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1'18 OFFICIAL DPOBTS fI, WATEB.BOEB'S CLAIMS.whatever to do with that large portion of South Adamanti8i-formerly'under the nominal ownership oiBushmen, of Captain Adam Kok, and Captain CorneliusKok-now so audaciously claimed by his son NicholasWa.terboer; because, at that time, 1845, these landswere (and had been for many years) occupied by boer,or emigrant .farmers. A reference to pp. 30 and 31,Chapter II., will effectually prove the fact by the'official reports of the British Residents, Major WardenandAssistant-Commissa.ry-General Green; the formerof whom states that-" n, r .. .".ijl:', eotmtry (Hew,.. eM r.IIM Jlodrlw rifJw,j toMpwMllu4 6y BODS fIItIII, ,1M" 1110 jrM/l eM B",Amlln OAuf btlntur;nWhilst the latter also asserts that the emigrantfarmers,II Uttilw .1burU, 011 .... in eM ,...,...,.". ••• tl~N IrtIIIJI 01tlDMw, to 1M wdflltlt'4 of Blotm&jonUin, HIfIIIM 1M Jloddw IIntI V •• "Moreover, the following extract from a "GovernmentNotice,"dated "Government House, CapeTown,January 29th, 1850," still further proves that thecountry within the boundaries claimed by the OmngeFree State, and up to those marked in Diagrams Aand D, as claimed by Andries Water boer, was actuallyin the possession and occupation of emigrant farmers :-• "Some persons • • • have lately striven to spread a report thaiin three years, or some other 1 term, till jtINIU oecupUtl1Jy migraat.ilyontl tM RUt rlfw and Kromelboog Sproit (that is to say, in thefIliMttIlJr., as contradistinguished from the illtllimtllJr. territory. . .)are to revert to the Griqua government or people. There is nosort or shadow of gr&UD.d for any such report. • • • TM z.ftIlI ittpIIM ",., .".w for 6fJW ... B.w Hlljllt, eM Q.un of Eng,.ntI, andno idea or their reverting to Captain Adam Kok has ever beenentertained." • • •• • Y'tde p. 82, Blue Book, "Oorreapondence respecting the affairs ofu" Oape of Good Hope."-LoJv.lor&, 1871.Digitized by Goog Ie