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~20 THE SECOND" RESOLUTION.".animosity; but it is a subject we may not furtherventilate.The Oolonial Secretary· moved: C That, pending the adjastment·of the boundary diapntee, and the p...mg of a law for the anneDtionof the diamond fields to this Oolony, thie Oommittee is ofopinion that the Governor should be requested t. 4t1t1pe ,,"1 ~.41 fIt(J!I Witif' t. 1M". t. H flHm4,., and praotioable for the maintenanceof order among ihe diggers and other inhabitant. of thatterritory, as well as for the collection of revenue and the admjniatra­:tion of justice.' "On the 7th of A1loaustt this "resolution" alsopassed the Legislative Council.In the words of Mr. Godlonton, the members, nodoubt, one and all, ",.ega,.ded tkiB tU mef"61U carrgi"9.into effect tM re8olution which had pfJ88ed the Oouncil.""Dr. WJIlTB seconded the motion. He said the receipt of this'meaaage had con6rmed him in the opinion he had previonalyexp1'8Blled,tMt tMr6 tDtJI flO .m... inUntiM 0/4MHftn, eM tiis ... jUlM• • • The meaaage had relieved his mind.""The TRLU17&BB-GEnBAL relUl'ked that • • • the resolution'was intended to strengthen the hands of the Government, tDlu. tM·fUUtitln 0/ annn:ation tDtJI,till fHtIding."Amidst such views and interpretations the "resolution"was agreed to.If it had clearly and distinctly set forth the fact onwhich it was based, namely, the express limitation bywhich all annexation, &c., was to be confined to"BUCh pa,.t of the diamond fields (J8 fJelong8 to Water­,boer-," no one could have had cause to demur, nor couldSir H. Barkly have tried to make it a justification• ViU p.479, .. Votes and Proceedmp of the Roue of Aaaembly.".No. 59-1871.t Vide \l. 229, .. Debates in the Legislative Council" Vol. iv., 1871Digitized by Goog Ie