ANNEXATION OF GRIQUALAND WEST. Act No. 39 of 1877. [Reserved by Governor.] No. 37. Act. To make provision for the Annexation to this Colony of the Province of Griqualand West.1 XXXIV. This Act may be cited as the "Griqualand West Annexation Act, 1877." P.R.O., Č.O. 50/6. EQUAL LANGUAGE RIGHTS IN PARLIAMENT. No. 1 of 1882. I No. 38. Act. To amend the Constitution Ordinance. [Assented to 25th May 1882.] WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Ordinance enacted on the third day of April 1852, by the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof intituled "An Ordinance for Constituting a Parliament for the said Colony": Be it enacted by the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly thereof, as follows: I. So much of the Eighty-ninth Section of the said Ordinance as is repugnant to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act shall be and the same is hereby repealed. II. From and after the passing of this Act all debates and discussions in the Legislative Council and House of Assembly may be conducted either in English or Dutch, but in no other language. III. This Act may be cited as the "Constitution Ordinance Amendment Act, 1882." P.R.O., C.O. 50/7. REPRESENTATION OF KIMBERLEY IN PARLIAMENT. No. 39. Act. To grant Increased Representation in the House of Assembly to the Electoral Division of Kimberley. [Assented to 21st June 1882.] WHEREAS it is desirable to amend Act No. 39 of 1877, known as "The Griqualand West Annexation Act, 1877," by See documents Nos. 84 and 171. The annexation was only effected on 15th Oct. 1880 by Procl. in the Gazette, after this Act received the royal assent. making provision for an increase in the number of the representatives now returned to the House of Assembly for the Electoral Division of Kimberley: Be it enacted by the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly thereof, as follows: I. So much of the fifth section of Act No. 39 of 1877, known as "The Griqualand Annexation Act, 1877," as may be repugnant to or inconsistent with this Act, is hereby repealed. II. At the next ensuing general election, and thereafter, the Electoral Division of Kimberley shall be entitled to return to the House of Assembly of the Cape of Good Hope four members. III. This Act may be cited as the "Kimberley Increased Representation Act, 1882." P.R.O., C.O. 50/7. DISANNEXATION OF BASUTOLAND. [18 March 1884.] No. 34 of 1883. [Reserved.] No. 40. Act.-For the Disannexation of Basutoland from the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. WHEREAS it is desirable that Basutoland should cease. to form part of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope; and whereas Her Majesty's Imperial Government has expressed its willingness to provide for the future Government of Basutoland upon certain conditions; and whereas it is expedient that due provision should be made for relieving this Colony from all responsibility for or in connection with the Government of Basutoland: Be it enacted by the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly thereof, as follows: I. The Act No. 12, 1871, intituled " An Act for the Annexation to the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope of the Territory inhabited by the tribe of people called the Basutos," shall be and the same is hereby repealed. II. From and after the taking effect of this Act, there shall be paid annually to Her Majesty's High Commissioner, or such other officer as Her Majesty may be pleased to appoint in that behalf, as a contribution towards any deficiency that may arise in the revenues of the Government of Basutoland, out of the public revenue of this Colony, such sum, not exceeding twenty thousand pounds, as may be hereafter from time to time agreed upon by and between Her Majesty's Imperial Government and the Government of this Colony. III. This Act shall come into operation when the Governor shall by proclamation declare that Her Majesty has been pleased to allow and confirm the same. IV. The short title of this Act shall be the "Basutoland Disannexation Act, 1883.' P.R.O., C.O. 50/7. ANNEXATION OF WALFISH BAY. [Promulgated 25 July 1885.] No. 41. Act. To provide for the Annexation to the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope of the Port or Settlement of Walfish Bay on the West Coast of Africa and of certain Territory surrounding the same, and of certain British Territories on the St. John's River in South Africa. [By Letters Patent dated 14th December 1878 the Governor of the Cape Colony had been authorised to declare the port, settlement, and territory of Walfish Bay annexed to the Cape Colony.] P.R.O., C.O. 50/7. ANNEXATION OF TEMBULAND. [A Bill to provide for the annexation of Tembuland was passed in 1880 but was not confirmed.] [Promulgated 14 July 1885.] No. 42. Act. To provide for the Annexation to the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, of the British Territories known as Tembuland, Emigrant Tembuland, Gcalekaland and Bomvanaland, and for the Government of the said Territories. [Letters Patent of 2 Oct. 1884, had authorised the annexation.] 1. [Governor may proclaim 1 date of annexation.] 1 2. [The laws at present in force in these territories may, until otherwise provided by Parliament, be repealed and modified and new laws may be made by the Governor in Council. No Cape Acts to apply, unless expressly provided or unless extended to any of these territories by the Governor in Council.] 1 Procl. in the Gazette of 1 Sept. 1885, but dated 26 Aug. 3. [Eastern Districts Court to have jurisdiction over the annexed territories.] 4. [Resident Magistrates to have jurisdiction in crimes and offences not punishable by death.] 5. [Decisions may be reviewed by the Chief Magistrate of the territory concerned.] 6. [Appeals in civil cases may be made to the Chief Magistrate, or to the Supreme Court, or to the Eastern Districts Court.] 7. This Act may be cited as the "Tembuland Annexation Act, 1885.' P.R.O., C.O. 50/7. ANNEXATION OF THE XESIBE COUNTRY. No. 43. Act. To provide for the Annexation to the Colony of the Country known as the Xesibe Country. WHEREAS by Resolution passed in both branches of the Legislature it has been declared to be expedient that the country situated between the district of Kokstad in Griqualand East and Pondoland East, known as the Xesibe Country, comprised in the district now called Mount Ayliff, should be annexed to the Colony: And whereas it is the intention of Her Majesty the Queen to issue her Royal Letters Patent to authorise the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, by a proclamation under his hand and the public seal of this Colony, to declare that from and after a day to be therein mentioned, the said country should be annexed to, and form part of, this Colony, and to determine and signify the limits of the said country so annexed, in case the Legislature of the Colony should have passed an Act providing that the said country should become a part of this Colony: And whereas it is expedient that such an Act should be passed: Be it, therefore, enacted by the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly thereof, as follows: I. [Governor may proclaim the Xesibe Country to be annexed to the Colony and form part of Griqualand East.] 2. This Act may be cited as the "Xesibe Country Annexation Act, 1886." P.R.O., C.O. 50/7. REPRESENTATION OF THE TRANSKEI. No. 30 of 1887. No. 44. Act. To provide for the Representation in the Parliament of this Colony of persons in the Transkeian Territories. [Preamble.] I. [Meaning of "Transkeian Territories ": The Transkei (including Gcalekaland), Tembuland (including Emigrant Tembuland and Bomvanaland), and Griqualand East (including the Territory on the St. John's River).] 2. [Transkeian Territories to be included in the Eastern Electoral Province of the Cape Colony.] 3. Within the said Transkeian Territories there shall be two Electoral Divisions of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, and each of such divisions shall be entitled to return one member to the House of Assembly of the Colony. 4. [One shall be called the Electoral Division of Tembuland, and the other the Electoral Division of Griqualand East.] 5. [Election of representatives in the same manner, mutatis mutandis, as other members of the Assembly.] 6. [Law of the Colony as to elections to apply.] 7. This Act shall take effect on the first day of September 1887, and may be cited as the "Transkeian Territories Representation Act, 1887." P.R.O., C.O. 50/7. ANNEXATION OF RODE VALLEY. [1 Nov. 1887.] No. 45. Act. To provide for the Annexation to the Colony of the Country known as the Rode Valley. WHEREAS by resolution passed in both branches of the Legislature, it has been declared to be expedient that the country situated between the districts of Mount Ayliff and Mount Frere, East Griqualand, and Eastern Pondoland, commonly called the "Rode Valley," acquired by the Colonial Government, by purchase from the Pondo Chief Umquikela, should be annexed to the Colony: And whereas it is the intention of Her Majesty the Queen to issue her Royal Letters Patent to authorise the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, by a proclamation under his hand and the public seal of this Colony, to declare that from and after a day to be therein mentioned, the said country should be annexed to and form part of this Colony, and to determine and signify the limits of the said country so annexed, in case the Legislature of the |