would not have been my residence. I was constrained to move my family there to preserve their lives from the fluctuations of the weather.

On the whole therefore His Excellency will, I hope, admit that I have experienced no favor advantageous to my family or to myself. On the contrary through the neglect of a few individuals acting under his orders, I have met with the greatest difficulties.

Letter from HENRY GOULBURN, ESQRE., to MAJOR GENERAL SIR RUFANE DONKIN.

LONDON, 20th October 1820.

SIR,-This letter will be delivered to you by the Revd. Mr. Wright, who has been selected by the Society for propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, to proceed as their Missionary to the Cape of Good Hope; and I am directed by Earl Bathurst to request that you will extend to Mr. Wright the protection to which his profession entitles him, and which his Lordship trusts that he will endeavour to merit by an exemplary and conciliatory line of Conduct in the discharge of the duties of his Mission. I have &c. HENRY GOULBURN.

(Signed)

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Letter from T. P. COURTENAY, ESQRE., to HENRY
GOULBURN, ESQRE.

CANNON ROW, October 21st 1820. SIR,-Having received from Lord Charles Somerset the enclosed letter from Mr. Ross of the Printing Department at the Cape of Good Hope, on the expediency of sending out to that Colony, with the Stanhope Presses now just completed, a person capable of

superintending them: I have the honor to request that you will lay the same before Earl Bathurst, and, should the proposal meet with his Lordship's approbation, move him to direct that a free passage to the Cape be given to the person selected for this purpose. I am &c.

To the RIGHT HON. LORD CHARLES HENRY SOMERSET.

MY LORD, I take the liberty of addressing your Lordship on the subject of the demand for Printing materials which accompanied me on my departure from the Cape. I have had the opinion of Mr. Clowes, the Printer who furnishes the materials, as to the necessity of employing and sending out with the Stanhope Presses a person capable of superintending them, both as to the erecting of them, and preserving them in their perfect state of repair. Mr. Courtenay has hinted to me the propriety of addressing your Lordship, and praying your Lordship's sanction to this necessary proposal. By procuring the person a free passage to the Cape, and insuring him employment there, Mr. Clowes can procure one for that purpose.

I can assure your Lordship, it will prove most fortunate to that important Branch of the Colonial Government, and I trust that your Lordship may be pleased to sanction the proposal.

LONDON, 1 DUNCAN PLACE, CITY ROAD, 16th October 1820.

I have &c. (Signed)

GEO. Ross.

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Letter from MR. WILLIAM PARKER to EARL BATHURST.

CAPE TOWN, 21st October 1820.

MY LORD,-Having been obliged to seek shelter for my large family at a farm house called Bonteberg, near Groenekloof, I have

come to this town to provide provisions for them and my articled Settlers, as the Farmers in the country are almost exhausted, and to forward my letters to my friends in Europe, with the detailed but melancholy account of my residence in this Colony, now near six months.

As the ship Brilliant is on the eve of sailing, I have continued the copies of my correspondence with the public authorities of this Colony up to this date, that your Lordship may see the very great and unaccountable neglect throughout almost the whole of their proceedings, respecting the Settlers at Clanwilliam and the little attention paid to the sufferings of distressed strangers.

I must beg leave most respectfully to refer your Lordship to Mr. Wilberforce for minute particulars, as that highly valued personage is fully acquainted with all the circumstances connected with my situation in this Colony. I have &c.

Letter from the Deputy Landdrost of Clanwilliam to the
Colonial Secretary.

CLAN WILLIAM, 22nd October 1820.

SIR, I feel myself obliged to trouble you with the following complaint against Mr. W. Parker, Senr., whom I expected would have come here long ago, to distribute the Land of the Kleine Valley, among the Settlers, and in particular to the Revd. Mr. McCleland. His Nephew, Mr. W. Parker, whom he had left here, has deceived me during more than a month with positive assurances, that his Uncle was daily expected: but whereas it seems Mr. Parker Junior's object is, to impede the measures of Government, permit me to request that he may be obliged by means of authority to come hither in order to fulfil his duty.

He has caused a piece of land to be pointed out to the Revd. Mr. McCleland which cannot be cultivated, nor can it have any water. I have &c.

(Signed)

O. M. BERGH, Deputy Landdrost.

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Letter from the COLONIAL SECRETARY to MR. WILLIAM

PARKER.

COLONIAL OFFICE, 24th October 1820.

SIR, I have had the honor of submitting your letter of the 21st Instant to his Excellency the Acting Governor, and I am commanded to acquaint you in reply thereto, that His Excellency cannot authorise the payment of the 3rd Instalment of the deposits of the party landed from the East Indian, until it shall have been ascertained what outstanding demands there are against this instalment, and I am to add, that no head of party can claim the aforesaid third instalment, as matter of right, under the Secretary of State's Circular, until he shall have been located three months on the lands assigned to him by the Colonial Government, which in your case, has not taken place.

I am also to acquaint you, that His Excellency does not feel himself warranted in removing, at the public expence, from the Kleine Valley to Bonteberg, the Settlers under articles to you, who still remain at the location which had been destined for them.

And I am further to signify to you, that as His Excellency perceives, by the letter now before him, and by the tenor of your whole procedure in this Colony, that you have manifested no intention whatsoever of locating at the Kleine Valley, but on the contrary, that you have abandoned your party, without having fulfilled any of the conditions prescribed by the Secretary of State's Circular, and by the regulations framed for the guidance of the Settlers coming to this Colony, His Excellency can no longer consider you in the light of the Head of a Party, or as possessing, or as being entitled to, any land as such, in this Colony; and directions will therefore be immediately given for the effectual Establishment of those persons whom you have abandoned, and who now will be entitled to choose another Head, and thereby, it is hoped, carry into effect the views and intentions of His Majesty's Government, which have been so entirely disregarded by you. I have &c. (Signed) C. BIRD.

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Letter from the COLONIAL SECRETARY to O. M. BERGH, ESQRE., Deputy Landdrost of Clanwilliam.

COLONIAL OFFICE, 25th October 1820. SIR,-It being manifest to His Excellency the Acting Governor, from letters which have been officially laid before him, from Mr. W. Parker, that Mr. Parker has no intention whatsoever of locating at the Kleine Valley, His Excellency has signified to him, that he can no longer look upon him in the light of a Head of Party, but considers him to have abandoned those under his charge, and not to be entitled to any lands, as such, in this Colony.

Under these circumstances it becomes necessary to provide for the exigence, which this dereliction on the part of Mr. Parker has given rise to, and to take such steps, in respect to the lands at the Kleine Valley, as shall enable the Settlers who came out in the East Indian, and who are there located, to provide for themselves, according to the benevolent intentions of His Majesty's Government.

The instructions of H.M.'s Secretary of State are, that locations shall not be assigned to parties of less than ten male adults, and that each party of that number, or more, shall be under the direction of a chief or head, of their own choice. You will be pleased, therefore, to proceed upon this basis, you will cause the people at the Kleine Valley to be accurately mustered, by name, number, age and sex, and you will communicate to them, that the confusion which has arisen from the mismanagement and abandonment of their late chief, necessitates an entirely new arrangement of the land at Kleine Valley, that they are therefore to elect for themselves such new Chief or Chiefs, as may be agreeable to themselves, provided they adhere to the number prescribed by H.M.'s Government, that is, provided they form themselves into associations of not less than ten, as above described. You will then cause the Kleine Valley to be divided into such portions as shall give to each party, according to its numbers, an adequate proportion of arable and grazing land, bearing in mind that it is neither necessary, just or practicable that the whole allotment of each should consist of cultivable land, but that if each obtains a fair proportion of arable land, the expectations of the Colonial Govern