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because he was convinced that the independence of the Voortrekkers was
reconcilable neither with order nor with humanity." In announcing this
decision to Napier in December 1842, Stanley instructed him to send a
special commissioner to Natal. The Commissioner, A.J. Cloete was to
invite the Voortrekkers to express their own views about the form of the
institutions of local government which were to be established in Natal,
and to warn them that Britain would not pay for the expenses of Natal,
except those needed for providing military protection. "
Cloete on another visit read the terms of the proclamation for the
annexation of Natal to Mpande. This was done through the help of an
interpreter, Joseph Kirkman. 36 The terms ofthe proclamation read:
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1lI. "That the district of Port Natal,
according to such covenant limits as
shall hereafter be fixed upon and
defined, will be recognised and
adopted by Her Majesty the Queen as
a British colony, and that the
inhabitants thereof shall, so long as
they conduct themselves in an orderly
and peaceable manner, be taken
under the protection of the British
Crown.
IV. That Her Majesty's said
Commissioner is instructed distinctly
M. Wilson and L. Thompson: The Oxford History ofSouth Africa, Vol. I, p.372.
S.N.A. 1/6/2: Minutes ofthe Executive Council, 20 October 1847: SAAR: N. U, West
to Mpande, 13 September 1847.
Cloete's final Repot, 30 May 1844. Bird.. L Annals of atal. 1845. pp. 529-532.