20. Measure for Captn. Trappes the Land asked for in his Memorial to the amount of Morgens 1000 more or less.

21. Mr. Bailie's Memorial to be complied with, that is the whole of No. 10 to be allotted to him, there being no one else on it.

22. Mr. Centlivres Chase to have the Land he asks for in his Memorial.

23, 24, 25, 26, 27, &c. &c.

Most of this is founded on Memorials presented by Individuals, which will be handed with this instruction to the Landdrost, and when he has inspected, &c. he will report and forward them to the Colonial Office.

(Signed) R. S. DONKIN.

[Original.]

Letter from LORD CHARLES SOMERSET to

HENRY GOULBURN, ESQRE.

PARK LANE, June 1st 1821.

SIR,-The continued encrease of the Imports at the Cape of Good Hope compared with the Exports induces me to suggest a small addition to the Import Duty on all articles the produce or manufacture of the United Kingdom brought to the Cape in British Vessels. The duty exacted at present is 3 per Centum, and I wish to propose to Earl Bathurst to obtain an Order in Council to fix the Duty on the abovenamed Articles at 3 per Centum ad valorem or according to a Colonial Tariff, whichever may be deemed most convenient.

His Lordship is aware that a duty of 10 per centum is levied on all Articles of Foreign Produce or Manufacture brought in British Vessels, and of 15 per centum if brought in Foreign Vessels.

I have &c.

(Signed) CHARLES HENRY SOMERSET.

[Original.]

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

CANNON ROW, June 1st 1821.

SIR,-I have the honor to enclose the copy of a letter which I have received from Lord Charles Somerset directing me to obtain Earl Bathurst's authority for the purchase of two Southdown rams, two boars and two sows of the large Hampshire or Berkshire breed, and two bulls and two heifers of the Tees-water breed, for the use of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope; and to request that you will lay the same before Lord Bathurst, and also to move his Lordship to direct these animals to be received on board any Government store-ship proceeding to the Cape.

Proclamation by SIR RUFANE SHAWE DONKIN.

Whereas it has been represented to me, by various Heads of Parties located in Albany, that many of their Followers have absented themselves, without any authority or leave being granted, either by such Heads of Parties, or by any Magistrate; in consequence of which, such Heads of Parties, and the District at large, are not only deprived of the labor of these Persons, but the cost of Stores and Rations, drawn by the Individuals so absenting themselves, has been thrown as a debt on those who remain on their Locations, and on the Land itself, which is mortgaged for the same:-Now, this is to call upon and direct, and I do hereby call upon and direct the Landdrosts of Uitenhage and Graaff Reinet, and all Deputy Landdrosts, Field Cornets, and others in authority in the above-named Districts, to seek for, and cause to be apprehended, all British Settlers, lately located

in, and belonging to, the District of Albany, whom they may find within their Limits, without Passes from a Magistrate, or with Passes which have expired, and to send them back to Bathurst, or Graham's Town according as either Place may be nearest to the Place or Location of the Settlers so sent, where Orders have been given for their further disposal; but no violence or imprisonment is to be used in the apprehending, or sending back of such Settlers, to Albany, unless in case of resistance or attempt to escape, or under other circumstances, requiring interference on the part of the Magistrates, when the usual mode of keeping the Peace, and enforcing Obedience to the Laws, is to be resorted to.

But, as there may be cases, where Individual Settlers, without Passes, have, by great industry and exertion, as well as by laying out capital, established themselves in the two above-named Districts, the sudden deracination of whom would be attended with individual injury, disproportionate to any general good to be looked for, I hereby authorise the Landdrosts of those Districts, to suspend the execution of this Proclamation, at their own discretion, in behalf of certain Individuals, in such before-mentioned peculiar cases and circumstances, (but they are required to use this discretionary power very sparingly,) sending a List, at the same time, to the Landdrost of Albany, of such Persons as they may have temporarily exempted from the operation of this Proclamation, in order that enquiry may be made of the Heads of Parties concerned, and whether or no, a compromise may, or ought to be made for the debts, or on account of the loss of the services of such Settlers, so withdrawn from their Parties.

And whereas it is supposed, that several of the British Settlers, whether originally located in Albany, or near the Sub-Drostdy of Clan William, are wandering about the other five Districts of this Colony, without Passes, the Landdrosts, Deputy Landdrosts, Field Cornets, and others, are directed to search for, and the Landdrost shall take down the names of, and report to the Colonial Secretary, all such, and the Avocations they may be following, in order that final directions may be given relative to them, and that they may be either furnished with Colonial Passes, or be sent back hereafter to the Parties to which they belong.

Lastly, nothing contained in this Proclamation, is to affect any

British Subject, who landed in this Colony prior to the 17th March, 1820.

And that no Person may plead ignorance hereof, this shall be published and affixed as usual.

God save the King!

Given under my Hand and Seal, at Bathurst, this 1st Day of June, 1821.

Letter from the EAST INDIA COMPANY to EARL BATHURST.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, the 1st June 1821.

MY LORD, The Court of Directors of the East India Company have lately received information from the Company's Agent at the Cape of Good Hope of the seizure by the Officers of His Majesty's Customs there, of all the goods imported from China into that Colony on the Company's ships Marchioness of Ely and General Hewitt.

This seizure was made in consequence of the ships having brought no manifests as required by Law, and the Court regret extremely the omission on the part of the Company's Servants in China to furnish the Commanders with those Documents.

We beg leave however to submit to your Lordship that the Commanders were furnished with Invoices of the Cargoes signed by the President of the Select Committee at Canton who would have authenticated the Manifests had they been made out: and it is scarcely necessary for us to add that no possible intention of acting illegally could have existed on the part of the Company's Servants.

We have the honor to transmit to your Lordship copies of the papers which the Court of Directors have received upon this subject; and to request that your Lordship will be pleased to issue directions to the Officers of the Colonial Government at the Cape, to relieve the Company's Agent from the obligation of the

Bond, which he was required to execute for the value of the goods in the event of their having been condemned by the Local Court to which he had appealed. We have &c.

(Signed)

I. REID,

JAS. HARRISON (?)

[Copy.]

Address to SIR RUFANE SHAWE DONKIN.

To His Excellency Major General Sir Rufane Shawe Donkin, K.C.B., Acting Governor and Commander in Chief, &c., &c., &c., Cape of Good Hope.

We the undersigned Heads of Parties, and other British Settlers in Albany, beg leave to address Your Excellency, to express our gratitude for the liberal manner in which we were provided and sent to this Colony, for the precautions which were previously taken, and for the ample Supply of Stores of all sorts which were furnished by the Government at Home, to ensure our success and future stability on our several Locations.

We further beg leave to convey the expression of our thanks to Your Excellency, to the Officers of this Government, and to the local authorities here, for the zeal and kindness with which the intentions of the Government at Home have been carried into effect, and for the constant care and attention with which our wishes have been met and our wants even anticipated.

We feel it particularly incumbent on us to acknowledge our gratitude to your Excellency for kindly continuing to us the issue of Rations, after the total failure by Blight of all our Crops, thereby assuring us a subsistence, until our endeavours by the blessings of Providence may procure us such necessaries as may render our situation easy and independent.

In conclusion we are cheered and encouraged by feeling and knowing that in transplanting ourselves to the Shores of Southern Africa we have not been removed beyond the fostering influence and protection of His Majesty's Paternal care and Government,