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pay annually the sum of three thousand pounds, commencing from the day on which the first payment of quitrent shall become due under the preceding Article. P. E. WODEHOUSE.

5th February 1869.

(Signed)

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.

(Signed)

P. E. WODEHOUSE.

J. H. BRAND.

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

J. J. VENTER.

A. J. BESTER.

ALIWAL NORTH, 12th February 1869.

Parl. Papers, S. Africa, C.O. (42), 1884, p. 96.

No. 171. SETTLEMENT OF THE DIAMOND FIELDS

DISPUTE.

[In 1866 and the years following, diamonds were discovered by Europeans along the banks of the Orange River, the Modder, and the Vaal, not far from the points where these rivers meet. Some of the land on which digging was soon commenced fell within Free State territory, but parts were also claimed by the South African Republic. A third claimant was Waterboer, a Griqua chief. The claims were submitted to arbitration. The Orange Free State declined to present its case before the court, holding that its claim was incontestable, as the territory fell within boundaries previously agreed upon by the

British authorities. The case of the other Republic was badly presented, and the result was that the claims of Waterboer were established. He was immediately taken over with his people as British subjects, his territory becoming a Crown colony under the name of Griqualand West. A few years later actions were brought before court by two sets of claimants to certain farms in Griqualand. One set based their claims on grants made by Waterboer, another set on grants made by the Orange Free State. The judge rejected Waterboer's grants; whereupon the President of the Free State went to England to renew the claims of his country. The present document shows the agreement arrived at.]

LONDON, July 13, 1876.

Memorandum of Agreement between the Right Honourable the EARL OF CARNARVON, Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, representing Her Majesty's Government, and his Honour PRESIDENT BRAND, for the Orange Free State, who, having met and fully communicated with each other for the purpose of arriving at an understanding with regard to the Frontier Line between the British and the Orange Free State Territories, and as to the sum to be paid by Her Majesty's Government to the Orange Free State in full settlement of all claims with respect to the Diamond Fields and the question of Sovereignty over the lands hitherto in dispute, hereby agree as follows:

I. The frontier shall be known and recognised hereafter (subject to the provisions in paragraph No. 2) by a line drawn from Rama (Fountain), passing through David's Graf (close above the junction of the Riet and Modder rivers) to the beacon standing on Tartantal Kop (and marked by De Villiers on the map referred to hereafter), thence by a straight line at right angles to the line from David's Graf to the summit of Platberg, and from the point where the two lines join, thence to the summit of Platberg, thence in a straight line to the point marked G on the said map, on the River Vaal, including the whole of the places known as the Diamond Fields.

2. The boundary line given shall be drawn so as to leave within the Free State territory the farm belonging to Gideon Joubert, and the four farms occupied by Commandant Dolf Erasmus, according to the boundaries of the said farms as registered in the Registry of Deeds Office at Bloemfontein, on the 27th October 1871, but verified and certified by examination, and by marking of beacons, to be made on the spot by two experts, approved by the Right Honourable the Earl of Carnarvon and his Honour President Brand.

3. The map now in the hands of the Right Honourable the Earl of Carnarvon, drawn by Mr. Jonas de Villiers, of the Free State, and signed in duplicate by the Right Honourable

the Earl of Carnarvon and his Honour President Brand, shows the line of boundary as herein set forth. But it is admitted that this map is to be verified and approved on the spot by the experts herein referred to, who will mark out the line of boundary by beacons, and make out two copies of the chart, and sign the same, which is to be completed within six months, unless prevented by unforeseen circumstances, or sooner if possible.

4. The amount to be paid by Her Majesty's Government on the due fulfilment and carrying out of the details of this agreement is hereby fixed at the sum of 90,000l. sterling, payable as follows: 20,000l. payable at Bloemfontein on the completion of the surveys and settlement of the boundaries by beacons in bills drawn by the Treasurer-General of the Orange Free State upon Her Majesty's Government in London at sixty days after sight, and the remainder (70,000l. sterling) by bills equal to cash in London on the completion of the documents exchanged there.

5. The Right Honourable the Earl of Carnarvon and his Honour President Brand hereby express their cordial satisfaction with the foregoing arrangement as a just and fair settlement in full of the question referred to herein and heretofore in dispute; and all grounds for controversy now being removed, the Right Honourable the Earl of Carnarvon and his Honour President Brand, for themselves and for Her Majesty's Government and for the Orange Free State, agree to seek, by friendly co-operation hereafter, all that can advance the common interests of their respective countries.

In the presence of(Signed)

(Signed)

DONALD CURRIE.
DONOUGHMORE.

CARNARVON.
J. H. BRAND.

LONDON, July 13, 1876.

Further Memorandum of Agreement between the Right Honourable the EARL OF CARNARVON, for Her Majesty's Government, and PRESIDENT BRAND, on behalf of the Orange Free State respectively:

The questions at issue between Her Majesty's Government and the Orange Free State having been arranged this day, as set forth in the Memorandum of Agreement to which this is attached,

The Right Honourable the Earl of Carnarvon has proposed to President Brand, as an additional proof of his good feeling towards the Orange Free State, and of his desire for its material

prosperity, that if, within five years from this date, the Orange Free State shall establish a line of railway to connect with the Natal Railway, or any line of railway which the Cape Colcny may make, then and in such case Her Majesty's Government will pay to the Orange Free State the sum of 15,000l. sterling, without any further condition than that this amount so payable is to be employed in the construction of the line of railway referred to within the territory of the Orange Free State;

And President Brand, fully recognising in this offer the friendly disposition of Her Majesty's Government towards the Orange Free State, but not feeling himself authorised to decide in this matter, seeing that the subject of railways rests entirely with the Volksraad of the Orange Free State, accepts the same in the spirit in which the Right Honourable the Earl of Carnarvon has made it, subject to the approval of the Volksraad, to whom the President will submit the proposal, and obtain their decision, within three months after his arrival at Bloemfontein, and communicate the same to the Right Honourable the Earl of Carnarvon without delay.

In the presence of—

(Signed)

(Signed) DONALD CURRIE.

DONOUGHMORE.

CARNARVON.
J. H. BRAND.

Parl. Papers, S. Africa, C.O. (42), 1884, p. 108.

No. 172. ANNEXATION OF THE ORANGE FREE
STATE. [24 May 1900.]
PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS certain territories in South Africa heretofore known as the Orange Free State, have been conquered by Her Majesty's Forces, and it has seemed expedient to Her Majesty that the said territories should be annexed to, and should henceforth form part of Her Majesty's dominions, and that I should provisionally, and until Her Majesty's pleasure is more fully known, be appointed Administrator of the said territories with power to take all such measures and to make and enforce such laws as I may deem necessary for the peace, order and good government of the said territories;

Now, Therefore,

I, Frederick Sleigh, Baron Roberts of Kandahar, K.P. [etc.], by Her Majesty's command, and in virtue of the power and authority conferred upon me in that behalf by Her Majesty's Royal Commission, dated the 21st day of May 1900, and in accordance with Her Majesty's instructions thereby and other

wise signified to me, do proclaim and make known that, from and after the publication hereof, the territories known as the Orange Free State are annexed to and form part of Her Majesty's dominions, and that, provisionally and until Her Majesty's pleasure is fully declared, the said territories will be administered by me with such powers as aforesaid.

Her Majesty is pleased to direct that the new territories shall henceforth be known as the Orange River Colony.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Given under my hand and seal at the Headquarters of the Army in South Africa, Camp South of the Vaal River in the said territories, this 24th day of May in the year of our Lord 1900.

ROBERTS, Field-Marshal, Commanding

in-Chief Her Majesty's Forces in South Africa.

Laws of the O.R.C., 1900-6, p. 291.

No. 173. THE VEREENIGING PEACE TREATY.

[31 May 1902.]

General LORD KITCHENER of Khartoum, Commanding-inChief, and His Excellency Lord MILNER, High Commissioner, on behalf of the British Government,

AND

Messrs. S. W. BURGER, F. W. Reitz, LOUIS BOTHA, J. H. DE LA REY, L. J. MEYER, and J. C. KROGH, acting as the Government of the South African Republic,

AND

Messrs. W. J. C. BREBNER, C. R. DE WET, J. B. M. HERTZOG, and C. H. OLIVIER, acting as the Government of the Orange Free State,

On behalf of their respective Burghers,

Desirous to terminate the present hostilities, agree on the following Articles :

1. The Burgher Forces in the field will forthwith lay down their arms, handing over all guns, rifles, and munitions of war, in their possession or under their control, and desist from any further resistance to the authority of His Majesty King Edward VII., whom they recognise as their lawful Sovereign.

The manner and details of this surrender will be arranged between Lord Kitchener and Commandant-General Botha, Assistant Commandant-General De La Rey, and Chief Commandant De Wet.

2. Burghers in the field outside the limits of the Transvaal

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