With the Boers in the Transvaal and Orange Free State in 1880-1 |
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58th Regiment advance affairs Amajuba ammunition annexation Appendix appointed armistice arms arrived attack Boer camp Boer leaders Boers British Government Burghers Cape Colony Captain chief Colonel Winsloe Commandant Commissioner Convention Cronje December despatch District Dutch enemy England English Evelyn Wood February fight fire force garrison Governor Griquas guns Heidelberg hill honour horses Ingogo inhabitants Joubert Kaffir killed Kruger laager Landdrost Lang's Nek letter Leydenberg Lieutenant Majesty Majesty's Government Major March meeting ment miles military Mount Prospect Mounted Infantry Natal natives Naval Brigade Newcastle officers Orange Free Orange River party peace Pietermaritzburg Pomeroy Colley position Potchefstrom President Brand Pretoria prisoners Proclamation provisions received reinforcements Rifles Royal Commission Secocoeni Secretary sent settlement Shepstone shot side Sir Evelyn Sir G Sir Garnet South Africa South African Republic Spruit telegram territory Theophilus Shepstone town Transvaal tribes Triumvirate troops Vaal River Volksraad waggons Wakkerstrom wounded yards Zulu
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Page 46 - The Assistant Commissioners guarantee in the fullest manner, on the part of the British Government, to the emigrant farmers beyond the Vaal River, the right to manage their own affairs, and to govern themselves, according to their own laws, without any interference on the part of the British Government...
Page 376 - Nor will any prohibition be maintained or imposed on the importation of any article the produce or manufacture of the dominions and possessions of Her...
Page 374 - ... outside the Transvaal, and, subject to the approval of the High Commissioner, as representing the Suzerain, he will control the conclusion of treaties with them, and (c) he will arbitrate upon every dispute between Transvaal residents and Natives outside the Transvaal (as to acts committed beyond the boundaries of the Transvaal) which may be referred to him by the parties interested. (4). In regard to communications with Foreign Powers, the Transvaal Government will correspond with Her Majesty's...
Page 367 - Natives will be allowed to move as freely within the country as may be consistent with the requirements of public order, and to leave it for the purpose of seeking employment elsewhere or for other lawful purposes, subject always to the pass laws of the said State, as amended by the Legislature of the Province, or as may hereafter be enacted under the provisions of the Third Article of this Convention.
Page 376 - ... their names registered by the British Resident, shall be exempt from all compulsory military service whatever.
Page 372 - ... following rules, viz. : — Compensation will be allowed for losses or damage sustained by reason of the following acts committed during the recent hostilities, viz. : (a) commandeering, seizure, confiscation, or destruction of property, or damage done to property ; (6) violence done or threats used by persons in arms.
Page 372 - ... before taking evidence or ordering evidence to be taken in respect of any claim, decide whether such claim can be entertained at all under the rules laid down in the next succeeding article. In regard to claims which can be so entertained, the sub-commissioners will, in the first instance, afford every facility for an amicable arrangement as to the amount payable in respect of any claim, and only in cases in which there is no reasonable ground for believing that an immediate amicable arrangement...
Page 48 - It is agreed that certificates of marriage issued by the proper authorities of the emigrant farmers shall be held valid and sufficient to entitle children of such marriages to receive portions accruing to them in any British colony or possession in South Africa. 8. It is agreed that any and every person now in possession of land, and residing in British territory, shall have free right and power to sell his said property, and remove unmolested across the Vaal River and vice versa ; it being distinctly...
Page 372 - Majesty's forces during the recent hostilities, except for such losses or damage as may already have been compensated for, and the Government of the Transvaal State will make due compensation for all losses or damage sustained by reason of such acts as are in the 8th Article herein-after specified which may have been committed by the people who were in arms against her Majesty during the recent hostilities, except for such losses or damages as may already have been compensated for.
Page 374 - There will continue to be complete freedom of religion and protection from molestation for all denominations, provided the same be not inconsistent with morality and good order ; and no disability shall attach to any person in regard to rights of property by reason of the religious opinions which he holds.