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202 RECOGNITION OF C. xox'e INDEPID'"DENCE.boa.nc1ary ot ,our Urri,.,., properly dehecl by & Laod Commiaalou,which will lOOn enter upon its duties."I have the honour to be, Sir,"Your moat obedient humble servant,., RIOlIABD Bo1JTllBY, 8,....,." Mr. CoBlll'8LIU8 ](oK, CAul of Griq1l88, Campbell Town."(A true oopy), F. X. Houn, ~v8l'DDl.ent Secretu-y."The terms and meaning of this despatch are clearand unmistakable. Cornelius Kok was officially recognisedas "a native chief," and as "Okie/ of Griquas,"not as an inferior officer of Waterboer's; whilst, aboveall, the lands over which he ruled are described as"your territory," not Waterboer's. As for the landcommission, all we know is that it recognized CorneliusKok as the rightful territorial chief of the land on theother side-or north-east of the line then existingbetween himself and Adam Kok, from Ramah toDavid' B Ora/, and further on toward~ Pniel; that itsanctioned purchases of farms on that land, from him,by white settlers, who thereupon received Briti8h landcertificate8, or title-deeds from the Sovereignty Government;and that it recognized him only as the inde-. pendent chief of the Campbell lands.The State paper, Annezu.re No.1, has neither beencancelled nor repudiated, nor has the accuracy of itsterID.d and expressions 'regarding Cornelius Kok everyet been modified. How Messrs. Southey and colleaguesof the late Cape Government manage tosurmount this fact,-this very obstinate fact-how theydispose of the bull in their path, horns and all, history,as yet, tells not. .Anne:lurea N08. 2 and 3, being instructions to the combinedGriqua and Free State Land Commission ofDigitized by Goog Ie