRUGER.

Secretary. S. J . DU TOIT.

N. J. SMIT.

The Right Hon. the Earl ofDerby,& c. & c. & c.

No . 21 .

The RIGHTHon. THE EARL OF DERBY to the TRANSVAAL DEPUTATION.

GENTLEMEN, Downing Street, February 4, 1884.

AFTER considering your letter of the 28th January,1 Her Majesty’s Government

are glad to be able to share w ith youthe hope that the preliminary question of the

W estern Boundary can now be settled and the consideration of other points proceeded

2 . The construction which youplaceupon the first of the conditionsmentioned inthe tenth paragraph of your letter of the 17th Jannary, § can be accepted by Her

Majesty’s Government, who do not require that the Transvaal Government shall take

an active partin anymeasures thatmay become necessary for restoring or .maintaining

order beyond the W estern frontier of the State . They relyupon your repeatedassurance that the Transvaal Gov ernment w ill str ictlymaintain the boundary and

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guard against trespass and irregular ity and they trust that when the presentunsettled cond ition ofaffairs has been brought to an end , it w ill be possible to dispensewith any considerable amount of interference with the existing occupation of the

count3 . Ecareful examination of your further suggestion , as explained in the fourth

paragraph ofyour letter , for a v ariation ofthe line which I had proposeJ, has satisfiedme thatits adoption would not be just o r conduciv e to peace and order .

The road fromL otlakana to Buurman’s Drift, suggested by youas the new boundary,passes through Sehuba (Montsioa’s head station) . By such a boundary Montsioaw ould also be depr ived of the part of the farms, Wagen Dr ift and Vallie Fontein ,

assigned to himby the Conv ention of Pretor ia as well as of the water r ights referredto in Article 19, fo r which special arrangements weremade as reported by ColonelMoyseyin his letter ofthe 20th October , 1881 , see N0 . 8b. in Appendix,

page 66 ofthe Royal Commission Report (C . The adoption of the road to Buurman’sDrift fromLotlakana as the boundary would , therefore, beunjust to Montsioa, andw ould inv olv e abreach offaith on the part ofthis country w ith that chief.

4. I amfurther advised that to run the boundary line between Sehubaand L otlakanaw illmake peace impossiblein that neighbourhood . As to the ownership ofthis village,itmust be borneinmind that wh ilstit has at one time been occupied by Machabi, andat another by Montsioa, and sometimes by both,ithas always been claimed byMontsioa,and Machabiwas only brought into Bechuanaland fromthe Transv aal by the Boersabout nine years ago .

5 . L ooking at the question in allits bear ings, I amofopinion thatit w ill be betterto adhere to the line which excludes Lotlakana fromthe Transvaal. IfL otlakanaw ere included , the trade road fromKunana through L otlakanaand Sehubawould hav eto be d iv erted for a number ofmiles, whilst the road to Sehubawould be placed formore than 10miles w ithin the Transvaal. It is also to be observed that whilstitw ould be comparativ ely easy to secure peace, ifboth L otlakanaand Sehuba remainw ithin the independent terr itory , the difficulties of the position w ould be greatlyincreased if L otlakanawere placed w ithin the Transvaal. It is less than fiv emilesfromSehuba, and ifthe boundary line were to run between themit would be necessarytomaintain a considerable police force in that immediate neighbourhood .

6. As regards the boundary between the Transvaal and Griqualand West, to whic]?yourefer in your fifth paragraph, the question which has lately arisen is one as to

the exact boundary defined by Governor Keate in hisAward between Waterboer , nowrepresented by the Cape Colony, and Mahura, now represented by Mankoroane.

Whether the str ip of country in dispute belonged to one or the other of those chiefs,it, at all ev ents, did not belong to the Transvaal. Ifit belonged to Waterboer , it hasbeen ceded as part of Griqualand W est, and is now part of the Cape Colony . Ifitshould turn out that the land rightfully belonged to Mahura, the only question whichis open is one as between the successor of that chiefand the Cape Colony. The words ,therefore, at the close of Article 1 of the Pretoria Conv ention, defining the boundarybetween the Transv aal and Griqualand W est, should not now be departed frombut ifthe land in question should prov e to be outside the Cape Colony, Her Majesty

’s

Gov ernment w ould not object to permit the settlement ofits boundaries to be arrangedbetween the Gov ernments ofthe Colony and -the Transvaal State.

7 . W ith the foregoing explanations I trust that Imay conclude that the variousquestions of detail in connexion w ith the Western boundary of the Transvaal hav ebeen disposed of, and I have giv en directions for the preparation of a draft of. the first

Article of the proposed new Conv ention, defining accurately the revised boundary ,

which, w ith a copy of themap to be appended to the Convention, w ill be transmittedto youas soon as they are completed .

8. I shall be glad to proceed w ith the consideration of the other questions to whichyoud irectedmy attention in your first letter , ‘E and itmay be conv enient to take themin the order in which youthen refer red to them.I hope to be able to fix an early day for an interview .

I have, 850 .

Messrs. Kruger , DuToit, and Smit. (Signed) DERBY .

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No . 22.

THE TRANSVAAL DEPUTATION to the RIGHTHON. THE EARL OF DERBY .

(L iteral translation .)My Loan,

Albemarle Hotel, L ondon , February 5 , 1884 .

WE have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your L ordship’s letter of

the 4th instant,fie and we are glad to hear that also , in your L ordship’s opinion , the

negotiations relating to the boundary question hav e now so far advanced that the

other questions— the suzerainty and debt —can be proceeded w ith .

W e regret that the slightmodification of the boundary line proposed by yourL ordship , which weurged in our letter of the 28th Januaryd’is considered inadmissible by your L ordship . W e cannot flatter ourselv es w ith the hope that any furthe rarguments which wemight advance wouldmodify our L ordship’s opinion on thispoint. W e will, therefore, noturge this further , as er Majesty

’s Gov ernment hav e

accepted the three cond itionsunder which we stated we could submit to the boundaryline proposed by your Lordship . But, because we so fully appreciate your L ordship’sgood intentions, we consider ourselv es bound to d istinctly declare that the informationobtained by your L ordship , andmentioned in the 4th paragraph of the letter nowunder acknowledgment, is incorrect and contrary to facts.

3 . W ith respect to the northern boundary of Griqualand W est, we beg to assureyour Lordship thatit was not our intention to depart in the Convention about to bed rawnup fromthe terms in which that boundary was fixed by Article 1 of the

Preto r ia Convention .

W e note the assurance that if the land in question should prov e to be outside theCape Colony, Her Majesty

’s Government would not object to permit the settlement

ofits boundaries to be arranged between the Gov ernments of the Cape Colony andthe Transvaal.”

4. W e look forward w ith interest to the draft of the firstArticle of the new Con

v ention, w ith themap to be annexed , which will be drawnup by your Lordship'

s

directions. In connexion herew ith , we would respectfully submit to your L ordship’sconsideration whether it would not be possible to hav e the other Articles of the new

Conv ention , namely, those referr ing to the abolition of the suzerainty and to the

reduction to its legal proportions ofthe debt ofthe Republic, simultaneously drawnupand communicated tous, in order to accelerate the complete settlement of thematter .

W e trust that the draft Conv ention w ill testify to the liberal intention of the communication contained in your L ordship’s letter of the 20th Nov ember ,1 stating thatHer Majesty

’s Gov ernment are prepared to consider whether prov isions similar to

some ofthe provisions ofthe Sand Riv er Conventionmay not be adopted .

In the draft Conv ention submitted in our letter of the 26th Nov ember§ similarprov isions are contained . Thereby w ill be realised fully the w ish of Her Majesty

’s

Gov ernment, expressed in your L ordship’s letter of 1 l th December , tomake liberalconcession in regard to the foreign relations, the internal government, and the debtofthe Transvaal .

”

5 . Should your L ordsh ip , howev er , be of opinion that acomplete agreement on allpoints w ill bemore easily arriv ed at by a prev ious interview with your Lordship , weare prepared to assent to your L ordship’s views. Our sole object is to arr iv e as soonas possible at a satisfactory arrangement. W e have now been in L ondon formorethan threemonths, and we are not aware of hav ing ev inced any sign of impatience atthe time occupied by the negotiations . W e would not ev en nowurge speed ifit werenot that the head of the Stateis himself amember of the Deputation, and the timeIs approaching when the ordinary session ofthe Volksraad is to begin . Your L ordshipw ill admit that a protracted absence of the State President cannot conduce to themaintenance of a cond ition of peace and progress in our country , which is so justlyappreciated by Her Majesty

’s Gov ernment. For this reason we would respectfufly

call your L ordship’s attention to the great importance of speed ily arrivmg at a

satisfactory settlement.

We have, & c.

(Signed) EDWARD ESSELEN, (Signed) S. J . P . KRUGER.

Secretary. S. J . DU TOIT.

N . J. SMIT.

The Right Hon. the Earl ofDerby,& c. & c. & c.

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NO . 23 .

THE TRANSVAAL DEPUTATION to the RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF DERBY .

MY LORD, Albemarle Hotel, London , February 7 , 1884.

THE half-

yearly payment Of the interest on the debt which, according to the

Pretor ia Conv ention , the South Afr ican Republic owes to Her Majesty’s Gov ernment,is due to -morrow .

As thismatter , howev er , has been entrusted to the deputation by the GovernmentOfthe Republic, and as the question Ofthe debt forms part Of the present negotiations,the deputation beg respectfully to request your Lordship to postpone the payment Of

this interestuntil the question as to the debtis settled .

W e hav e, 850 .

(Signed ) S. J . P . KRUGER.

S. J . DU TOIT.

The Right Hon . the Earl ofDerby , N. J . SMIT.

& c . & c. & c.

NO. 24.

COLONIAL OFFICE to TREASURY.

Downing Street, February 8, 1884.

I AM directed by the Earl Of Derby to transmit to you, to be laid before the

L ords Commissioners Of the Treasury , a copy of a letter* fromthe Transvaal Deputation, asking that the pament Ofinterest due to - day on the debt Of the TransvaalState to Her Majesty

’s ov ernmentmay be postponeduntil the question of the

amount ofthe debtis settled .

L ord Derby would recommend to their L ordships that this request should beacceded to .

I am, & c.

The Secretary to the Treasury . (Signed ) JOHN BRAMSTON.

NO . 25 .

THE TRANSVAAL DEPUTATION to the RIGH T HON. THE EARL OF DERBY.

L iteral Translation.

Albemarle Hotel, L o ndon,

MY L oan, February 13, 1884.

IN accordance with theunderstanding arrived at during the personal interviewwhich your L ordship grantedus on Friday the 8th instant, we have the honour to communicate to your Lordship in writing our readiness to submit to an arrangement, asproposed by our L ordship, whereby the sumOf being the deficit incurredduring the aministration of the country whileunder British occupation, is to be subtracted fromthe debt Of the Republic as fixed by the Pretoria Conv ention

, thusreducing the debt Ofthe Republic to Her Majesty

’s Gov ernment to

2 . In connexion herewith we wish to state clearly that we have only decided to

submit to the abo v e-mentioned arrangement after having ascertained fi'

omyour L ordsh ip that Her Majesty

’s Gov ernment cannot acknowledge the counter account ofthe

South African Republic as submitted some time ago , and would probably not be able to

grant any further concession, and themore so because having heard the abov e-mentioneddeclaration f: omyour L ordship we fear that a careful consideration Of details iscalculated to occupmore time than the results would justify .

3 . Though we amit that we are no t able to take exception to the sumofcharged againstus as compensation, inasmuch as Article 7 of the Convention declares

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that the decision of the Sub- Commissioners shall be final, we beg respectfully to drawyour Lo rdship’s attention to the two following facts(m) That the Government ofthe South African Republic has as yet not received any

specified account of this sumfromwhich it could appear that that amountisproperly chargeable against the Republic fo r damage caused by the war and

not justified by the necessities of war, though our Government repeatedlyrequested to be favoured with such an account ;

(b.) That we share the opinions of one Of the Royal Commissioners, Sir Henry deVilliers, that Her Majesty

’s Go v ernment was precluded by the terms of the

peace agreement fromdemanding compensation for such acts.” - (Blue Book ,

C .— 3 1 14, p . W ithout, therefore, formulating any demand we wish to

leave it to your L ordship’s judgment whether and to what extent fairnessdemands that some consideration should be granted by Her Majesty

’s Government in thismatter, because otherwise the faithful burghers of the South

African Republic would no t only have to bear the heavy costs of a war forcedon themby the forcible occupation of their country , but, in addition to that,w ould for years he burdened with aheavy debt fbr the purpose ofcompensatingtho se who , contrary to their loyalty as burghers, and havingmisled Her

Majesty’s Ofl'lClalS, were, to a large extent, the cause ofthe war.

4. In connexion with the settlement of the financial question we deemit necessary todirect your L ordship’s attention to the catrying into effect OfArticle 20 Of the Conven

tion Of Pretoria relating to the compensation to be giv en to owners Offarms whichaccording to Article 1 of the said Convention are cut Off fromthe Republic. In ouropinion the following points ought to be considered in connexion with thismatter(a. ) That owing to theunsettled state Of affairs on the eastern as well as on the

western border Of the Republic,and on account Of the test-period (proeftyd)

allowed to the Convention, as also on account ofthe forcible resistance ofsomeofthe tribes living on these borders, the actual and definite demarcation of the

line has not yet taken placeThat consequently no report has beenmade on those farms (zyn nog niet

opgenomen) ; no compensation has been giv en to the proprietors, and thosefarms have not yet been allotted to any native chiefs o r authorities liv ingbeyond the border ;

(on) That according to our interpretation of the above-mentioned Article the Government ofthe South African Republic ought to compensate the owners of suchexcluded farms, whilst Her Majesty

’s Governmentundertakes to use its

influence to recover fo r all purchased and cultivated farms compensation fromthe native authorities who acquire these properties.

5 . As the said Article ofthe Conv ention cannot be considered as having been carriedout, and a speedy and definite settlement appears necessary , we wish,in accordance bothwith the new regulation ofthe boundary as agreedupon, and with the spirit and intentionof the previouslymentioned Article, to recommend to ‘

your L ordship’s fav ourable con

sideration the following arrangements(ca) That the two border Commissioners to be ap

pointed by Her Majesty

’s Govemment and by the Government Of the Repub '

c on the eastern as well as the

western border Of the Republic should agree to the a pointment of a thirdperson, constituting together a border commission, one o r the eastern and one

fo r the western border ;

(b.) That these border commissions should immediately reportupon (opnemen) theexcluded farms o r lands

,and in beaconing Off the territories of the border

tribes allot themto such native authorities as they think fit(c.) That according to the valuationmade by the Commissioners the Iowners be

directly compensated , so that they should at once vacate those farms(ch ) That the Government ofthe South African Republic should at once compensate

the owners Offarms no t purchased o r not cultivated, either in land o rinmoney,as the Volksraadmay determine

(a) That in cases where farms have been purchased or cultivated Her Majesty’s

Government should compensate the owners, recovering the interest and

amortisation ofthe sumso spent fromthe native authorities who gain possessionof those farms bymeans of a hut tax , under the supervision of Her

Majesty’s border Commissioners

( fl) That, .Outhe other hand , the border C ommissioners on the eastern border, wheretrespassing has taken place on both sides, should see that the natives who , on

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account oftheunsettled condition of Zululand , have been dr iven across ourborder be taken back and settled on the farms vacated .

6. Should , howev er, your L ordship consider it best to settle the whole question atonce we will gladly receiv e any proposal in which your L ord shipundertakes to pay a

certain fixed sumtowards the compensation fo r those farms, whilst the Republic is heldbound to immediately settle the wholematter with the owners , and to see that allitsburghers return withinits own frontier.

7 . In conclusion, we wish respectfully to submit that a liberal settlement of the wholefinancial question w ill conduce greatly to the future friendly relationship between thetwo Governments, whilst aburdensome debt will ever leave with the burghers of a poorrepublic the impression that anunfair burden has been imposed on themby the forcibleannexation Oftheir country .

We have, & c.

(Signed ) EWALD ESSELEN, (Signed) S. J. P . KRUGER.

Secretary . S. J . DU TOIT.

N . J. SMIT.

The Right Hon . the Earl ofDerby,& c. & c. & c.

NO . 26.

The RmmHON.m: EARL OF DERBY to the TRANSVAAL DEPUTATION .

GENTL EMEN ,Downing Street, February 15

,1884.

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter ofthe 13th instant,‘in which youintimate your readiness to accept the arrangement proposed byme at ourrecent interv iew whereby the debt ofthe Transvaal State to Her Majesty

’s Gov ernment

would be reduced by I will no t delay to recommend this proposal to theconsideration ofHer Majesty

’s Government.

2 . I have considered the representations and suggestionsmade in the fourth and

follow ing paragraphs of your letter, and I do no t think it would now be practicable to

carry out the arrangements which youpropose fo r the settlement of the questionsreferred to . Her Majesty

’s Gov ernment are willing, however, that the 2otb Article of

the Conv ention of Pretoria shall be retained in the new Convention with such verbalalterations as are requisite, and I amglad tounderstand that this course willmeet yourVleWS.

3 . When I had the pleasure Ofreceiving youhere on the 8th instant w e discussed theother principal questions which, in addition to those of the boundary and the debt, youhad submitted tome in previous correspondence, and I explained to yougenerally thenature and extent Ofthe concessions which Her Majesty

’s Gov ernment would be able tomakein regard to them. Youwere satisfied with these explanations, as far as they were

put before you; and the progress which has beenmade appears tome to renderitconv enient that I should now transmit fo r your perusal adraftf of the new Conventionwhich Her Majesty

’s Government prOpo se in substitution fo r the Conv ention ofPretoria.

Lmtlu’s o

draft the Articles ofthe C onvention ofPretoria, which will hang longer__inforgg,have been rinted alongside of the proposed new Articles, and where an Article isretained andaltered the alterations hav e been shown in order to

__explain_44 1 153 3

ghanges.

which will bemade. Youwill find that in the draft, and themap whichaccompaniesit, the conclusions which have been arrived atin the course of our communications have been closely adhered to and accurately expressed , and I trust that youwill experience no difficulty inunderstanding and agreeing to each Ofits prov isions. If,howev er, there should be any point as to which youare doubtful, itmay be convenient

shat youshould againmeetme here and receiv e such further explanations asmay beesirable .

4 . It does not appear tome to be necessary that I should refer in detail to eachArticle of the draft. Youwill Observe thatin the preamble and throughout the Conv ention the wish of your Government that the designation South African Republicshould be substituted fo r Transvaal State ”

has been complied w ith . In the first

Article the extension of the western boundary is precisely defined as agreed to . By theomission Ofthose Articles Of the Convention of Pretoriawhich assigned to Her Majesty

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and to the British Resident certain specific powers and functions connected with theinternal government and the foreign relations of the Transvaal State yourfimtemmentwill bef left free £9, ggyernthe country without interference.q to conductj tmmlomatiemeourse and shapeits foreignfolicy subject only to the requirement embodied 1!)tu

i’CLUIM DlE t hen ew. draft, t,at any treaty with aft>reigxifimm£ hMIAOt- .bave£ fifect

wlt out thea the“

Queen,

5 .There are other provisionsin the draft which hav e not been the subject Ofdiscussionwith on they are fo r themost part a renewal Of those declarationsmade on behalf of

the Thansvaal State in the Convention of Pretoriawhich it is desirable (as I trust youwill agree in think ing) tomaintain as an assurance to all parties that there will be no

withdrawal of those securities fo r liberty and equal treatment which your State hasalways professed itselfready to afford . 1 would , however , refermore specifically to the

lgthArticle ofthe d raft,in whichitis proposed thatin consideration ofthe disco ntinuanceofall direct interference by this country In the government and control of the nativeswithin the Transvaal it should be formally declared that your Government w ill adoptand carry out the assurances which with their assent and appro val were given to tho senatives by Her Majesty

’s Commissioners.

6. I trust that 1may soon hear fromyouthat there is no obstacle tomy informingHer Majesty

’s Government that the Draft Convention can be adopted .

I hav e,Messrs. Kruger, DuToit, and Smit. (Signed ) DERBY.

NO . 27 .

COLONIAL OFFIC E to TREASURY .

Downing Street, February 15,1884 .

I AM directed by the Earl ofDerby to request that youwill state to the L ordsCommissioners of the Treasury that his Lordship has discussed with the Transvaaldelegates the question ofthe debt due to this country , and after hearing their represen

tations reconuneuds that of the debt be remitted , leaving in round figuresto be acknowledged in the new Convention nowunder consideration. L ord

Derby will be o bliged by an early intimation of the concurrence of the L o rds Commissioners in this arrangement, which appears to his L ordship to be a fair one, and in

considering which he has had the advantage of the assistance of Sir W . Brampton( furdon .

I am, & c.

The Secretary to the Treasurv . (Signed) ROBERT G . W . HERBERT.

No . 28 .

The TRANSVAAL DEPUTATION to COLONIAL OFFICE .

Albemarle Ho tel, L ondon, February 16, 1884.

I AM directed by the Transvaal Deputation to request youto be good enough toinformL ord Derby that the Deputation have received his L ordship’s letter of the 15th

instant w ith the accompanying draft of the new Convention which Her Majesty’s

Government propose to substitute fo r the Conv ention ofPretoria.

The Deputation regret to say that they cannot accept, without somemodification,

some ofthe Articles of the proposed new Convention. They will, therefore, beglad to

hear when his Lordship could conveniently fav our themwith apersonal interview fo r thepurpose of discussing those Articles to which they find themselves compelled to take

exception.

I am, & c.

The Under Secretary ofState, (Signed) EWALD ESSELEN .

Colonial Office .

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No. 29.

The RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF DERBY to the TRANSVAAL DEPUTATION.

GENTLEMEN, Downing Street, February 19, 1884.

W ITH reference to the 3rd paragraph Ofyour lette r of the 5 th instant,‘ I think itdesirable that I should further explain the arrangements whichmight, inmy opinion, bemade in the event ofthe boundaryofGr iqualand West beingmodified after considerationofthe report Ofthe local commission, which inquired into this question last year.2 . Youstate that '

youhad had no intention to depart fromthe terms in which the

northern boundary ofGriqualand West was fixed by Article 1 of the Pretoria Conven~

tion. I would , however, point out that that Convention did notmodify the prev iouslyexisting boundaries of Griqualand West on the north

,o r in any other direction, and that

the Conv ention of 1881 could therefore hardly be correctly said to have fixed any part ofthe Griqualand boundary , although it declared the Transvaal boundary for a shortdistance to be co - terminous with that ofGriqualand West, as beaconed by Mr. SurveyorFord .

” And , indeed , I do not perceive how any question could arise in the presentnegotiations between Her Majesty

’s Government and the Transvaal Government as to

the northern boundary , pro perly so -called , ofGriqualand West. Thatboundary lies fo rthemost art to the westward of the trade route, and fo r this and other reasonsitisObv ious t at any territory which the Cape Colonymight desire to giveup in thatdirection could only be given to Manko roane. What I had in contemplation whenwriting the 6th paragraph ofmy letter ofthe 4th instant'i' was only that o rtion Ofnativ eterrito ry ,

whichmight be interpo sed between the Transvaal boundary , w ere it turns tothe SE . (at Griqualand FarmNO . and anymodified north- east boundary of

Griqualand West. As amod ification of the Griqualand boundary would only be

adopted by the Cape Colony as an act ofjustice to Manko roane, the portion of territoryin question would naturally be transferred, ifat all, to that Chief; but as itmight no tbe possible fo r the Resident Commissioner to exercise effective control ov er an outlyingterrito ry thus situated between the borders of the Colony and the Transvaal, it appearedtome reasonable to allow the question ofits disposal to be considered by the two

G o v e rnfire’

nts. If it should appear that compensation would be fairly payable to

Manko roane fo r loss of territory by either the Cape C o lony o r the Transvaal, Her

Majesty’s Government would expect that it should be secured to himbefore they could

ad vise Her Majesty to sanction the arrangement.

I have, & c.

Messrs. Kruger, DuToit, and Smit. (Signed) DERBY.

NO. 30.

The th emHON.mEARL o r DERBY to the TRANSVAAL DEPUTATION .

GENTL EMEN, Downing Street, February 23 , 1884.

I HAVE the honour to transmit to youacopy ofamap , which has been carefullyprepared in this Department, showing approximately the boundaries Of the SouthAfrican Republic as defined in the firstArticle ofthe Convention which has been agreedupon .

I have,& c.

Messrs. Kruger , DuToit, and Smit. (Signed) DERBY.

NO. 31 .

TREASURY to COLONIAL OFFICE .

Treasury Chambers, February 23 , 1884.

I AM directed by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury to

acknowledge the receipt ofyour letters of the 8thtand 15th instant, § having referenceto the debt due by the Transvaal to the United K ingdom.

NO. 22. 1No. 21. 1 Not printed.

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fromthis Department‘dated the 12th Nov ember 1883* placedupon recordthe charges whichmadeup the total amount of the debt, w ith the remissions andrepayments which hav e beenmade since the date of the Conv ention of 1881 , and

showed h ow the sumdue by the Transvaal to this country amounts at the present timeto 63 . 6d . , on which interest has been paid at 3sper cent.up to the 7th AugustIt appears that, after hear ing the statements of the delegates fromthe Transvaal

Gov ernment now in England , the Secretary of State for the Colonies is of opinionthat, having regard to the resources of their country, and to the circumstances conuseted with the British occupation,

it w ould be advisable to remit a substantial portionofthe debt now due.

It has been suggested by Sir Hercules Robinson , the High Commissioner for SouthAfr ica, that the Transvaal Gov ernment should only be asked to repay any debts thatwerein existence at the time of the annexation in 1877 and which were extinguishedduring Br itish occupation , together w ith the amount ad vanced for the payment of

compensation awards.

The floating debts of the South African Republic which were liquidated dur ing the

period ofBritish occupation amounted to 128 ,352l. , while the Railway L oan was reducedy 8 ,166l and the Blue-back L oan byOn the other hand , the Orphan Chamber Debt was increased by 10,683l. , and the

sumto the credit of the sink ing fund of the Blue- back L oan in 1881 was onlyas against 8 ,425l. in 1877 .

The debts of the South Afr ican Republic, extinguished dur ing British occupation ,may therefo re be taken as follow sDeduct on account of

Orphan Chamber DebtSinking Fund ofBlue-back L oan

To this amountmust be addedAdvances tomeet compensation awardsLess proceeds ofsale ofcaptured propertyShare ofSub-Commission expenses

Debts of South African Republic paid by Her Majesty’s

Gov ernment (as stated abov e) 140 410

Fromwhich the follow ing deductionsmust bemadeRemissions allow ed in April, 1883Repayments ofCapital

These deductions were fully explained in the letter fromthis Department of 12th

No v ember lastfi"Thus the p resent amount of the debt

,according to the basis submitted by Sir

Hercules Robinson , would be ov er Their Lordships would observ e that thissumexcludes . not only the deficiency which arose during British occupation , but the

Not printed .

sums added to the debtin respect of compensation to abolished officials andto widows and orphans Of those killedunder circumstances contrary to the rules ofcivilized warfareHaving regard to the fact theTransvaal Burghers have always objected to the

payment ofcompensation to abolished Officials, because the laws Of the SouthAfricanRepublic did not recognize the grant Of pensions to State serv ants, their Lordshipshave no wish to press for the repayment of the l2 ,5ool. added to the debts on thataccount ; and after fairly considering the ability of the Transvaal to pay interest andsink ing fund On the sumdue to the United Kingdom, as well as the loans contractedby the South African Republic before 1877 they hav e decided to authorize the

reduction Ofthe amount to 250,000l. fromthe date of the ratification Of the amendedConvention , on the following cond itions1 . That interest at per cent. shall be paid on the full debtuntil the ratification of

the amended Conventio n that26,664l. 19s. 8d . shall be accordingly paid for the interestduefor the half-

year ending the 7th February 1884, without delay ;and that such furthersumasmay be due at the date Of. the ratification , for interest on 380,856l. 63 . 6d . at

3 per cent., be paid at that time.

2 . That interest and sink ing fund at the rate Of 61. 08. 9d . per 1001. per annum, asfixed by the 1 1th article of the Conv ention Of 1881 , shall be paid half- yearly on the

sumOf fromthe date of the ratification of the amended Conv ention ,untilthe expiration of25 years fromthat date, when the debt szll have been extinguished .

I have c.

The Under Secretary ofState, (Signed) LEONARD COURTNEY.

Colonial Ofiice.

NO. 32 .

The RIGHTHON. THE EARL OF DERBY to the TRANSVAAL DEPUTATION.

GENTLEMEN, Downing Street, February 26, 1884.

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter ofthe 7th inst.

’itinreference to . the payment Of the interest on the debt due by the Transvaal to the

Imperial Government.

2 . It will be within your recollection that at our last interview I informed youthatI wasin communication w ith the Lords Commissioners ofthe Treasury on this subject,and I now transmit to you, for your information , a copy Of a letter? fromtheir L ordships, showing the arrangementunder which it has been decided to reduce the debt to

I have, & c.

Messrs. Kruger , DuToit, 85 Smit. (Signed) DERBY .

No . 33 .

A CONVENTION between Her CONVENTIE tusschen Hare MaMajesty the Queen of the jesteit de K oningin van het

United KingdomOf Great Vereenigd K oningrijk v an

Britain and Ireland and the Gro ot Brittannie en Ierland

South African Republic. en de Zuid AfrikaanscheRepubliek .

Whereas the Government of the Trans Daar de regeering van den Transvaalvaal State, through its Delegates, consist Staat, door zij ne afgevaardigden Ste

ing ofStephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, phanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, PresidentNo . 23. 1NO. 31 .

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President of the said State, StephanusJacobus DuToit, Superintendent of Edn

cation, and Nicholas Jacobus Smit, amember ofthe Volksraad , hav e representedthat the Convention signed at Pre

toria o n the. 3td day ofAugust 188 1 ,

and ratified by the Volksraad of the saidState on the 25th October 188 1 , containscertain prov isions which are inconvenient,and imposes burdens and obligations fromwhich the said State is desirous to be re

liev ed , and that the south -western boundaries fixed by the said Conv ention shouldbe amended , with aview to promote the

peace and good order of the said State,

and of the countries adjacent thereto ; andwhereas Her Majest the Queen of the

United KingdomofGreat Britain and Ireland . has been pleased to take the saidrepresentations into consideration : Now,

therefore, Her Majesty has been pleased todirect, and it is hereby declared , that thefollowing articles of a new Convention,

iigned on behalf ofHer Majesty by Her

ajesty’s High Commissioner in South

Africa, the Right Honourable Sir HerculesGeorge Robert Robinson, Knight Grand

Cross of the Most Distinguished Order ofSaint Michael and Saint Geo rge, Governorof the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope,and on behalf of the Transvaal State

(which shall herein-after be called the SouthAfrican Republic) by the above-namedDelegates, Stephanus Johannes PaulusKruger, Stephanus Jacobus DuToit, andNicholas Jacobus Smit, shall, when ratifiedby the Volksraad of the South AfricanRepublic, be substituted for the articlesembodied in the Convention of 3rd August1881 which latter, nding such ratification,shall continuein fu1 force and effect.

AR TIC L E S.

ARTICL E I .

The Territory ofthe South African Republic will embrace the land lying betweenthe following boundaries, to witBeginning fromthe point where the

north - eastern boundary line of GriqualandWestmeets the Vaal River ,up the courseof the Vaal Riv er to the point ofjunctionwith it of the Klip River ; thenceup thecourse of the Klip River to the pomt ofjunction with it Ofthe streamcalled Gansv lei; thenceup the Gansv leistreamtoits source in the. Drakensberg ; thence to

abeaconin the boundary ofNatal, situated

ARTIKEL l .

Het gebied der Zuid Afrikaansche Republick zal het land omvatten dat tusschende v olgendo grenzen ligt, te wetenBeginnende van het punt waar de Noord

Oostelijke grenslijn van Griqualand West

de Vaal rivier snijdt, langs den stroomvande Vaal rivier naar het punt waar de Vaalriv ier en de Klip rivier z ich v ereenin ;

van daar langs den stroomvan de Kliprivier naar het punt waar deze en de

stroomGansv leigenaamd zich verseni

gen ; van daar langs den stroomvane Gansv leitot naar haren oorsprong in

van genoemden Staat, Stephanus JacobusduTo it, Superintendent van onderwijs .

en Nicolaas Jacobus Smit, lid van den

Volksraad , hebben v oo rgedraagen, datde C onv entie geteekend te Preto ria,Op den derden Augustus 188 1, en diebekrachtigd is door den Volksraad van

genoemden Staat op 25 October 188 1,zekere bepaliugen hevat die Ondoeltrefl

'

endZlJn en lasten en v erplichtingen Oplegtwaarvan genoemde Staat begeert ontslagente worden ; en dat de Zuid Westehj ke

grenzen door genoemde C onv entie vast

gesteld behoo ren te worden geWIj zigdmethet doel omden v rede en de goede o rde ingenoemden Staat en in de daaraangrezendelanden te bev orderen ; en daar Het HareMajesteit de Koningin van het VereenigdKoningrijk en Ierland behaagd heeft de

genoemde v oorstellen in ov erweging te

nemen, heeft het Hare Majesteit thansbehaagd te gelo sten, en bij deze wo rdtv erklaard dat de v olgende Artikelen van

eene nieuwe Conv entie, onderteekend innaamvan Hare Majesteit door Harer Majesteit

’s Hoogen Commissaris in Zuid

Afrika, den Hoog Edelen Sir HerculesGeorge Robert Robinson, Ridder Gro otk-ruis van de verhev en Orde van St. Michael en St. George, Gouv erneur van de

Kolonie de Kaap de Goede Hoop, en innaamvan den Transvaal Staat ( die hierinnader genoemd worden zal de Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek ) , door de hoven

ga

noemde afgevaardigden Stephanushannes Paulus Kruger, Stephanus JacobusDuToit, en Nicolaas Jacobus Smit, zullen,

nabekrachtiging door den Volksraad van deZuid Afrikaansche Republiek , in plaats gesteld worden van de Artikelen v ervetin deConv entie van 3 Augustus 188 1 ; welkelaatstgenoemde, zoo lang zulke bekrachtiging niet zal zij n geschied in volle krachten werking blijv en zal.

immediately opposite and close to the sourceofthe Gansv leistream; thence in anortheasterly direction along the ridge of the

Drakensberg, dividing the waters flowinginto the Gansv leistreamfromthe watersflowing into the sources of the Buffalo, toa beacon on a po int where th ismountainceases to be acontinuous chain thence toa beacon on a plain to the north- east of

the last described beacon ; thence to the

nearest source of a small streamcalledDivision Stream; thence down this

div ision stream, which forms the southernboundary ofthe farmSandfontein, the property ofMessrs. Meek , to its junction withthe Coldstream; thence down the Coldstreamto its junction with the Bufi'

alo o r

UmzinyatiRiver ; thence down the courseof the Buffalo River to the junction withit ofthe Blood River ; thenceup the courseof the Blood River to the junction with itofLyn Spruit or Dudusi; thenceup the

Budusi to its source ; thence 80 yards toBea. I. ,

situated on a spur of the N’Qaba

Ka-hawanaMountains ; thence 80 yards tothe N

’Sonto Riv er thence down the

N’Sonto River to its junction with the

White UmvuloziRiv er ; thenceup theWhite Umvulo ziRiver to a white rock.where it rises ; thence 800 yards to KambulaHill (Bea. II) ; thence to the sourceofthe Pemvana River, where the road fromKambula Camp to Burgers’Lager crossesthence down the Pemvana River to its

junction with the Bivana River ; thencedown the Bivane River to its junctionwith the Fongolo River ; thence down the

Fongolo Riv er to where it passes throughthe L ibombo Range ; thence along the

summits of the L ibombo Range to the

northern point ofthe N’Yawo s Hill in that

range (Bea. XVI .) thence to the northernpeak ofthe InkwakweniHills (Bea. XV . )thence to Sefunda, a rocky knoll detachedfromand to the north - east end oftheWhiteKoppies, and to the south of the MusanaRiver (Bea. thence to a po int on

thempe near the crest ofMatanjeni, whichis the name giv en to the south-eastern

portion ofthe MahambaHills (Bea. XIII . )thence to the 1

’gwangwana, a double

pointed hill ( one point is bare, the otherwoo ded , the beacon being on the former) ,on the left bank of the AssegaiRiver andupstreamofthe DadusaSpruit (Bea.

thence to the southern point ofBendita, arocky knoll in a plain between the L ittleHlo zane and Assegaai Rivers (Bea. XL) ;thence to the highest point of SulukaHill,round the eastern Home ofwhich flows theL ittle Hlo zane, also called Ludakao r Mudspruit (BeaX . ) thence to the beacon knownas Viljoen

’s,

”

or N’Duko Hill ; thence

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den Drakensberg ; van daar nasr een bakenOp de grenslijn van Natal, gelegen recht.

tegenov er en dicht bij den oo rsprong van

den Gansv leistroom; van daar in een

Noord Oostelijke richting langs den rand

van den Drakensberg, het water dat in denGansv leistroomv loeit afscheidende van

het water dat in den o o rsprong van de

Buffalo valt naar een baken op een puntwaar deze berg ophoudt een aaneenge

schakelde keten te ZIj n ; van daar nsar een

baken op een vlakte ten Noordoo sten van

laatstgenoemde baken ; van daar naar

den naasten o o rsprong van een kleinenstroomgenaamd Div ision Streamvandaar aflangs dezen verdeelings stroom, diede zuidelijke grens is van de laats Zandfontein het eigendomvan de Hreeren Meek,tot ZIjn v ereenigingmet den Coldstreamvan daar langs den Coldstreamto t l n

v ereenigingmet de Buffalo Of Umzinyatiriv ier ; van daar af langs den stroomvan de Bufl’alo rivier tot waar de Bloedriv ier z ich daarmee vereenigt ; van daar

langs den stroomvan de Bloed riv ier totwaar Lijuspruit ofBudusizich daarmee vereenigt ; van daar langs de Budusi tot aanharen o orsprong ; van daar 80 yards naar

Baken I . gelegen op een afzet van de

N’Qaha-Kabawana bergen ; van daar 80

yards naar deN’Sonto riv ier ; van daar langs

de N’Sonto riv ier tot waar deze z ichmet

de Witte Umvulo ziriv ier v ereenigt; van

daar langs de Witte Umvulo zirivier to t

naar een witte rots waar zij ontspringt ;van daar 800 yards naar Kambula heuvel(Baken IL ) ; van daar naar den oorsprongvan de Pemvana riv ier , waar de weg van

Kambulakamp naar Burgers’Lager doorgaat ; van daar langs de Pemvana riv ier tothare vereenigingmet de Bivanariv ier ; van

daar langs de Bivana riv ier af tot waar

zij z ichmet de Fongolo riv ier v ereenigt;van daar langs de Fongolo rivier tot waar

s door den Libombo bergketen stroomt ;van daar langs de top en van den Limboboketen naar het noorgelijke punt van den

N’Yawos heuvelin dien bergketen (Baken

XVI) ; van daarmaar den noordehj ken

top van de Inkwakweniheuvels (BakenXV.) van daar near Sefunda, een rotsach

tige heuv el afgescheiden van en aan het

no ordoostelijke einde van deWitte Koppies,en ten zuiden van de Musana riv ier (Baken

van daar nasr een punt op de

helling dicht by ,den top van Matanjeni

dat de naamis gegeven aan het zuidoo stelykgedeelte van de Mahamba heuv els (Baken

van daar nasr de N’gwangwana,

een heuv elmet een dubbelen kop , (een kopis kaal de andere boschrijk , en de bakenisop eerstgenoemden) , op den linkero ever vande Assegairivier en stroomop waarts van

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to a po int north- east of Derby House,known as Magwazidili

’s Beacon ; thence

to the Igaba, a smallknoll on the Ungwempisi Riv er, also called Joubert’s Beacon,”and known to the nativ es as Piet’sBeacon(Bea. thence to the highest point of

the N’Dhlo vudwalilior Houtbosch , a hill

on the northern bank of the UmqwempisiRiver (Bea. VIII . ) thence to a beacon on

the only dat- topped rock , about 10 feethigh and about 30 yards in circumferenceat its base

,situated on the south side Of

the Lamsamane range of hills, and overlooking the valley ofthe greatUsuto Riverthis rock being 45 yards north of the roadfromCamden and Lake Banagher to the

forests on the Usuto Riv er (sometimescalled Sandhlanas Beacon) (Bea.

thence to the Gulungwana o r Ibubulundi,

de Dadusa spruit (Baken XIL) ; van daarnaar het zuidelijk punt van Bendita

, een

ro tsachtige heuv el in eene v lakte tusschende kleine Hlo zane en Assegai riv ieren(Baken XL) , van daar naar het h oogstepunt van Suluka heuv el, rondomwelkso o stelijke hellingen de kleine Hlo zane

stro omt, die o ok Ludaka of Modderspruitgenoemd wo rdt (Baken van daar

naar de baken die bekend staat als“ Viljo ens, of N

’Duko heuv el ; van daar

naar een punt ten no o rdo osten van DerbyHouse dat bekend staat als Magwazidili

’s

Baken van daar naar de Igaba, een

k leine heuv el aan de Ungwempisiriv ierdie o ok Joubert’s baken genoemd wo rdt

en die by de inboo rlingen behend staat als“ Piet’s Baken (Baken IX . ) van daar

naar het hoogste punt van de N’Dhlo vud

four smooth bare hills, the highestin that waliliof Houtbo sch , een heuv el o p den

neighbourhood , situated to the south of noo rdelijkenoev er van deUmqwempisiriv ierthe UmtuliRiver (Bea. thence to (Baken van daar naar een baken

a flat- toppedof the Busuku, a low rocky range southwest of the ImpulaziRiver (Bea.

thence to a low bare hill o n the north-east

of, and overlooking the ImpulaziRiver, to

the south ofit being a tributary Of the

Impulazi, with a considerable waterfall,and the road fromthe riv er passing 200

yards to the north- west of the beacon

(Bea. thence to the highest pointOf the Mapumula range, the watershed Of

the L ittle Usuto Riv er on the north, andthe UmpulaziRiver on the south, the hill,the top ofwhich is a bare rock, fallingabruptly towards the L ittle Usuto (Bea.

thence to the western point Of a

double-pointed rocky hill, precipitous on

all sides, called Makwana, its top beinga bare rock (Bea. II .) thence to the

to ofa rugged hill of considerable heightf ing abruptly to the Komati River

,this

bill being the northern extremity Of the

Isilotwanirange, and separated fromthehighest peak of the range Inkomokazi(asharp cone) by a deep neck (Bea.

On a ridge in the straight line betweenacons I. and II. is an intermediate

beacon.) FromBeacon I . the boundaryruns to a hill across the Komati River,and thence along the crest of the range

of hills known as the Makongwa, whichruns north- east and south-west, to Kamhlubana Peak ; thence in a straight line to

Mananga, a point in the L ibombo range,and thence to the nearest point in the

Portuguese frontier on the L ibombo range

thence along the summits ofthe L ibomborange to themiddle of the poort wherethe Komati River passes through it, calledthe lowest Komati Po o rt ; thence in a

north by easterly direction to Pokioens

rock , 8 feet high, on the crest op de eenige rotsmet platten top, omtrent10 v oet hoog en omtrent 30 yards in omtrek van onderen, gelegen aan de zuidzijdevan den Lamsamane heuv elketen, en de

valleivan de groote Usuto riv ier o v erziende ;deze rots is 45 yards ten noorden van den

weg van Camden en hetmeer Banagher naarde bosschen aan de Usuto riv ier ( somtijdsSandhlanas Baken genoemd) (Baken VII . )van daar naar de Gulungwana of Ibuhulundi , v ier gladde kale heuv els, de hoogstein dien omtrek , gelegen ten zuiden van de

Umtuliriv ier (Baken van daar naar

een rotsmet platten top, 8 v oet hoog,

op den top van den Busuku, een lagen

ro tsachtigen bergketen ten zuidwesten van

de Impulazirivier (Baken van daar

naar een lagen kalen heuv el ten no o rdo osten

van en dc Impulazirivier ov er ziende, enten zuiden er vanis een tak van de Impulazi,met een aanmerkelijken waterval en de wegvan de riv ier is 200 yards ten noordwesten

van de baken (Baken van daar naar

het hoogste punt van de Mapumula bergketen, de waterscheiding van de kleineUsuto riv ier ten noorden en de Umpulaziriv ier ten zuiden, de heuv el waar van (le

top een kale rots is steil aflo opende naar

de kleine Usuto (Baken van daar

naar het westelijke punt van een ro tsach

tigen heuvelmet twee koppen, Makwana

genaamd, steil aan alle zijden en waar

van de top een kale rots is (Bakenv an daar nas r den top van een ruwenheuvel van aanmerkelijke hoogte, steil afloopende naar de Komati riv ier , z 1j nde dezeheuv el hetmeest noo rdelijke punt van deIsilo twanibergketen en gescheiden van het

hoogstenpuntvanden bergketenInkomokazi(een scherpe kegel) do o r een diepen nek

(Baken I) . (Op een bergrand in de rechte

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Buurman’s Old Drift thence in a

straight line, to .amarked and isolated

clumof trees near to and nOIth west of

the welling-house ofC . Austin, a tenant

on thefarmVleifontein, No . 1 17 thence,in a straight line, to the north-western

corner beacon of the farmMo oimeisjesfontein,

”No 30 ; thence, along the western

line ofthe said faImMo oimeisjesfontein,”and In prolongation thereof, as far as the

road leadingfromLudik’s Drift,”

on the

Molopo River , past the homestead of“M00 1meisjesfontein, towards the Salt Pans near

HartsRiver; thence, along the said road ,crossing the direct road fromPolfonteinto Sehuba, anduntil the direct road fromPolfontein to L otlakane or Pietfontein isreached ; thence, along the southern edge

Of the last-named road towaIds L o tlakane ,until the first garden gg round ofthat station

is reached ; thence, in a south-westerlydirection, skirting Lo tlakane, so as to leav eit and all its gaIden ground in native territo ry,until the l oad fromL otlakane to

KunanaIs reached ; thence along the east

side , and clear of that Ioad towards Kunana, until the garden grounds of thatstation are reached ; thence, skirting Kunana, so as to include it and all its gardenground , but nomo re, in the TIansvaal,until the road fromKuh ana to Mamusa Is

reached thence, along the eastern side andclear of the road towards Mamusa,until aroad turns out towards Taungs thence ,along the eastern side and clear ofthe roadtowards Taungs, till the line ofthe districtknown as Stellaland

” is reached , about1 1miles fromTaungs ; thence, along the

line Of the district Stellaland , to the HartsRiv er, about 24miles below Mamusa;thence, across Harts Riv er, to the junctionof the roads fromMonths and Phokwanethence, along the western side and clear Of

the nearest road towards Koppie Enkel,an isolated hill about 36miles fromMamusa, and about 18miles north Of ChristIana, and to the summit of the said hill ;thence, in a straight line, to that point onthe north - eastboundary ofGriqualand West

as beaconed by Mr . Surv eyor Ford , wheretwo farms, registered as Nos . 72 and 75 ,domeet, aboutmidway between the Vaaland Harts Riv ers,measured along the saidboundary of Griqualand Vl’est ; thence to

the first point where the north -east boundary ofGriqualand Westmeets the VaalRiver.

Metsi-Mashwane en de Notwane rivierzich v ereenigen (NO . 2) daar langs den

stroomvan de Notwane riv ier naar Sengomazijnde de poort waar de riv ier do or denDwarsberg bergketen daar , gelijkomschrev en fis in deuitspraak do or Luitenant Gouv erneur Keate gedaan op 17October 1871 langs Pitlanganyane (nauweplek) Deboaganka of Schaapkuil, Sibatoul(kale plek) en Maclase, naar Ramatlabama,een kuil in een spruit ten no orden v an de

Molopo riv ier . Van Ramatlabama zal de

grenslijn loopen naar den top van een

alleenstaanden heuv el, L eganka genaamd ;vandear in een rechte l n loopendetennoo rdoosten van een inbo orlingen static d ichtby Buurman’s Drift aan de Molopo n viernaar dat punt Op den weg van Mo sieganaar de oude drift, waar een weguitlo o ptdoor de inboo rlingenstatie naar de nieuwedrift lager af; van daar naar Buurman’sOude Drift ; van t

daar in een rechte lijunaur een kenbaar en alleenstaand aantal bo omen dicht by en ten noo rdwesten van het

wo onhuis van C .Austin,een huurder van de

plaats VleifonteinNO . 1 17 van daariII eenrechte lijn h aar de noo rdwestelijke hoekbaken van de plaats Mo oimeisjesfontein,NO . 30 ; van daar langs de westelijke lij n

van genoemde plaats Mooimeisjesfontein en

in v erlenging daarvan, zo o v er als de wegloopende van Ludik’s drift aan de Molop oriv ier v oorbij het woonhuis van Mooimeisjesfontein naat de zoutpannen nabI] Hart

’s

riv ier ; van daar langs genoemden weg,

ov er den directen weg van PolfonteinmaarSehuba en totdat de directe weg v an

Po lfontein nasr L o tlakane of Rietfonteinbereikt wo rdt ; van daar langs de zuidelijke Zd e v an den laatstgeno emden wegnaar L otlakane totdat de eerste tuingro ndvan die static bereikt word t ; v an daar

in een zuidwestelijke richting lo opende

langs L otlakane, zoodat die plaats en al

haar tuingrond in hetinboo rlingen gebiedblyft totdat dc weg van L o tlakane naurKunana bereikt wo rdt van daar

langs de o o stzgde en v rij v an dien wegnaar Kunana, to tdat de tuingronden van

dat station bereikt zijn ; van daar loopendelangs Kunana, die plaats en al haar tuingrond ,maar nietmeer , in de.

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ransvaal

sluitende, to tdat de weg van Kunana naar

Mamusa bereikt is ; van daar langs dc

oostzijde en v rij van den weg near Mamusa,tot waar een weguitdraait naar Taungsvan daar langs de oostzijde en v rIj van den

weg naar Taungs, totdat de lij n van het

d istrict behend als Stellaland bereiktWOId t, omtrent l lmij len van Taungs ; van

daar langs de lijuvan hetdistrictStellaland ,naar de Harts rivier, omtrent 24mij lenbeneden Mamusa; van daar, over de Harts

ARTICLE II.

The Gov ernment of the South AfricanRepublic will strictly adhere to the boundaries defined in the first Article of

this Convention, and will do itsutmostto prev ent any Ofits inhabitants frommaking any encroachments upon lands

beyond the said boundaries . The Gov ernment of the South African Republic willappoint Commissionersupon the eastern

and western borders whose duty it will beStrictly to guard against irregularities andall trespassing over the boundaries. Her

Majesty’s Gov ernment will, if necessary ,

appoint Commissionersin the native territo ries outside the eastern and western bo r

ders ofthe SouthAfrican Republic tomaintain order and prevent encroachments .

Her Majesty’s Government and the GO

v emment of the South African Republicwill each appoint a person to proceed together to beacon Offthe amended south-west

boundary as described in Article 1 of thisConv ention ; and the President of the

Orange Free State shall be requested to

appoint a referee to whomthe said personsshall refer any questions on which theymaydisagree respecting the interpretation ofthe

said Article, and the decision of such referee thereon shall be final. The arrangement alreadymade, under the terms ofArticle 19 of the Conv ention of Pretoriaofthe 3rd August 188 1, between the ownersofthe farms Grootfontein and Valleifonteinon the one hand

,and the Barolong authori

ties on the other, by which a fair share ofthe water supply of the said farms shallbe allowed to flowundisturbed to the saidBaro longs, shall continue in force .

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rivier nasr den samenlo op van de wegenv an Mouthe en Phokwane ; van daar langsde west zijde en v rij

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van den naasten wegnear Koppie Enkel

”een alleenstaande

heuv el omtrent 36mij len van Mamusaen omtrent 18

,mijlen ten noorden van

Christiana enunar den to p van geno emdenheuvel ; van daar, in een rechte lijn, nasrdat punt op de noordoo stelijke grenzen van

Griqualand West, als afgebakend door denHeer L andmeter Ford , waar twee plaatsen,gercgistreerd als No s. 72 en 75 , by clkanderkomen, omtrent halfweg tusschen de Vaalen Harts rivieren, gemeten langs genoemdegrenslijn van Griqualand West ; van daarnaar het eerste punt waar dc No ord Oostelijke grenslijn van Griqualand West dcVaal riv ier smj dt.

ARTIKEL 11.

De regeering van de Zuid AfrikaanscheRepubliek zal z ich stipt houden aan de

grenzen bepaald in het eerste Artikel vandeze C onv entie en zal alles doen wat inhaar v ermogen is omvan hare onderdanente beletten eenige o v erschryding te plegenop grond gelegen buiten geno emde grenz en.

De regeering van de ZuidAfrikaansche Republick zal commissarissen aanstellen op deoo stelijke en w estehj ke grenzen wier plichthet zijn zal streng te waken tegen engeregeldheden en elke o v erschrd iug der grenzen. Harer Majesteit

’s regeering zal, indien

no odig, commissarissen aanstellenin betinboo rlingen gebied gelegen buiten de oostelijke en westehj ke grenzen v an de ZuidAfrikaansche Republisk omo rde to bewaren en o v erschrijdingen te beletten.

Harer Majesteit’s Regesring en de Re

geering van de ZuidAfrikaansche Republiekzuller. elk een persoon aanstellen die samende gewijzigde zuidwestelijke grenslijn,z ooals die omschrev en is inArtikel I . v an

deze C onv entIe zullen gaan afbakenen

en de President van den Oranje Vrijstaatzal v erzocht worden een scheidsrechter aante stellen aan w ien genoemde personen allev raagstukken zullen v ermj zen waaromtrentZIjmogen v erschillen ten o pzichte van deuitlegging van genoemd Artikel, en de beslissing van zoodanigen scheidsrechter daaromtrent zal finaal zijn. De schikking reedsgemaakt, v olgens de bepaling van Art. 19van de Conv entie van Pretoria van 3 Augustus 188 1 , tusschen de eigenaars van deplaatsen Grootfontein en Valleifonteln van

den eenen kant en de Barolong o v erhedenaan den anderen kant, v olgens welke

een billijk gedeelte van den watcrvoo rraadvan genoemde plaatsen, ongestoo rd zalmoeten loopen naar degenoemde Barolongs,zal van k racht blij v en.

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ARTICLE III . ARTIKEL III.

Ifa British ofiicer is appointed to reside Indien een Britsch ambtenaar aangesteldat Pretoria o r elsewhere within the South wo rdt omte Pretoria of eldersin de ZuidAfrican Republic to discharge functions Afrikaansche Republiek te wo onen omanalogous to those of a Consular ofiicer funktienuitteoefenen gehj k v ormig aan die

he wireceive the protection and assistance van een consulair ambtenaar, zal bij do beOfthe Republic. scherming en de hulp v an de Republiek

ontvangen.

ARTICLE IV.

The South African ltepublic will con

clude no treaty o r engagement with anyState Or nation o ther than the Orange

Free State, no r with any nativ e tribe to theeastward o r westward ofthe Republic,untilthe same has been approved by Her Ma

jesty the Queen.

Such approval shall be considered to

have been grantedifHer Majesty’s Gov ernment shall not

, within sixmonths after

receiving acopy ofsuch treaty (which shallbe deliv ered to themimmediatelyupon itscompletion) , have notified that the con

clusmn ofsuch treaty isin conflict with theinterests OfGreat Britain o r ofany of Her

Majesty’s possessionsin South Africa.

ARTICLE V .

The South African Re

public will be

liable fo r any balance w ichmay stillremain due ofthe debts fo r which it wasliable at the date ofAnnexation, to wit

,

the Cape Commercial Bank L oan, the

Railway L oan, and the Orphan ChamberDebt which debts will be a first chargeupon the revenues of the Republic. TheSouth African Republic w illmoreov er beliable to Her Majesty

’s Gov ernment fo r

which will be a second chargeupon the revenues ofthe Republic.

ARTICLE VI. ARTIKEL VI .

The debt due as aforesaid by the SouthAfrican Republic to IIer Majesty

’s Go

vernment will bear interest at the rate of

three and a half per cent. fromthe dateOf the ratification of this Conv ention,and shall be repayable by a payment forinterest and Sinking Fund of six poundsand ninepence per 1001. per annum, whichwill extinguish the debtin twenty - fiv e years.

The said payment Of six pounds and ninepence per 1001. shall be payable halfyearly , in British currency , at the close of

egch halfyear fromthe date of such ratifi

Provided always that the South

ARTIKEL IV .

De Zuid Afrikaansche Republisk zal

geen verdrag ofv erbindtenis aangaanmeteenigen Staat of natie, behalve den OranjeVrIj Staat, nochmet eenigen inboorlingenstamten oosten of ten westen van de

Republiek, v oo rdat het zal zijn goedgekeurd

door Hare Majesteit de Koningin.

Deze goedkeuring zal geacht wordenverleend te zijn als Harer Majesteit

’s Re

geeting niet binnen zesmanuden na de

ontvangst van een afschrift van zo odanigv erdrag (dat haar zalmooton o v erhandigdworden terstond na de v oltooijing ervan)zal hebben te kennen gegeven dat dc

sluiting van z oodanig v erdrag strijdig ismet de belangen van GrootBrittanje ofvan

een van Harer Majesteit’s bezittingen in

Zuid Afrika.

ARTIKEL V .

De Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek zal

v erantwo o rdelijk ZIj n v oor het onbetaald

bedrag van de schulden waarv o o r z 1j v er

antwoo rdelijk wasOp de dagteekeningvan deAnnexatie , te weton, de Kaapsche Handelsbank L eening, de Spoo rweg Leening, en

de Weeskamer schuld , welke schulden een

eerste v ordering zullen ZIj n Op deinkomstender Republiek . De Zuid AfrikaanscheRepubliek zal bov endien v erschnldigd zijnaan Harer Majesteit

’s Regeering een be

drag van dat een tweede v orderingzal z 1j n Op deinkomsten van de Republiek .

De bov engenoemde schuld der ZuidAfrikaansche Republiek aan Harer Majestcit’s Regeering zal renten opbrengen be

rekend tegen drie en een halfpercent, vande dagtee keningv en de bekrachtiging dozerConv entie, en zal gedelgd worden doorde betaling van renten en delgings fondsvan zes pond sterling en negen pence per1001. per jaar, waardoo r de schuld in Vien twintig jaren zal zijn gedelgd . Ge

noemde betaling van zes pond sterling en ne

gen pence per 1001. zal haltjaarlijks betaalbaar zijn in Britschemunt aan het eindevan elk halfjaar van de dagteekening der

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African Republic shall be at liberty at the bekrachtiging ;met dien verstande dat declose ofany halfyear to pay off the whole Zuid Afrrkaansche Republiek vrijheid hebor any portion ofthe outstanding debt. ben zal aan het einde van elk halfjaar hetInterest at the rate of three and ahalf geheel ofeen deel van deuitstaande schuld

per cent. on the debtas standingunder the aftebetalen. Renten berekend tegen drie enConvention of Pretoria shall as heretofore een half per centuitstaande op de schuldbe paid to the date Of the ratification of onder de Conv entie van Pretoria, zullenthis Convention. betaald Worden alstev o ren to t Op de dag

teekening van de bekrachtiging dozerConventie .

ARTIKEL VII.

All persons who held property in the Alle personen die eigendombezatenTransvaal on the 8th day ofAugust 188 1, in de Transvaal op den Ssten dagand still hold the same, will continue to van Augustus 188 1 , en het nog bezitenjoy the rights of property which they ten, zullen de eigendomsrechten die zijhave enjoyed since the 12th April 1877 . sedert 1 2 April 1877, hebben geno ten,

No person who has remained loyal to Her blijv en genieten. Geen persoon die loyaalMajesty durin

gthe late hostilities shall geblev en is aan Hare Majesteit gedurende

suffer anymo estation by reason of his de v roegere Vijandehj kheden zal eenigenloyalty 0 1

‘ be liable to any criminal pro ov erlast lijden ten gev o lge van zijn loyaliscontion o r Civ il action fo r any part taken teit, of blo otstaan aan eenige krimineelein connexion with such hostilities ; and all v erv olging of eenig burgerlijk rechtssueh persons will hav e full liberty to reside geding wegens eenig deel door hemgenein the country , with enjoyment Of all civ ilmen in v erbandmet zoodanige v andelijkrights, and protection for their persons and heden, en a] zulke personen zullen v olleproperty . vrijheid hebben in het land te wonen alle

burgerlijke rechten en bescherming v oorhun perso on en eigendomgenietende.

ARTICLE VII .

ARTICLE VIII.

The South AfrIcan Republic renews the

ARTIKEL VIII .

De Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek v er

declarationmade in the Sand River Con nieuwt de v erklaring in de Zandrivier C onv ention, and in the Convention ofPretoria,that no slav ery o r apprenticeship partakingof slav ery will be tolerated by the Govemgel kende opment ofthe said Republic.

ARTICLE IX .

There will continue to be completefreedomof religion and protection frommolestation fo r all denominations, pro

vided the same be not inconsistent withmorality and good order ; and no disabilityshall attach to any person in regard to

rights ofproperty by reason ofthe religiousopinions which he holds.

ARTICLE X .

The British Oflicer appointed to residein the South African Republic will receive

v entis en in de Conv entie van Pretoriaafgelegd, dat geen slav ernij , ofinboeken

slav ernij , doo r de regeer

Ing van genoemde Republiek zal worden

gedoogd .

ARTIKEL IX .

Volkomen vrijheid van godsdienst en

bescherming tegen overlast v oor alle ge

zindten zal blijven bestaan,mits deze niet

strijdig zijnmet zedelijkheid en goede orde ;en niemand zal belemmerd worden in deuitoefening van zijn eigendomsrecht ten

gev o lge van de godsdienstige gev oelens diehij toegedaanis.

ARTIKEL X .

De Britsche ambtenaar aangesteld omverblijf te houden in de Zuid Afrikaan

every assistance fromthe Government of sche Republiek zal alle ondersteuning outthe said Republicinmaking due prov ision vangen van de regeering van genoemdefor the proper care and preservation of the Republiek ter behoorlijke v oorziening on

grav es of such of Her Majesty’s Forces derhoud en behoud van de graven van z oo

as hav e died in the Transvaal ; and if danige KrIjgslieden Harer Majesteit’s die

need be, for the appropriation of land for in de Transvaal gesto rven zijn en indienthe purpose . noodig v oor de onteigening van land voor

dat doel

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ARTICLE XI .

All grants o r titles issued at any time ARTIKEL XI.

Alle schenkingen of grondbriev en to

by the Transvaal Government in respect eeniger tijd door de'

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ranvaalsche regeeringofland outside the boundary ofthe South uitgegev en ten aanzien van grond huitenAfrican Republic, as defined in Article 1 , de grenzen van de Zuid Afrikaansche Reshall be considered invalid and of no

effect, exce t in so far as any such grantor title rel

i

ates to land that falls W lthln

the boundary of the South African Re

public ; and all persons holding any suchgrant so considered invalid and ofno effect

w ill receiv e fromthe Gov ernment of the

South African Republic such compensation,

either in land o rinmoney, as the Volksraadshall determine . In all cases in which anyNative Chiefs or other authorities outsidethe said boundaries have received any

adequate consideration fromthe Government of the South African Republic for

land excluded fromthe Transvaal by the

firstArticle of this Convention, o r wherepermanent improvements have

.

beenmadeon the land, the High Commusroner Willrecov er fromthe nativ e authorities faircompensation for the loss of the land thusexcluded , o r of the permanent improvements thereon.

ARTICLE XII .

The independence of the Swazis, withinthe boundary line ofSwaziland , as indicatedin the firstArticle of this Convention, W lllbe fully recognised .

ARTICLE XIII.

Except in pursuance of any treaty o r

engagementmade as provided in Article 4of this Conv ention, no other or higherduties shall be imposed on the importat ion into the South African Republic of

any article coming fromany part ofHer

Majesty’s dominions than are or

.

may be

imposed on the like article coming fromany other place or country ; nor W 111 anyprohibitio n hemaintained or imposed

.

on

the impo rtation into the South AfricanRepublic of any article coming fromanypart of Her Maj esty

’s dominlons which

shall no t equally extend to the like article

coming fromany other place o r country .

And in likemanner the same treatmentshall be giv en to any article coming to

Great Britain fromthe South AfricanRepublic as to the like article coming fromany other place o r country .

These provisions do not preclude the

consideration of special arrangements as toimport duties and commercral relations

publiek , zooals die omschrev en zunin Art.

1 , zullen nietig en krachteloos geacht wo r

den, behalv e v oorzo ov er zulk een schenkingof grondbrief betrekking heeft op land

dat binnen de grenzen van de Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek valt ; en alle personenin het bezit van zoodanige schenking, aldusnietig en krachteloo s geacht, zullen van

de regeering van de Zuid AfrikaanscheRepubliek zoodanige v ergoeding ofin landofin geld, ontvangen, als de Volksraadbepalen zal. In alle gevallen wanrin Hoofden derinboorlingen, ofandere Ov erhedenhuiten genoemde grenzen to ereikende v er

goeding ontvangen bobben van de regeeringder Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek v oor landbuitengeslo tenuit de Transvaal door heteerste Artikel van deze C onv entie of waar

blij v ende v erbeteringen gemaakt zijn o pden grond , zal de Hooge Commissaris vande opperho ofden der inbo orlingen, bilhj kev ergoeding v erkrijgen v oor het verlies van

grond aldusuitgeslo ten, of van de daarop

gemaakte bluv ende v erbeteringen.

ARTIKEL XII .

De onafhankelijkheid van de Swazies ,binnen de grenzen v an Swazieland

, gelij k

die aangeduid zun in het eersteArtikel vandeze Conv entie, zal ten v olle worden erkend .

ARTIKEL XIII .

Behalv e k rachtens een v erdrag of v er

bindtenis gesloten gelijk bepaald is inArtikel 4 van deze C onv entie zullen er

geene andere of ho ogere inv oerrechten ge~

legd worden 0 p den inv oer in de ZuidAfrikaansche Republiek van eenigerleiv oorwerp afkomstiguit eenig deel v an

HarerMajesteit’s gebied , dan opgelegd znn

of opgelegd zullen worden op dergelijkv o orwerp afko rnstiguit eenige andere plaatsofland noch zal eenig v erbod gehandhaafd

of opgelegd worden o p den inv oer in do

Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek van eenigerleiv oo rwerp afkomstiguit eenig deel v an

Harer Majesteit’s gebied datmet ev enzeer

z ich uitstrekken zal tot den inv oer van

dergelijk v oo rwerp afkomstiguit eenigeandere plaats of land . En evenzo o zal

ieder v oorwerp afkomstig van de ZuidAfrikaansche Republiek 0 p dezelfde wyz ebehandeld worden in Groot Brittanje als

dergelijk artikel afkomstiguiteenige andereplaats ofland .

Deze bepaliugen sluiten de o verwegingnietuit van bgzondere schikkingen betref.

fende inv oerrechten en handelsbetrekkingen

between the South African Republic and

any of Her Majesty’s colomes or pos

sessions .

ARTICL E XIV.

All persons, other than natives, con

forming themselv es to the laws of the

South African Republic (a) will hav efull liberty , with their families, to enter,

travel, o r reside in any part of the SouthAfrican Republic (6) they will be en

titled to hire o r possess houses,manufactories, warehouses, shops, and premises ;(0) theymay carry on their commerceeither in person o r by any agents whomtheymav think fit to employ ; (d) theywill not be subject, in respect of theirpersons o r property , o r in respect of theircommerce o r industry , to any taxes, whethergeneral o r local, other than those whichare ormay be imposedupon citizens ofthesaid Republic.

ARTICLE XV .

All persons, o ther than natives, who

established their domicile in the Transvaalbetween the 12th day ofApril 1877, andthe 8th August 188 1, and who withintwelvemonths after such last-mentioneddate hav e had their names registered bythe British Resident, shall be exemptfromall compulsorymilitary serv ice whatever .

ARTICLE XVI.

Provision shall hereafter bemade by a

separate instrument fo r themutual extra

dition of criminals, and also fo r the surrender of deserters from’Her Majesty

’s

Forces.

ARTICLE XVII.

All debts contracted between the 12th

April 1877 and the 8th August 188 1

will be payable in the same currency inwhich theymay have been contracted .

ARTICL E XVIII.

No grants of land whichmay hav e beenmade, and no transfers o rmortgages whichmay hav e been passed between the 12th

April 1877 and the 8th August 188 1, willbe invalidated by reasonmerely of theirhaving beenmade o r passed between suchdates.

All transfers to the British Secretary forNative Affairs in trust for Natives willremain in force, an officer of the SouthAfrican Republic taking the place of suchSecretary fo r Native Affairs

tusschen de Zuid Afrikaansche Republieken

.

een van Harer Majesteit’s kolonien or

bezrttlngen.

ARTIKEL XIV.

ARTIKEL XV.

Alle personen, geeneinbo o rlingen zunde,die hunne wo onplaats in de Transvaalgevestigd hebben tusschen den 12den dagvan April 1877 en den 83ten Augustus188 1, en die binnen twaalfmaanden na

laatstgenoemde dagteekening hunne namenhebben doen registreeren doo r den Britschen Resident zullen van allen gedwongen

krijgsdienst’

v rijgesteld zqn.

ARTIKEL XVI.

Voo rziening zal later worden gemaaktin eeue afzonderlijke akte v oor de weder

keerigeuitlevering vanmisdadigers en o ok

v oor deuitlevering van deserteursuit HarerMajesteit

’s krijgsmacht.ARTIKEL XVII.

Alle schulden aangegaan tusschen den12den dag van April 1877 en den Ssten

Augustus 188 1 zullen betaalbaar zijn indezelfdemunt wanrinm] aangegaan zijn.

Alle personen, geeneinboorlingenagude,die z ich schikken naar de wetten van de

Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek (a) zullenvolko rnen v rgheid hebbenmet hunne huisgezinnen te komen, te reizen of te wonen

in elk deel van de Zuid AfrikaanscheRepubliek ; (6)my zullen het recht hebben,huizen, fablieken,magazijnen, w inkels, en

eigendommen te huren ofte hezitte11 ; (c) Z l]mogen hunnen handel drIJv en in perso onof door zoodanige agenten als ZIJ zullengoed vinden aantestellen ; (d) zij zullenniet onderhevig znn wat hunne personen of

eigendommen betreft, aan belastingen,het

zualgemeene of plaatselijke, behalv e diewelke

b

aan de burgers van genoemde Re

publiek o pgelegd zijn ofzullen worden.

ARTIKEL XVIII.

Geen schenkingen van land die gemaaktmochten zijn en geene transporten of v er

banden die v oltooidmochten zij n tusschenden l2den April 1877 en den 8sten Augustus 188 1, zullen nietig v erklaard wordenalleen opg

0"rond dat Zij aangegev en of vo l

tooid zij n tusschen die dagtee keningen.

Alle transporten a n den Britschen Secretaris voor inboo rlingen Zaken als Trusteevoor de inboorlingen zullen van krachtblij ven, terwij l een ambtenaar van de ZuidAfrikaansche Republiek de plaats innemenzal van dien Seeretaris voor Inbo orlingenzaken.

ARTICL E XIX .

The Government of the South AfricanRepublic will engage faithfully to fulfilthe assurances given, in accordance withthe laws of the South African Republic,to the natives at the PretoriaPitso by the

Royal Commission in the presence of the

Triumv irate and with their entire assent,

(I) as to the freedomofthe nativ es to buyor otherwise acquire land under certainconditions, (2) as to the appointment ofacommission tomark out nativ e locations,(3) as to the access ofthe nativ es to the

courts of law , and ( 4 ) as to their beingallowed tomove freely w ithin the country,or to leaveit fo r any legal purpose,under apass system.

ARTICL E XX .

This Convention will be ratified by a

Volksraad ofthe South African Republicwithin the period of sixmonths after itsexecution, and In default ofsuch ratificationthis Convention shall be null and v oid .

Signed in duplicate in London this 27thday ofFebruary 1884.

(Signed ) HERCULES ROBINSON. (Signed ) HERCULES ROBINSON.

(Signed ) S. J. P. KRUGER. (Signed ) S. J. P. KRUGER.

(Signed) S. J. DU TOIT. (Signed ) S. J. DU TOIT.

(Signs 1) N. J . SMIT. (Signed) N. J. SMIT.

No . 34.

THE TRANSVAAL DEPUTATION to the RIGHT HON. THE EARL O l“DERBY.

MY L oan,Albemarle Hotel, February 27, 1884 .

ART. 4 of the new Conv ention authorizes the South African Republic to enter

into treaties with fo reign powers subject to the approval ofHer British Majesty . Likethe whole Conv ention, this prov ision also will come into operation after the ratificationby the Volksraad .

But thereis a special reason why it should be v ery gratifying tousifwe could atonce avail ourselves of this new provision. The Deputation proceeds to the

Netherlands and to Portugal, as your L o rdship is aware, to settle financial and railwaymatters. As the State Presidentis himself at the head of the Deputation, a peculiarlyfav ourable 0p o rtunity now offers itself to the Republic, to treat with the said powerson commerci and other interests.

The Deputation relying on your L ordship’s kindness, has the honour herewith to

request that the prov ision contained in Art. 4may be considered new already in

ARTIKEL XIX

De Regeering van de Zuid AfrikaanscheRepubliek v erbindt z ich de v erzekeringengegev en, ov ereenkomstig de wetten van

de Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek , aan deinboorlingenup do Pitso te Pretoria doorde Koninkhj ke Commissiein de tegenwoo rdigheid van het Driemanschap enmet z 13nv olkomen go edkeuring, getrouw uit te

v oeren

( l .) wat betreft de Vl‘

t eid der inbo orl ingen omonder zekere v oorwaarden land to koopen of opandere wij ze te v erkr1j gen

wat betreft de aanstelling van een

commissie omlocaties van inboorlingen aftebakenen

wat betreft de to elating van inboorlingen to t de gerechtshov en ; en

wat betreft de v rijheid hun gegev enon z ich v r1j te bewegen binnenhet land of hetmet een wettigdoel te verlatsn, onder een pas

stelsel.

ARTIKEL Xx.

Deze Conv entie zal bek rachtigd wordendo or den Volksraad v an de Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek binnen den tijd van

zesmaanden na hare onderteekening en

bij gebreke van z o odanige bekrachtigingzal deze C onv entie van nul en gesner

waarde z 1j n.

Geteekend in dubbel te L o ndonop den 27sten dag van Fehruari1884.

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