ght be, the Commission of
Investigation should inquire into the antecedents of each
magistrate, and also his capabilities.

"10. With respect to Basutoland, it is understood that no revenue
from that country is to go to the Colony, therefore it can be no
object to Colony to insist on the installation of magistrates in
that country. If the magistrates of Transkei are the cause of
discontent among the natives, then what object is there in
insisting on their installation in Basutoland? The Pondos, a far
inferior people, are happy under their own chiefs--far happier
than the natives of Transkei. Why should the Colony insist on
sending men who are more likely to goad the Basutos into
rebellion than anything else? The administration of Basutoland is
on a scale costing L30,000 per annum.

"11. It is argued that should the Colony go to war with Masupha
the other chiefs would hold aloof. This is quite erroneous. A war
with Masupha means a war with the Basuto nation, with a rising in
the Transkei, and perhaps in Pondoland, and would affect Natal
and Her Majesty's Government.

"12. The only remedy is the sending up of his Excellency the
Governor, or of some high neutral officer, to Basutoland, and the
calling together of the people to decide on their future
government and connection with Colony. Or, should the British
Government refuse this small concession, which could not involve
it, then the Colony should send up an independent Commission to
meet the Basuto people, and arrange a _modus vivendi_. Whichever
course is followed it is a _sine qua non_ that the present
officials in Basutoland should be relieved at once, as they have
lost the confidence both of Europeans and natives. The Basutos
desire peace, and it is an error to describe their demeanour as
aggressive. It is not unnatural that after what they have
suffered from the hands of Colonial Government they should desire
at least as nearly as much self-government as the Pondos enjoy.
Certainly the present magisterial administration of the Transkei
is very far from being a blessing, or conducive to peace.

"13. Nothing can possibly be worse than the present state of
affairs in native administration, and the interests of the Colony
demand a vertebrate government of some sort, whoever it may b