in the
Transvaal and Orange River Colony where the parents of the children
desire it, and will be allowed in courts of law when necessary for
the better and more effectual administration of justice.

"6. The possession of rifles will be allowed in the Transvaal and
Orange River Colony to persons requiring them for their protection,
on taking out a licence according to law.

"7. Military administration in the Transvaal and Orange River
Colony will at the earliest possible date be succeeded by Civil
Government, and, as soon as circumstances permit, representative
institutions, leading up to self-government, will be introduced.

"8. The question of granting the franchise to natives will not be
decided until after the introduction of self-government.

"9. No special tax will be imposed on landed property in the
Transvaal and Orange River Colony to defray the expenses of the
War.

"10. As soon as conditions permit, a Commission, on which the local
inhabitants will be represented, will be appointed in each district
of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, under the presidency of a
Magistrate or other official, for the purpose of assisting the
restoration of the people to their homes, and supplying those who,
owing to war losses, are unable to provide for themselves, with
food, shelter, and the necessary amount of seed, stock, implements,
etc., indispensable to the resumption of their normal occupations.
His Majesty's Government will place at the disposal of these
Commissions a sum of three million pounds sterling for the above
purposes, and will allow all notes issued under Law No. I, of 1900,
of the South African Republic, and all receipts given by officers
in the field of the late Republics, or under their orders, to be
presented to a Judicial Commission, which will be appointed by the
Government; and if such notes and receipts are found by this
Commission to have been duly issued in return for valuable
considerations, they will be received by the first named
Commissions as evidence of war losses suffered by the persons to
whom they were originally given. In addition to the above named
free grant of three million pounds, His Majesty's Government will
be prepared to make advances on loan for the same purposes, free of
interest for two ye