ARTICLE 19.-The Government of the South African Republic will engage faithfully to fulfil the assurances given, in accordance with the laws in the South African Republic, to the natives at the Pretoria Pitso by the Royal Commission in the presence of the Triumvirate and with their entire assent, (1) as to the freedom of the natives to buy or otherwise acquire land under certain conditions, (2) as to the appointment of a commission to mark out native locations, (3) as to the access of the natives to the courts of law, and (4) as to their being allowed to move freely within the country, or to leave it for any legal purpose, under a pass system.

ARTICLE 20.-This Convention will be ratified by a Volksraad of the South African Republic within the period of six months after its execution, and in default of such ratification this Convention shall be null and void.

Signed in duplicate in London this 27th day of February

INDEX

(The numerals refer to the page)

ANNEXATION of 1877, 10, 18

APPENDIX, 191

BANKRUPTCY of the Republic, 21
Beelaerts van Blockland, 102
Boer-cum-Hollander Ring, 119
Boer Rebellion of 1880, 45
Boer Shooting, 170

Brand (President of Orange Free State), 51, 57
Burgers, T., 8, 10, 16, 17, 23, 25, 27, 31, 42, 148

CHAMBERLAIN, J., 165

Commissioners, Royal, 61, 88, 96

Concessions, 117, 153

Cronjé, Commandant, 130, 138

Convention of 1881, 73, 107

Convention of 1884, 99, 107, 121, 126
Conventions, Infractions of, 177

"DANK u Baas," 141

Drifts, Closing of, 186

Dutch Language, 153

ERASMUS, A., 124, 125, 134

Exodus of 1835, 5

Expulsion of Aliens, 176

FOREIGN Powers, Communication with, 95

Franchise to all Inhabitants, 96

Gladstone, W. E., 17, 54, 61, 71, 73, 76, 78, 80, 81, 100, 102,
105, 106, 116, 120, 146, 147, 151, 165–167, 180, 182, 188

Gold Discovery, 117

Grondwet (Constitution), 8

HOLLANDER, The, 148

Hollanders, Introduction of, 25

JAMESON'S Raid, 178

Jorissen, E. J. P., 31, 46, 55, 58, 88, 93, 98, 149
Joubert, P., 46, 53-55, 57-59, 61, 93, 127, 133, 137, 138

KAFFIR Treatment by Boers, 121

Keate Award, 66

Kruger, S. J. P., 4, 7-9, 25, 31-34, 36–38, 40, 46, 50-52,55-57
59, 61, 87, 88, 93, 96, 98-100, 102, 105, 107, 119, 123, 127,
133, 142, 146, 149–151, 157-159, 162, 169, 174, 179, 184, 186,
188

LEYDS, Dr., 150, 151, 162

Low Country, 142

MONOPOLIES, 117, 153

ORIGIN of the S. A. Republic, I

PETITION of the Loyal Boers, 74, 77

Pitso at Pretoria, 126, 131

Pretoria Pitso, 126, 131

Pretorius, M., 55, 57-59, 61, 93, 127, 133

RAILWAYS, 154, 172, 184

Rhodes, Cecil, 152, 172, 181

SAND River Treaty of 1852, 5, 14, 77

Schlickman, von, 10, II

Squatter's Law of 1895, 132

Suzerainty, Definition of, 56, 82, 83, 93
Swaziland, 175

TAXATION Difficulties, 36
To-day's Situation, 164
Transport, Cost of, 156

UITLANDERS, 118

VOLKSRAAD, Institution of, in 1849, 5

WOLSELEY, Sir Garnet, 35, 75, 77, 133, 167

Wood, Sir Evelyn, 52–59, 61, 64, 80, 82–84, 88, 96, 98, 147,
149, 167

Wood, Sir Evelyn's, Statement of Dissent, 64

ZULU Subjugation in 1879, 35

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