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FURTHER PROOI AS TO PLATBERG. 405and Mahura, produced by the former at Nooitgedacht,the latter thus refers to Platberg-Ie 10 Pltstlwg, ON eM IfI8t 6tJni of 1M Vaal BMw, til OIW t.rritorWlOOBmm BBAOON."-(.7rllJty, rlIIkd TtWJfII, 18tTa .A.pnl, 1864.)5. ·By referring to Diagram E, Chapter XIV., it willbe seen that in 1852, Mr. Green, then British Residentat Bloemfontein, placed Plat berg ON the louth-lilli, orleft bank of the Vaal River.6. In an award given by Lieut.-Govemor Keate ofNatal, dated" October 17th, 1871," as arbitrator in~e claims of Waterboer, sundry Kafir tribes, and theSouth African Republic, there occurs, in his definitionof boundaries, the following passage :-II The boundary line . • • shall follow the oourse of the VaalRiver U II point ON tM 'llitl ,."'w, at whioh a straight line drawn fromthe mountain oalled PlfItlJwg, IitutJUtl ON eM ,out",", 6tJ1Ii of tM'llil Vaal Rif)w."-(&8 p. 26, "Furllattr ~ ""PMittg 1M.ifo'''' of eM 0fIpI of Good IIOJU, 6eTa Flirtuwy, 1872)."7. Sir H. Barkly in a despatch to Earl Kimberley,dated" October 31, 1871," thus refers to Platberg-Ie And I was further able • • • U plflM eM.formM' fUM"tm H,ort/,GIl tloulIe or DfIf1iI, by referring to the decision thna patiently andlaborioualyarrived at, flJw.by PltItHrg ON t~ Vaal R",w, is madethe point at which Waterboer's northern boundary terminates, _IIJ.UfIlly tM po,,.t, tllWljor., U flJlaioTa '"' li,., from RllmiJIa, tm eM Ortmg.BMw, nortlawtWCII, MUle OOffIDwg.! "-(&8 p. 27, Itkm.)8. In a despatch to President Brand, dated " October23, 1871," Sir H. Barkly repeats the above statement,that:" TM ,Ilf-l."" PlfItHrg" is "eM propttr tttrm.Mtioft of Wfltttr1Hlw',Htmdtwy I •.,., ON tM ,outTa 6tJIIi oftlttst rWtw'."-(8H p. 30, I_.)Digitized by Goog Ie