,
and the 8th August, 1881, will be invalidated by reason merely of their
having been made or passed between such dates.

All transfers to the British Secretary for Native Affairs in trust for
natives will remain in force, an officer of the South African Republic
taking the place of such Secretary for Native Affairs.

Article 19. The Government of the South African Republic will engage
faithfully to fulfil the assurances given, in accordance with the laws
of the South African Republic, to the natives at the Pretoria Pitso by
the Royal Commission in the presence of the Triumvirate and with their
entire assent (1), as to the freedom of the natives to buy or otherwise
acquire land under certain conditions; (2), as to the appointment of a
commission to mark out native locations; (3), as to the access of the
natives to the courts of law; and (4) as to their being allowed to move
freely within the country, or to leave it for any legal purpose, under a
pass system.

Article 20. This Convention will be ratified by a Volksraad of the South
African Republic within the period of six months after its execution,
and in default of such ratification this Convention shall be null and
void.

Signed in duplicate in London this 27th day of February, 1884.

(Signed) HERCULES ROBINSON.
(Signed) S.J.P. KRUGER.
(Signed) S.J. DU TOIT.
(Signed) M.J. SMIT.

INDEX.

Aberdeen Ministry, 24

Africanderdom in S. Africa,
see under South Africa, Cape Colony, Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal

Aliwal Convention, 20

Amphitheatre Occurrence, 70, 77-81

Arbitration Proposals, see under Transvaal

Barkly, Sir H., 26

Basutos and the Orange Free State, 17, 20, 23, 94

Bloemfontein Conference, 85

Boers in S. Africa,
see under South Africa, Cape Colony, Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal

Bulwer, Sir H.E.G., Governor of Natal, 28

Cape Colony:
The Africander Spirit of Liberty, 4
England's Native Policy, 5
Slachter's Nek, 6
Emancipation of the Slaves, 7
Lord Glenelg's Policy, 8
The Dutch Language, 9
The Great Boer Trek into Natal, 1836, 10-13
Piet Reliefs Manifesto, 11
Victory of the Africander Party, 51

Capitalistic Jingoism, 37-88

Carnarvon, Fourth Earl of, 26, 29

Cathcart, Sir George, 19, 24, 25

Chamberlain, Joseph,
Colonial Secretary, 46
His Attitude to the Transvaal, 57-88
Quoted, 54, 70, 73, 77

Cloete, Commissioner, 14

Colenso, Bishop, quoted, 27, 30

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