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to prevent further Voortrekker emigration by complying to Voortrekker
claims to permanent ownership offarms. 179 He wrote:
"If any reasonable arrangements as to the
grants of Land better suited to their feelings
and wishes could be devised, than that which
was before made by the Government, I think it
would be wise to relax the existing Regulation,
and make this attempt to check the
emigration. "180
However, Maitland was not willing to act against the renegade Zulus
within Natal Colony because no British military reinforcements were
available. He suggested that problems with Mpande be avoided at all
costs1 81 The Lieutenant-Governor Martin West brushed aside the advice
of Maitland and attempted to place Zulu refugees in locations. On
31 March 1846 Martin West, applying his previous experiences onthe
Cape Eastern frontier, instituted a location Commission I81 This
Commission was to be chaired by the Surveyor-General, W.Stanger with
Theophilus Shepstone and missionary Adams as members. l83 The
Commission had to place all Zulu refugees in locations in such a manner
as would best prevent any collision between their interests and those of
the Voortrekkers. l84
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M.M. Behn: The Klip River Insurrection (Unpublished MA. Dissertation. Natal, 1932), p. 21
B.P.P.: Maitland tn G1adstone, D.130, 12 August 1846.
CO. 179/29, P.RO: Minutes, regarding Gladstone to Maitland, 3 July 1846.
S,NA 1/1/2: Memoirs and writings of Sir Theophilus Shepstone, Jan - August 1847.
MM Behn: The Klip River Insurrection (Unpublished MA. Dissertation. Natal, 1932), p. 24.
W.P. Morrell: British Colonial Policy in the Age ofPeel and Russell. p. 146.