ue of, 528;
farm settlers in, 536;
the settlement of, 546;
military administration in, 566;
taxation of landed property in, 566.
_Oranjie Unie_, The, 55 (note).
_Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed, The_, 49, 54 (note), 234 to
236 (notes).

Paardeberg, conduct of the attack on, 332;
surrender of Cronje at, 328, 354.
Paardekraal, great assemblage of Boers at, 197;
speeches delivered at, 213.
Pakeman, Mr., arrest of, 245.
"Pass" system, The, 528.
Paul, H., 368.
Peace, Preparing for, 470 to 535.
Peace commissioners, The Boer, 556.
Peace Committee, The, 412, 422, 423;
treatment of agents of, 427 to 429;
its efforts, 427, 429.
Permits, The establishment of, 482.
Poplar Grove, 354.
Port Elizabeth, Ammunition landed at, 216, 236.
Portland, The (3rd) Duke of, his despatch referring to the treatment of
the Boers, 9
Pretoria, The British flag hoisted over the Raadzaal of, 167 (note), 329;
war preparations at, 234, 235, 244;
ammunition sent to, 236;
railway communication with Delagoa Bay re-opened, 329;
Lord Roberts's decision to advance on, 352;
his occupation of, 369;
Lord Milner makes arrangements for the civil administration, 397;
Burgher Peace Committee formed at, 412, 422;
effective occupation of the district round, 453;
Lord Milner at, 472;
the public buildings at, 526;
meeting between the Boer leaders and Lords Milner and Kitchener at,
552, 556.
Pretoria Convention, The, 31, 87 (note).
Pretoria Executive, The, attitude of, 82, 88, 89;
Mr. Chamberlain's communication to on the dynamite contract, 130;
its attempt to buy off the capitalists, 131, 152;
its committal to a policy of defiance, 158;
its negotiations with the Home Government after the Bloemfontein
Conference, 196, 199;
its lack of good faith, 231;
repudiates the arrangement made by Mr. Smuts with Sir Wm. Greene, 238,
239, 242;
charges Sir Wm. Greene with bad faith, 242;
its declaration of September 15th, 1899, to Mr. Hofmeyr, 276;
brings negotiations to a conclusion, 289;
its replies to the British despatches of July 27th and May 10th, 294.
Pretorius, Mr., 406, 421.
Pretyman, General, 470.
Price, Mr., 306.
Prieska, 354.
Prinsloo, Commandant, surrender of, 329.
Pro-Boers, The manufacture of, 434, 443.
Proclamation to the fighting burghers, The proposed,