AFRICA. (South Coast.) PROCLAMATION of the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, on the restoration of Peace with the Chief Sandilli and the Gaika tribe. King William's Town, March 2, 1853. PROCLAMATION by His Excellency Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Geo. Cathcart, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Settlement of the Cape of Good Hope, in South Africa, and of the Dependencies thereof, Ordinary and Vice-Admiral of the same, and Her Majesty's High Commissioner for the settling and adjustment of the Affairs of the Territories in Southern Africa, adjacent and contiguous to the Eastern and North-eastern Frontier of the said Colony, and Governor of British Kaffraria. WHEREAS the rebellious Gaika people have now been driven out of the Amatolas and all other Gaika lands, and are dispersed -some having fled beyond the Kei, and others wandering about without homes: And whereas the said people have ceased, for several months past, to resist the Queen's troops, or to commit thefts of cattle, or other offences against Her Majesty's loyal subjects: And whereas the hereditary Chief Sandilli-to whose fortunes, although deposed, the said people have continued devotedly attached and other minor chiefs associated with him, who have caused all these evils, have at length, in obedience to the Governor's "word," crossed the Kei, and have acknowledged that they have been subdued, and humbly crave pardon, and an allotment of some other land where they may be allowed to rest in peace: And whereas it appears that the time has arrived when an opportunity ought to be given to this misguided people to be restored to habits of peace and good order, and to be placed in a situation to return to their duty and allegiance to Her Majesty, under the efficient restraint and control of some acknowledged and responsible chief: Now, therefore, I do hereby proclaim, declare, and make known, that considering that Her Majesty's authority has been vindicated, and that sufficient punishment has been inflicted, and with a view to the re-establishment of peace and good order, I hereby extend the Royal mercy and pardon to the said Chief Sandilli and the Gaika people. And I further proclaim, declare, and make known, that although the said chief and chieftains, and the Gaika people, cannot be allowed to return to the Amatolas and their other former lands, which have all been forfeited to the Crown, and are now in possession of Her Majesty's troops, and will be reserved as Crown lands, to be disposed of according to Her Majesty's pleasure, they will, nevertheless, be permitted, under the responsibility of their hereditary Chief Sandilli, to live in peace in another portion of British Kaffraria further removed from the colonial frontier, that is to say, the country between the Kei and the Great North Road leading to the Windvogelberg, and bounded on the north by the Thomas River, and south by the country of the Chief Umhala, on the following conditions: I. That the Chief Sandilli, in token of submission, shall deliver up (100) guns, in addition to the arms stolen by the Kafir police, and become responsible for the good conduct of the Gaika tribe. II. That the said Chief Sandilli, and all the people under him, shall in all things remain true and faithful to their allegiance to the Queen, and obedient to Her Majesty's commands, conveyed through the Governor and the Chief Commissioner, Colonel Maclean, or his deputies, as heretofore. III. That each minor chief lately in rebellion, before he be permitted to reside in British Kaffraria, shall deliver up, in token of his submission, his own arms, and bind himself to obey Her Majesty's commands, conveyed as aforesaid, under the responsibility and control of the said Chief Sandilli; failing which, he will continue to be held to be an outlaw, and dealt with accordingly. IV. That the said Chief Sandilli shall make an allotment of land to each of the said minor chiefs, his dependents, who may have returned to their allegiance, within the country hereby allotted to him, wherein they shall dwell, under his responsibility for their true and loyal conduct in future. V. That the said Chief Sandilli shall also be held responsible for the security of the great high road and the property of travellers frequenting it, in the same manner as Pato and Siwani are bound to protect the high roads which pass through their country. Be it, however, hereby made known, that this general pardon will not extend beyond British Kaffraria, and that any Kafir chiefs or others who may enter, and be apprehended within the colony, will, notwithstanding this pardon, be amenable to justice according to colonial law, for any crimes they may have committed within the said colony; and if found trespassing within the Amatolas, they will be dealt with by summary justice under martial law. And, lastly, I do hereby proclaim, declare, and make known, that no Hottentot will he allowed to settle within the country hereby allotted to the said Gaika tribes, without special sanction being first obtained from me. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! Given under my hand and seal, at King William's Town, this 2nd day of March, 1853. GEO. CATHCART, Governor and High Commissioner. By command of His Excellency the Governor and High Commissioner. W. F. LIDDLE, Secretary to H.E. the BRITISH TREASURY WARRANT, fixing the rate of Postage on Letters to and from Natal. London, November 12, 1861. WHEREAS by an Act of Parliament, passed in the 4th year of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for the regulation of the Duties of Postage," power is given to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury from time to time, by Warrant under their hands, to alter and fix any of the rates of British postage, or inland postage, payable by law on the transmission by the post of foreign or colonial letters or newspapers, or of any other printed papers, and to subject the same to rates of postage according to the weight thereof, and a scale of weight to be contained in such Warrant, and from time to time, by Warrant as aforesaid, to alter or repeal any such altered rates, and make and establish any new or other rates in lieu thereof, and from time to time, by Warrant as aforesaid, to appoint at what time the rates which may be payable are to be paid; And whereas by an Act passed in the 11th year of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for giving further facilities for the transmission of letters by post, and for the regulating the Duties of Postage thereon, and for other purposes relating to the Post Office," further powers are given to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and power is also given to the Postmaster-General (amongst other things) to collect and receive the foreign and colonial postage charged or chargeable on any letters sent by the post, and also, with the consent of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, to require the postage, British, Colonial, or Foreign, of any letters sent by the post to be prepaid, either in money or in stamps, as he might think fit, on the same being put into the post-office, and also with such consent to abolish or restrict the pre-payment in money of postage on letters sent by the post either altogether or on certain letters, and to require the pre-payment thereof to be in stamps, and also to refuse to receive or send by the post any letters tendered contrary to any regulations thereby made and power is also given to the PostmasterGeneral, and any officer of the Post-office to detain any letters which should be posted or sent by the post contrary to the regulations therein mentioned, and to open such letters, and either See Vol. 5, p. 248. † See Vol. 8, p. 247. to return them to the senders thereof, or to forward them to the places of their destination, charged, in either case, with such rates of postage as the Postmaster-General, with the consent of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, should from time to time direct; And whereas the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury by a certain Warrant, under their hands, bearing date the 19th day of May, 1857*, did direct that in every letter, not exceeding an ounce in weight, transmitted by the post between any place in the United Kingdom, and (among other colonies) Natal, there should be charged and taken in lieu of any rates of British postage, then payable by law, on such letters an uniform British rate of 6 pence, and it is expedient to make regulations for the pre-payment of the several rates of postage payable on the letters hereinafter mentioned; Now we, the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, in exercise of the powers reserved to us in and by the said hereinbefore recited Acts, or either of them, and of all other powers enabling us in this behalf, do, by this present Warrant under the hands of 2 of us the said Commissioners (by the authority of the statute in that case made and provided) order and direct as follows; that is to say: 1. On every letter posted in the United Kingdom, addressed to Natal, and transmitted by the post from any place in the United Kingdom to Natal, by British or Colonial packet-boat, the postage thereof shall be paid at the time of the same being posted. 2. If any letter shall be posted in the United Kingdom, addressed to Natal, without any postage having been paid thereon, every such letter shall be forwarded, charged with the amount of the postage to which it would have been liable if the postage had been paid when posted, together with a further and additional rate of postage of 6 pence. 3. If any letter shall be posted in the United Kingdom, addressed to Natal, and the postage paid thereon shall be less in amount than the rate of postage to which such letter would be liable, under or by virtue of the regulations in force relating thereto, every such letter shall be forwarded, charged with the amount of the difference between the postage paid thereon, and the postage to which it would have been liable if the postage had been paid when posted, together with the further and additional rate of postage of 6 pence. 4. Nothing herein before contained shall, in anywise, prejudice or affect the privilege granted by the said Act, passed in the 4th year of the reign of Her present Majesty, in favour of petitions and addresses forwarded to Her Majesty by the post, nor the privilege granted by the same Act, to Members of each House of Parliament, to receive by the post petitions and addresses to Her Majesty, * See "GREAT BRITAIN" index. and petitions addressed to either House of Parliament, not exceeding 32 ounces in weight; nor the privilege granted to printed votes of proceedings of Parliament; nor shall anything in this Warrant contained in anywise prejudice or affect the privilege which seamen and soldiers, employed in Her Majesty's service, now by law enjoy of sending and receiving by the post. letters not exceeding an ounce in weight, subject to the regulations and restrictions in respect of the same. 5. The several terms and expressions used in this Warrant shall be construed to have the like meaning in all respects as they would have had if inserted in the said Act, passed in the 4th year of the reign of Her present Majesty. 6. The Commissioners, for the time being, of Her Majesty's Treasury may, by Warrant under their hands, duly made, at any time hereafter alter, repeal, or revoke any of the orders, directions, or regulations hereby made, and may make and establish any new or other orders, directions, or regulations in lieu thereof. 7. This Warrant shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1862. Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, the 12th day of November, 1861. E. H. KNATCHBULL HUGESSEN. WM. DUNBAR. AFRICA. (West Coast.) TREATY of Friendship and Cession between the Governor of Sierra Leone and the Kings of the Biaforos. June 24, 1827. TREATY between His Excellency Major-General Sir Neil Campbell, Governor-in-Chief over the British Possessions in Western Africa, on behalf of His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his heirs and successors, and Benagre, King of the Biaforos, for himself and the other King, named Fearing, for himself, his heirs, and successors, in concert with his chiefs and head men for themselves, their heirs, and successors. ART. I. No native or other person, within the territory of Ghinala, is to be deprived of any ground which is in cultivation and actually occupied. II. The relation which now exists between different classes of the community are to continue, but no slave or domestic servant is to be sold for exportation beyond the frontier of Ghinala. III. If any native within the territory of Bulama, Ghinala, or the island adjacent, commits a breach of the laws of Great Britain, |