XI. It is stipulated between the two Contracting Parties that the manner in which thefts of cattle and other property are to be proved, the manner in which the spoor of stolen cattle is to be traced, the manner in which compensation for thefts is to be claimed and to be obtained, and all other matters connected therewith, shall form the subject of a separate Agreement, to be entered into from time to time between the Government of Her Britannic Majesty and the Government of the Orange Free State, or such Commissioners as may be appointed by them for the said purpose.

XII. His Excellency the High Commissioner agrees to submit to arbitration the claim of the Orange Free State to compensation for thefts committed and other damage done by the Basutos to the inhabitants of the Orange Free State, and the claim of the Basutos to like compensation since the date of the proclamation of his Excellency the High Commissioner, by which the Basutos have become British subjects, should the Volksraad of the Orange Free State desire such arbitration.

XIII. In the same manner his Excellency the High Commissioner agrees to arbitration with regard to the claim of the Orange Free State to compensation for the abandonment of the land situate between the boundary line mentioned in Article I of the Treaty of Peace between the Orange Free State and the Chief Moshesh, dated 3rd April, 1866, and that mentioned in Article I of the present Convention, and in the case provided for by Article VI for the abandonment of the land situate between the Putisani, the Caledon River, and the Drakensberg.

XIV. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to set aside or invalidate the Convention entered into on the 23rd February, 1854,* between Sir George Russel Clerk, Her Britannic Majesty's Special Commissioner, and the representatives delegated by the inhabitants of the Orange River Territory, nor any part of the same, nor shall the Proclamation of his Excellency the High Commissioner, dated 12th March, 1868, be held to have been a violation of said Convention.

XV. Nothing in the preceding Articles contained shall be held to prevent the acceptance by the Volksraad of the Orange Free State of the proposals made to the Commissioners of the said State by his Excellency the High Commissioner on the 5th day of February, 1869, as the same are set forth in the Schedule hereto annexed. And if such proposals shall be accepted by the said Volksraad, then the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 13th of the preceding Articles shall be deemed to have been cancelled, and the several Articles contained in the said proposals shall be taken to be Articles of the Convention.

XVI. The present Convention, subject to the confirmation and ratification of the Government of Her Britannic Majesty on

* See Page 850.

the one part, and the Government of the Orange Free State on the other part, shall be carried immediately into execution, without waiting for the exchange of ratifications, which shall take place in Cape Town, in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, within six months from this date.

Thus done and signed at Aliwal North, in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, this 12th day of February, in the Our Lord 1869.

SCHEDULE.

year of

P. E. WODEHOUSE.

J. H. BRAND.

H. A. L. HAMELBERG.
C. J. A. DE VILLIERS.
J. J.
VENTER.

A. J. BESTER.

1. The border between the Free State and Basutoland shall be that recognized before the war of 1865.

2. All persons to whom the Government of the Free State shall, before the 1st day of April, 1868, have sold or granted farms lying between the line in the preceding Article mentioned, and the line described in a letter from the High Commissioner to the President, of the 14th April, 1868, and who shall have complied with the conditions of the sale or grant, shall, subject to the stipulations hereinafter contained, receive titles for the same from the British Government. All instalments remaining under the conditions of sale shall be paid to the Free State.

3. It shall be open to the British Government in any case in which special circumstances may render it necessary to do so, to withhold the title and resume the possession of any such farm, on condition of granting to the purchaser or grantee a farm of equal value or compensation in money.

4. All the said farms that have become forfeited for nonfulfilment of the conditions of sale or grant shall revert to the British Government, and any such forfeited farms shall be available for the purpose of the preceding Article; and such of the said farms as shall not be applied to such purposes shall be sold, and of the proceeds of sale two-thirds shall be paid to the Government of the Free State.

5. The obligations of personal residence on the part of the purchaser or grantee or his substitute shall be abolished, and the quit-rent payable for every such farm shall be at the rate of 5l. per annum for each thousand morgen.

6. The British Government shall, in consideration of the above-stated arrangement, pay to the Government of the Free State, over and above all sums accruing under the preceding Articles, the sum of 50,000l. sterling on or before the

day

of

next; and in default of such payment, and until the same shall be made, pay annually the sum of 3,000l., commencing from the day on which the first payment of quit-rent shall become due under the preceding Article.

5th February, 1869.

P. E. WODEHOUSE.

Subject to the regulations to be hereafter made, it is agreed:

1. Whenever the spoor of stolen cattle or horses is traced across the boundary line to Basutoland, the officer of the British Government stationed nearest to the place where the theft was committed, shall, upon receiving report thereof, be bound to aid the owner of the stolen property, or the person acting on his behalf, in tracing the spoor until the stolen cattle or horses are discovered in Basutoland, or until the spoor is lost, and further to give every aid and assistance which may lead to the discovery and punishment of the thief, and the recovery and restitution of the stolen property. Information shall be given by the Agent of the High Commissioner from time to time to the authorities of the Orange Free State of the names and place of residence of the officers on the border.

2. If the spoor of any stolen cattle or horses shall be traced across the boundary line to the Orange Free State, it shall be reported to the nearest field-cornet of the Orange Free State, who shall be bound to afford every assistance in tracing the spoor and discovering and apprehending the thief, in order that he may be dealt with according to law, and that the stolen property may be recovered and restored.

Aliwal North, 12th February, 1869.

P. E. WODEHOUSE.

J. H. BRAND.

H. A. L. HAMELBERG.

C. J. DE VILLIERS.

J. J. VENTER.

A. J. BESTER.

(5.)—TREATY with Chief of the Bondelzwartz. Springbokfontein, January 31, 1870.

BE it remembered that on the 31st day of January, 1870, I, William Christian, Chief of the Bondelzwartz, of Nisbett, Bath, entered into the following arrangement with George Alexander

Reynolds, Acting Resident Magistrate of Namaqualand, on the part of and representing the Colonial Government:

In consideration of the annual allowance granted to me, and so long as such allowance be continued, I, William Christian, Chief of the Bondelzwartz, do hereby bind myself to the said George Alexander Reynolds, acting as aforesaid, to aid the Government of the Cape Colony, on all possible occasions, in suppressing disturbances, preventing depredations and thefts, and co-operating with the Government generally in preserving peace and order along the Orange River.

Dated at Springbokfontein, this 31st day of January, 1870.

Witnesses:

M. E. HARE, J.P.

TIMOTHEUS SNEW.

His

WILLIAM CHRISTIAN.

mark.

(6.)-CONDITIONS on which the Tembus were taken over by the Colonial Government, and became British Subjects. October 28, 1875.

1ST. THAT the following Chiefs be recognized as Chiefs :N'Gangelizwe, Umguhla, Umdukiso, Bacelo, Umhlobo, Umdulasi, Sandili, Umdeki, Tsompa, Dubelikwele, Umtuyedwa, Ndwanyaza, Stockwe (son of Charlie Ungonyama), and Maram

cana.

2nd. That the following salaries be paid to the Chiefs :

3rd. That, in order to induce the return of those Tembus

who have been compelled to leave through mismanagement and wars, the hut-tax shall not become due until January, 1878.

4th. That the boundary on the north-west be that fixed by the Commission, the members of which were Messrs. Griffith, Ayliff, and Grant. The boundary on the south-east be that fixed by the Honourable Mr. Brownlee in 1873.

5th. The Chiefs to exercise authority and settle lawsuits (except cases of murder, crimes arising out of charges of witchcraft, serious assaults, and thefts from other tribes and from the Colony) within their own sections, subject to right of appeal to the Magistrate.

The Chief Gangelizwe, having been hitherto considered the paramount Chief of the whole tribe, it is now proposed that the authority should not extend beyond his own section.

6th. That the government of the mission stations shall not be interfered with for the present.

7th. That, in order to remove all cause of irritation and heart-burning arising from the compulsory return of Mensiwe, he and his tribe be located in the land vacated by the Chief Umtata, and the land at present occupied by Mensiwe be filled up by loyal Tembus, who choose to return to this part.

8th. It is understood that Government will prohibit the sale of liquors to all natives.

Office of the Resident with Gangelizwe,
October 28, 1875.

The Reverend Mr. Hargreaves appears at the office and states that he is deputed by the Tambookie tribe to submit the above proposals to the Resident for the consideration of the Government.

Mr. Bowker, Commandant of Police, being present, the above proposals are submitted to him, for his information, who fully concurs in its being forwarded to Government.

W. WRIGHT, Resident.

(7.)-LETTER of the Chief of the Amaquatis, placing his Country and Tribe under the Protection of the British Government. December 10, 1875.

REQUEST of Chief Dalasile to be received under British Protection.

This was publicly made known

at the meeting 10th December,

1875, by Commandant Bowker, quati tribe, being seriously unwell

Inspector Chalmers interpret

ing.

THE Chief Dalasile, of the Ama

and unable to attend the meeting summoned by Commandant Bowker