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These conditions were signed by Mr. Boshof and eleven other members
of the Volksraad, and with a declaration of their submission to the
authority ofthe Queen, comprised all that they engaged to do.
They said:
"We the undersigned, Members and
Representatives of the Council, having
taken into consideration the proclamation
ofHis Excellency the Governor, dated the
12'1r ofMay last, declare hereby to have
agreed to accept the conditions therein
contained. "31
The document was signed by J.S. Maritz, President, M.G. Potgieter,
P.F.R. Otto, P.H. Zietsman; B Poortman, W.S. Pretorius, S.A Cilhers,
G.Z Naude, G R Van Rooyen, C.P. Botman, L.J. Meyer, E.F. Potgieter,
P.R. Nel, AF. Spies, P.S. Human, JA Kriel, W.A van Aardt, G.c.
Viljoen, Gerrit Snyman, H.S. van den Berg, AL Visagie, M. Prinsloo,
C.A Boilima, and N.J.S. Basson." It should be stated, however, that
some of the Voortrekkers denounced in bitter language those who they
said had betrayed the cause of liberty by their submission to the British.
The ultimate annexation of Natal was necessitated by Lord Stanley, the
new Secretary of State for Colonies." Stanley annexed Natal largely
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G.M. TheaJ: The Republic of araI. pp. 55·56.
V.C. Malherbe: What They Said, 1795 - 1910 Historv Documents, pp. 79-83.
J. BealI et a1: "Conceptualizing araI- implications of a regional political economy".
pp. 10-18.