and friendship between the undersigned King Panda and his subjects, and Her Majesty Queen Victoria and all Her Majesty's subjects. 2. It is hereby agreed between the undersigned that the respective boundaries between the territory of Natal and the Zoolah nation, shall be defined at the sea-line, by the mouth of the River Tugela, and from thence upwards until the junction of that stream with the River Umsinyaatee (or Buffels River), from thence upwards by the said River Umsinyaatee (or Buffels River), or such other boundary line along or near its banks, as may, at any time hereafter, be fixed upon by the undersigned, Her Majesty's Commissioner for the territory af Natal, or such other Commissioner as Her Majesty may appoint, and by any two Indunas or Commissioners, whom the undersigned Panda, King of the Zoolah nation, may appoint for that purpose, and from thence northward to the foot of the Quathlamba (or Draaksberg) mountains. 3. The undersigned Panda, King of the Zoolah nation, hereby agrees and binds himself to direct Koedoe, the captain of certain kraals placed by the late King Dingaan on the right bank of Tugela, and all such other captains or Chiefs of kraals as may be found to come within the boundaries of the territory of Natal, hereby fixed and determined, to be removed from their respective stations. The undersigned, Her Majesty's Commissioner, for, and on behalf of, Her Majesty, hereby agreeing and consenting to allow them to remain until their crops shall have been reaped and then to take with them all their effects and lawful property. Thus done, and agreed upon, and confirmed, by the signature and marks of the undersigned, King Panda, and the undersigned, Her Majesty's Commissioner, at the chief town. of Elapeen, on this the 5th day of October 1843, in the presence of the undermentioned witnesses. Witnesses- (Signed) (Signed) This is the mark of the King x PANDA, made by himself. This is the mark of the Induna × UMVUNHLAAN, made by him. This is the mark of the Induna × UMKONDANI, made by him. H. CLOETE, L.L., Her Majesty's High (sic) Commissioner. D. C. TooKEY. C. J. BUISSINE. Parl. Papers, S. Africa, C.O. (42), 1884, p. 56, No. 109. ANNEXATION OF NATAL TO THE CAPE COLONY. [Letters Patent, dated 31 May 1844.] VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, to all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: WHEREAS by letters patent under the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Nineteenth Day of December, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-three, in the Seventh Year of Our Reign,-We did constitute and appoint Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir Peregrine Maitland, Knight, Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, Lieutenant-General of Our Forces, to be Our Governor and Commander-in-Chief, in and over Our Settlement, at the Cape of Good Hope, in South Africa, with its Territories and Dependencies, as also of the Castle, and all Forts and Garrisons erected, or established, or which should be erected or established, within the said Settlement, Territories and Dependencies. And Whereas, since the date of the said recited letters patent, it hath seemed good to us to annex to the said Settlement of the Cape of Good Hope, the Territories occupied by Our Subjects throughout the District of Natal, in South Africa; Now know Ye, that We of Our especial Grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, have annexed and do hereby annex the said District of Natal to Our said Settlement of the Cape of Good Hope, as a part and portion thereof. PROVIDED, nevertheless, and We do hereby declare Our pleasure to be that no law, custom or usage now in force within our said Settlement of the Cape of Good Hope, shall by force and virtue hereof extend to and become in force within the said District of Natal, and that no Court or Magistrate of or within Our said Settlement of the Cape of Good Hope shall by force or virtue hereof acquire, hold or exercise any jurisdiction within the said Colony of Natal, but that it shall be competent to and for the Legislature of Our said Settlement of the Cape of Good Hope, to make, ordain and establish all such laws and ordinances as to them shall seem meet, for the peace, order and good government of the said District of Natal, whether in conformity or not in conformity with the laws and ordinances in force within the other parts of Our said Settlement of the Cape of Good Hope, any letters patent, charters, orders in council, local ordinances, or other law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. Provided always, that all laws and ordinances so to be made as aforesaid for the peace, order and good government of the District of Natal, shall be so made in such and the same manner, and with, under and subject to all such and the same conditions, restrictions and reservations as are or shall be in force within Our said Settlement, in respect to the making of laws and ordinances for the peace, order and good government of other parts thereof. And we do hereby reserve to ourselves full power and authority to revoke or alter these presents, as to us shall seem meet. In witness whereof, we have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent. Witness Ourself at Westminster, this Thirty-first Day of May, in the Seventh Year of Our Reign. MAINTENANCE OF BRITISH AUTHORITY OVER ALL EMIGRANTS. [21 Aug. 1845.] No. 110. Proclamation.-By His Excellency Lieut.-General Sir PEREGRINE MAITLAND, Knight Commander [etc.]. WHEREAS in and by a Proclamation bearing equal date with these presents, I have referred to certain Letters Patent of Her Majesty the Queen, annexing the District of Natal to the Settlement of the Cape of Good Hope, as a part or portion thereof; and have also declared and made known the limits which, for the time being, Her Majesty has been pleased to assign to the said District; and whereas there is reason to apprehend that ignorant persons may mistake, and that evilminded persons may misrepresent, the true nature and effect of the said Proclamation, and may treat and consider, or affect to treat and consider, the same as a tacit renunciation of the Royal Authority of Her said Majesty over such of Her Subjects as may remove to or reside in Territories beyond the limits of the said Districts: and whereas any such impression upon the part of any of Her Majesty's Subjects, would be wholly irrational and unfounded, and productive of the most dangerous consequences to all who should presume to act upon it :NOW, THEREFORE, I DO HEREBY PROCLAIM, DECLARE, and MAKE KNOWN, for the warning and information of all whom it may concern, that Her Majesty the Queen, by graciously establishing in the District of Natal a settled form of Government, is not to be understood as in the least renouncing Her rightful and sovereign authority over any of Her Subjects residing or being beyond the limits of the said District; that while such of Her Subjects as shall peaceably reside within the said limits, shall enjoy a degree of protection which cannot be afforded to others resident beyond the same, the latter, if guilty of crimes or offences, will be equally amenable to justice, and exposed to punishment; that the Acts of Parliament made and passed in the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, for the prevention and punishment of Offences committed by British Subjects within Territories adjacent to the Cape of Good Hope, will still remain in full force and operation, in regard to all such Subjects as last aforesaid; and that the establishment in the Natal District of an efficient Government and administration of Justice, instead of countenancing any idea that Her Majesty has abandoned her avowed determination not to permit any of Her Subjects, wherever resident, to affect independence, or act without control, will powerfully tend, in connexion with other arrangements lately entered into, and now in progress of completion, to repress any tendency to violence or injustice amongst any of Her Subjects sojourning beyond Her Majesty's Dominions, and secure the peace and good order of every portion of South Africa, in which such Subjects may have settled. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. P.R.O., C.O. 52/11 (C. of G. Hope NATAL A SEPARATE COLONY. [Letters Patent, dated 30 April 1845.] No. 111. Grant.-Erecting the District of NATAL into a Separate Government. VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, to all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: [Letters Patent appointing Sir Peregrine Maitland Governor of the Cape Colony, and Letters Patent annexing Natal to the Cape Colony, recited.] .. whereas We have deemed it expedient that the . . . district of Natal should be erected for certain purposes into a distinct and separate government to be administered in manner hereinafter mentioned: Now, therefore, We do hereby declare Our will to be and by these presents do constitute and appoint that the said district of Natal shall henceforth be constituted and become a distinct and separate Government to be administered in Our name and on Our behalf by a LieutenantGovernor, to be by Us for that purpose appointed by warrant under our Royal Sign Manual and Signet to be countersigned by one of Our principal Secretaries of State, and in the event of the death, or absence, or incapacity of any such LieutenantGovernor, or in the event of there being no person in the said district commissioned by Us to be Lieutenant-Governor as aforesaid, then and in every such case Our will and pleasure is that the said office shall be administered provisionally by some person to be for that purpose appointed by the Governor and Commander-in-Chief, or by the officer for the time being administering the government of the said settlement of the Cape of Good Hope, by a Commission to be for that purpose issued under the public seal of the said settlement, which provisional appointment shall continue in force until Our pleasure shall be known and no longer and We do hereby give and grant to such Lieutenant-Governor for the time being, or to such person as may be provisionally appointed to administer the government of the said district of Natal as aforesaid, all such powers and authorities within such district as by the said recited Letters Patent of the 19th day of December, in the seventh year of Our reign, are granted to and vested in the said Sir Peregrine Maitland as Governor and Commander-inChief in and over the said settlement of the Cape of Good Hope; subject, nevertheless, to all such restrictions and limitations as are set forth in the said recited Letters Patent of the 31st day of May 1844, . . . as well as to all such rules and regulations as shall be made and established by such instructions as hereinafter are mentioned for the practicable and convenient exercise of such power and authority: Provided, nevertheless, and We hereby declare Our will and pleasure to be that it shall be lawful for the said Sir Peregrine Maitland, or for the officer for the time being administering the government of the said settlement from time to time, as occasion shall require, and as he shall be directed by such instructions as aforesaid to repair to the said district of Natal and to assume the government thereof in person and during such his residence therein, We do further declare Our pleasure to be that all and every the powers and authorities in and by the said recited Letters Patent in him vested in and over the said district of Natal shall revive, and that, during the same period or periods all and every the powers and authorities by these presents vested in such Lieutenant-Governor shall be and are hereby suspended: Provided also, and We do further declare Our will and pleasure to be that nothing herein contained shall extend or be construed to extend to take away, abridge, or alter all or any of the powers and authorities in and by the said recited Letters Patent given to the Legislature of Our said settlement of the Cape of Good Hope, to make, ordain, and establish all such laws and ordinances as to them shall seem |