Brought forward. J. Bruchheizer, meat for lions, &c. Mr. Mancke, for black cloth for the use of the church at Simon's Town Mr. Howell, for two prayer books W. Scheibe, tools for the stone quarry at Robben Island Rev. Mr. Borcherds, for having officiated at the Somerset Mr. Cloete, for gunpowder supplied to Mr. Joubert to blow up the rocks between the Kloof and Palmiet river Resident at Plettenberg's Bay, for victualling the government slaves at that place, &c. Rds. skil. st. 17,495 5 5 225 0 0 60 0 0 35 0 0 164 5 4 100 0 0 48 0 0 50 0 0 141 0 0 D. Easton, for board and lodging of a servant maid of the Executioner Premiums given to the highest bidders at the farming of the wine licences Rev. Mr. Borcherds, for having officiated at the Somerset church on several Sundays Resident at Plettenberg's Bay, for victualling the government slaves at that place G. Muller, for the lions, &c. W. Scheibe, tools for the stone quarry at Robben Island G. Roberts, the pay of a military party employed in removing Mr. M. Murphy, a remuneration for having acted as translator Rev. Mr. Borcherds, for having officiated at the church at Somerset G. Muller, meat for lions, &c. Executioner. Mr. W. Hertzog, for surveying instruments W. Scheibe, tools, &c. for stone quarry at Robben Island 52 0 0 84 4 0 1,200 0 0 36 0 0 141 0 0 225 0 0 358 3 0 21 0 0 500 0 0 43 4 0 1,500 0 0 117 0 0 36 0 0 225 0 0 175 4 0 595 0 0 179 2 0 120 0 0 Return showing the Population and Cattle in the Possession of Cape Town. Cape District Simon's Town 6995 42 :::::::: 1,220 1,053 832 857 620 .. 938 32 Total 11,797 10,673 8,635 11,870 142 501 404 571 456 7,046 6,399 7,494 6,036 873 188 322 170 :::::::: 2,221 1,577 1,806 2,042 ..459 376 538 424 111 90 158 84 428 104 214 105 252 33 32 200 227 158 245 37 15 12 8 5 :Ê 670 632 729 658 :: Return showing the State of Cultivation and Quantity of Land Individuals at the Cape of Good Hope in the Year 1820. : : 5,762 1,952 4,181 252 1,896 474 658 498 2,237 3,105 9,949 5,136 2,902 129 239 134 826 1,867 11,963 44,765 612 349 442 351 1,405 3,241 12,636 22,556 1,213 103,055 122 22,141 .. 30,195 207 13,339 1 309 13,767 5,314 7,633 5,065 21,750 41,812 111,228 232,048 22,747 1,919,502 13,708 287,066 393 3,746 occupied at the Cape of Good Hope in the year 1820. [Original.] Letter from MAJOR GEORGE PIGOT to HENRY GOULBURN, ESQRE. PIGOT PARK, January 1st 1821. SIR, After the trouble you took with the Settlers sent to Albany in South Africa it may not be unpleasing to you to hear from one who altho' il calculated to put a new light on the subject, presumes to point out what has occurred within his own observation. After a long passage in the Northampton Transport, on board which ship we found everything necessary for our comfort and health, we arrived at Cape Town March 2nd, where I met with every attention from Sir Rufane Donkin and the Government; on 2nd May we anchored in Algoa Bay, after a tedious passage of a month. An encampment was formed for the settlers on the beach, who were forwarded in waggons to their respective locations, which for the most part lay between Graham's Town, the mouth of the Cowie and Fish Rivers. On the 28th May I arrived at Bluekranz, an old military post destined to be my future residence. The country we marched through from Sunday river was beautiful, and I was gratified to find Bluekranz surpassed any place I had seen on my march. The whole country is like a highly-dressed park, plenty of good wood, pasture, water, and stone. I have since found good slate and clay. As the success of the undertaking depends on my constant presence, I have little opportunity of going far into the country, but from everything I have seen within twenty miles ride, there cannot be a doubt but the new settlement will succeed, notwithstanding the failure of our Wheat Crop; the barley crop is good, and if we had a cargo of English wheat sent out for seed before next June, I think it would be of infinite service; the Colony requires a change of seed, those settlers that brought out a small quantity of red wheat have a fair crop. The barley of the Colony will not make malt. I brought a small quantity of English barley and oats, they are both a good crop. The small parties round Bathurst (our new capital) have made great progress, but they are all poor; some fishermen that have had the use of my nets on the Cowie have frequently been over the bar at the mouth, where at low water their report is that the surf is not so great as at Algoa Bay, and they make no doubt but small vessels could get into the river with ease; when once in the river the largest ship could sail up several miles. This will be a great thing for us all. Our flour and stores come at present 120 miles in waggons from Algoa Bay. There is only one mill in this part of the country, the expence of getting them out from England deters us from erecting them. Do you think Government will carry any machinery we may require (for that and other purposes equally beneficial to the Colony) free of expence? if so, I have written to my brother to send some out. It is my intention shortly to visit the Cowie mouth, when I will take the liberty of making my observations known to you. Letter from MR. WILLIAM PARKER to EARL BATHURST. 1st of January 1821. MY LORD,—With reference to my letter to your Lordship of the 16th Ulto. from Cape Town I feel imperiously called on, to inform your Lordship that the excellent Proclamation of His Majesty of the 12th February last has been totally disregarded in this Colony, where it was as I am well informed, the bounden duty of the Colonial Secretary under the authority of the Acting Governor, to enforce its strict observance. That Colonel Bird totally omitted this duty admits of no doubt. In support of this assertion, I am borne out by the evidence of facts particularly relevant to the subject, namely, that wherever Roman Catholic influence prevails, the Proclamations of a Protestant King and a Protestant Government in which there is the slightest reference to matters of a Religious nature are totally disregarded. Such has been the conduct of the Romish Clergy and their flocks in Ireland and the same tenets that retard the progress of Religious Instruction in Ireland, retard it at the Cape of Good Hope, where secret |