supply of the said farms shall be allowed to flow undisturbed to the said Barolongs, shall continue in force.

(The following Article should be compared with Article XVII. of 1881.)

III. If a British officer is appointed to reside at Pretoria, or elsewhere within the South African Republic, to discharge functions analogous to those of a Consular officer, he will receive the protection and assistance of the Republic.

IV. The South African Republic will conclude no treaty or engagement with any state or nation other than the Orange Free State, nor with any native tribe to the eastward or westward of the Republic, until the same has been approved by Her Majesty the Queen.

Such approval shall be considered to have been granted if Her Majesty's Government shall not, within six months after receiving a copy of such treaty (which shall be delivered to them immediately upon its completion), have notified that the conclusion of such treaty is in conflict with the interests of Great Britain or of any of Her Majesty's possessions in South Africa.

(The above Article has been held by certain persons and journals in this country to embody the rights of Suzerainty so clearly laid down in the Preamble and Article II. of 1881.)

V. The South African Republic will be liable for any balance which may still remain due to the debts for which it was liable at the date of

annexation, to wit, the Cape Commercial Bank Loan, the Railway Loan and the Orphan Chamber Debt, which debts will be a first charge upon the revenues of the Republic. The South African Republic will, moreover, be liable to Her Majesty's Government for £250,000 which will be a second charge upon the revenues of the Republic.

VI. The debt due, as aforesaid, by the South African Republic to Her Majesty's Government will bear interest at the rate of 3 per cent. from the date of the ratification of this Convention, and shall be repayable by a payment for interest and Sinking Fund of £6, Os. 9d. per £100 per annum, which will extinguish the debt in twenty-five years. The said payment of £6, Os. 9d. per £100 shall be payable half-yearly in British currency at the close of each half-year from the date of such ratification, provided always that the South African Republic shall be at liberty at the close of any half-year to pay off the whole, or any portion, of the outstanding debt.

Interest at the rate of 3 per cent. on the debt as standing under the Convention of Pretoria shall, as heretofore, be paid to the date of the ratification of this Convention.

VII. All persons who held property in the Transvaal on August 8, 1881, and still hold the same, will continue to enjoy the rights of property which they have enjoyed since April 12, 1877. No person who has remained loyal to Her Majesty during the late hostilities, shall suffer any molestation by reason of his loyalty, or be liable to any

criminal prosecution, or civil action, for any part taken in connection with such hostilities; and all such persons will have full liberty to reside in the country, with enjoyment of all civil rights and protection for their persons and property.

VIII. The South African Republic renews the declaration made in the Sand River Convention and in the Convention of Pretoria that no slavery, or apprenticeship partaking of slavery, will be tolerated by the Government of the said Republic.

IX. 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.

X. The British Officer appointed to reside in the South African Republic will receive every assistance from the Government of the said Republic in making due provision for the proper care and preservation of the graves of such of Her Majesty's forces as have died in the Transvaal; and, if need be, for the appropriation of land for the purpose.

XI. All grants or titles issued at any time by the Transvaal Government in respect of land outside the boundary of the South African Republic, as defined in Article I., shall be considered invalid and of no effect, except in so far as any such grant or title relates to land that falls within the boundary of the South African Republic; and all persons hold

ing any such grant, so considered invalid and of no effect, will receive from the Government of the South African Republic such compensation, either in land or in money, as the Volksraad shall determine. In all cases in which any native chiefs or other authorities outside the said boundaries, have received any adequate consideration from the Government of the South African Republic for land excluded from the Transvaal by Article I. of this Convention, or where permanent improvements have been made on the land, the High Commissioner will recover from the native authorities fair compensation for the loss of the land thus excluded, or of the permanent improvements thereon.

XII. The independence of the Swazis, within the boundary line of Swaziland, as indicated in Article I. of this Convention, will be fully recognised.

XIII. Except in pursuance of any treaty or engagement made as provided in Article IV. of this Convention, no other or higher duties shall be imposed on the importation into the South African Republic of any article coming from any part of Her Majesty's dominions than are or may be imposed on the like article coming from any other place or country; nor will any prohibition be maintained or imposed on the importation into the South African Republic of any article coming from any part of Her Majesty's dominions which shall not equally extend to the like article coming from any other place or country. And in like manner the same treatment shall be given to any article coming to Great Britain from

the South African Republic as to the like article coming from any other place or country.

The provisions do not preclude the consideration of special arrangements as to import duties and commercial relations between the South African Republic and any of Her Majesty's colonies or possessions.

XIV. All persons, other than natives, conforming themselves to the laws of the South African Republic (a) will have full liberty, with their families, to enter, travel, or reside in any part of the South African Republic; (b) they will be entitled to hire or possess houses, manufactories, warehouses, shops and premises; (c) they may carry on their commerce either in person or by any agent whom they may think fit to employ; (d) they will not be subject, in respect of their persons or property, or in respect of their commerce or industry, to any taxes, whether general or local, other than those which are or may be imposed upon citizens of the said Republic.

XV. All persons, other than natives who established their domicile in the Transvaal between the 12th of April 1877 and the 8th of August 1881, and who within twelve months after such last-mentioned date, have had their names registered by the British Resident, shall be exempt from all compulsory military service whatever.

XVI. Provision shall hereafter be made by a separate instrument for the mutual extradition of criminals, and also for the surrender of deserters from Her Majesty's forces.