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SUMMARY OF FREE STATE TITLE8. 389if 1ign8tl, UJitlwut intmMftg to I iMfl '. tM grMmU upon UJMcA its claifMM' 6f181il, fiM itself r68tricud and f,ttBr,d bg 'tipuiationa clotMd in kgalplwfl8MJlogg, gwing riB, to complietdiona aM miBuntlw,tanrl.ftg, UJMcAUJoultl prM1me t_ lwinging f(WUJMtl all eMir prooft, malu it diJllcult foreM Oommi'M of ..Ar6itrfltion to fI'I'rW' fit fin au)(wd, and tUf,at tM mtlBofjuatics.(d) " The Commissioners must again repeat what has before been80 forcibly urged bv this Government, that the title of the OrangeFree State and its right of ownership to the Oampbelliands, lyingto the North of the Vaal River, and the lands to the South of thatRiver, within the Vetberg line, and the three British land certificatefal'lDS through which that line passes, and the many other farmsheld under British titles M' fountkd upon, aM ""'11 6,m tlCfJuired lJy,Hu Er.eetlllmcy Sir Harry SmitA', Proclamation of 1848, tM OonfJmtionof Sir G. Ol8rle, fI8 H". Htfi68ty" Special OommuBitmtlf', of tM 23rdFtllwwwy, 1854, tM "ttltlnunt of Ii",,· lJ,tlDem tM lattJ Oaptain Oor­",liB Kole of OflmplJell, aM Oaptain No JlTattJr_ bg Oaptain ..Adam Eole,on tM IOtA OctolJ"., 1855, aM tM aulJltlquent tlCfJui,ition bg tA18 Stau,in 1861, bg pure""'e from Oaptain ..Adam Kole. of PMlippolu, fI8 hair toor 8UCCtI68or of Oaptain OorMlu Kole, of tM late".', mtir' olDntIf',Aip ofthat portion of territory formwly lJ,longing to Mm, and they do not feelat liberty to waive any of these rights of ownership; His HonourPresident Brand having merely consented to exclude from the proposedarbitration the true intent and meaning of Article 2 of theOoavention of 1854, as to whether the acceptance of Oaptain Waterboerand his followers as British subjects was not a breach of thealid OoBvention, and this point was only conceded when this Governmentascertained the very strong objection entertained by HerMajesty's Government to submit that question to arbitration, butthis Government nevertheless feels bound to adhere to their opinionon that point as well as to the Protest against it, as set forth in thelatter portion of clause 4 of His Honour President Brand's letter toyour Excellency of the 30th May last. ..AM fI8 eM GOf)~ of t/"Orflng' Fr" StaU UJithtlrefJ) tMir authority from tM umtory IegititnGttIlyflClJwlil fI8 alJOfJ, ,tattld, upon foreilJIe ptn,_on lJeing talem of ittmtlw yOW' EsMllency', ProclMnation of tM 27tA Octo!J".. 1871, and tMaub,tJqUtlnt actB of fJiolenc. committltl notUJitMtarttBftg its '0""''' protHt, inwhich we are still bound to persist, our Government, as your Excel-• The Vetberg line.Digitized by Goog Ie