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48 SIR HA.RBY SHITB'S TREATY.tory occupied by them at the date of my proclamation i but, asserious disputes had constantly arison with respect to boundaries, Idetermined, by general acclamation, to establish defined limits and80 put an end to these continual and pernicious quarrels. • • • •Oaptain Adam Kok's territory was preserved to him as it thenstood, as regards both the 'alienable' and the 'inalienable' portions.I never interfered with the latter in the most remote degree.The Ohlef himself suggested that, after the expiration of the fortyyears' leases in his 'inalienable' territory "06r" the might pUrchal9from his people a fllture right upon the conditions set forth in myadditional. treaty transmitted to your lordship. This was AdamKok's own proposal, and as it met the wishes of the "ow,, whowere most desirous to possess their farms in perpetuity, it wasagreed to, on the understanding that £300 a year should be paid byOovemment to the Griqua. Ohief. . • . ." 6. When society consists of the heterogeneous elements ofwhich it is composed beyond the Orange River, and when oppositeinterests prefer coD1licting claims, that oourse is the best which contributesmost to the general good. The great principle whichguided me was, as I have already stated, not to disturb, "ut cl4flrlg totlejlM, tM lZ;.ting OCCflJHJtion.. and my arrangement has consequentlyimproved the condition of all."No one at all able to judge in the matter candispute Sir Harry Smith's just reasoning and trueconclusions. Although, of course, none of the Dutchemigrant farmers felt satisfied at the foreign yokeagain placed upon them, they submitted to the inevitablewith good grace, and for several years devotedthemselves to the improvement of their country,avoided" kicking against the pricks" in the form of theSovereignty Government, and generally brought abouta high state of prosperity throughout the whole territorysettled and occupied by themselves.During the Orange River Sovereignty the GriqnaWaterboer put in a claim to some land (in the year1850) south of the Vaal River; the Chief of Camp-Digitized by Goog Ie