liable to the deduction thereof out of his wages, as well as to such other methods of recovery thereof as the Committee shall direct.

X. That as it is manifestly of the highest importance to the interests of individuals and of society, that the means of education and intellectual improvement should be afforded to the children of the Settlers, it is hereby mutually agreed, by and between the several parties subscribers hereto, that each head of a family shall subscribe a fair quota, towards the establishment and maintenance of a proper School or Schools for the above purpose; and that the fund to be so raised, shall be placed at the disposal of the Committee, which shall also be empowered to enact such rules, orders, or regulations, as from time to time may be deemed necessary for the government of such School or Schools, and to applot the quota, or rate, that may be necessary for its establishment and maintenance on the Settlers, whom they may compel to pay the same by distress or otherwise, under the sanction and authority of the Governor.

XI. That as proper medical and surgical assistance is indispensably requisite to the well being of the Settlement, it is hereby mutually agreed, by and between the subscribers hereto, that each of them shall contribute annually, the sum of Five Rix Dollars, to be placed at the disposal of the Committee of the Settlement, for said purpose.

XII. That Slavery being contrary to the principles and repugnant to the feelings of Christians, it is hereby mutually resolved, to abstain from any participation in the Slave Trade; but at the same time, cautiously to avoid the public expression of any sentiments on this unhappy subject, tending to create uneasiness in the minds of the original Colonists, or to excite a mutinous disposition among their dependents. It being the fixed determination of all the parties to these presents, so to conduct themselves, as to deserve the character of loyal, peaceable, and industrious Settlers, who feel no disposition to interfere with the customs, manners, or prejudices of the original Colonists, however differing from their own.

XIII. That as it is necessary to establish an efficient system of Watch and Ward in the Settlement for the protection of the Subscribers, their families and property, it is therefore mutually agreed, by and between all the parties to these presents, that the able-bodied male Settlers, be for that purpose, divided by the Director of the Settlement, into companies, or tithings of ten

families in each. That a master be appointed by the said Director for the first year, out of each company or tithing, for the government thereof; but afterwards, said master shall be elected by annual ballot, of the company or tithing, to which he respectively belongs. That each company or tithing, be subdivided into three Watches, and that each Watch have its own superior appointed by the Master of that particular company or tithing; and lastly, that all and every the said companies or tithings, shall be required to keep such Watch and Ward in their proper turn, as may by the Director of the Settlement, or the Committee, be deemed necessary for the protection and safety of the Settlers and their property, as well by night as by day, and without fee or reward.

XIV. That the Fathers of families who subscribe to these Rules, pledge themselves, they will use their endeavours, that all their Sons on attaining the age of eighteen years, shall sign the book of the Settlement in which these Rules are entered. In case of any individual on attaining such age, refusing to sign or conform to them, a complaint thereof shall be made to His Excellency the Governor, who shall be petitioned to remove such non-conforming person from the Settlement.

XV. That all new Settlers arriving in the Settlement under the direction of the said Wm. Parker, are expected to sign and conform to these the fundamental Rules of the District allotted to him; or their refusal to be reported to His Excellency the Governor, and their removal requested.

XVI. That the Settlers who have subscribed their names to these presents, being anxiously desirous of preventing as much as possible a disposition to unnecessary litigation among neighbours, it is therefore hereby agreed, by and between all the said parties, that every cause of difference shall be submitted to the arbitration of two of their fellow Settlers, Masters of Tithings, not interested in the case, as arbitrators, who shall be empowered to call in a third person, a Master of Tithing, as Umpire, if necessary, whose award shall be final and conclusive.

XVII. That the subscribers being anxiously desirous to preserve peace and good neighbourhood with the original Colonists, the aboriginal Natives, and others in their vicinage, of whatever class or description,-it is therefore unanimously agreed, by and between the parties Subscribers hereto, that in case of any matter or occasion of dispute at any time unhappily arising, between one

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or more of the Subscribers and their Neighbour or Neighbours of whatever description, their own fellow Settlers not included; then, and in every such case, the said party or parties, shall immediately lay a fair and impartial statement thereof in writing, before the said Committee, and in all respects conform to that just, moderate, and Christian line of conduct in the Settlement of the dispute in question, which may, by the said Committee, on mature consideration, be approved and recommended.

XVIII. That all penalties and forfeitures received shall be paid to the Secretary, who shall be nominated and be removable by the Committee, and shall be registered in a book, and the monies by him received shall be by him deposited in a chest, to be called the Public Chest, with three locks and keys; one key to be kept by the said William Parker, another by the Clergyman, and the third by the Secretary: and the funds contained in the said Public Chest, shall be applied by the Committee in such manner as by Rule IV is prescribed for the disposal of the profits arising from the sale of liquors.

XIX. That in case the majority of the undersigned shall agree upon any addition to, or alteration of the foregoing Rules, such additions or alterations shall be binding on all the undersigned, provided they do not alter or repeal the fundamental principles contained in the two first Rules; and any dispute or difference arising on the Rules, or on the alteration thereof, shall be determined by the Governor, or some Magistrate acting under his authority.

XX. That no person may plead ignorance of these Articles, either printed or written copies shall be given to each person as he subscribes his name, or affixes his mark.

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Letter from MR. WILLIAM WAIT to HENRY GOULBURN, ESQRE. ORANGE COFFEE HOUSE, January 25th 1820.

SIR, AS directed I send herewith a list of the Settlers who I believe are actually on board the Zoroaster under my direction. There are at present also some others that for my personal

safety and the comfort of all on board I should wish were it possible might be excluded; altho' put on board originally as entered on my list; their names are

Wm. Brooks with his family

Philip Camm (Thornhill's nephew)
Thos. Bruton

Geo. Annandale

Gilfillan, put in by Thornhill in his list.

From Wm. Brooks and Philip Camm I should consider my life in danger, should they go out in the same ship with myself. On going on board last night I received the grossest and most vile insults and abuse from Mrs. Thornhill and the four first individuals. I never spoke one word in reply, and trust to your kind protection. These are the only persons on board whom Thornhill has been able with all his art to induce to join him. Within these two days he offered all the men lb. Tobacco each, also new clothing for each; all except the three aforementioned rejected his offer and said to a man they would sooner go out with myself without a shirt rather than receive his offer, and actually last night of their own accord the moment I came on board presented me with a list of their names declaratory of the same. Mr. Diason told me that Mr. Thornhill had used great exertions to prevail on him and the rest of his party to sign a paper to the injury of Mrs. Wait, but he assured me they rejected it with indignation, and that they esteemed her very highly. I have &c.

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(Signed)

WM. WAIT.

Letter from the Navy Board to HENRY GOULBURN, ESQRE.

NAVY OFFICE, 27th January 1820.

SIR, It appearing by a letter dated the 27th instant, from Captain Young, Agent for Transports at Deptford, that Mr. Newcome John Alcock, who had been appointed to take Medical charge as Surgeon to the Party of Settlers to proceed in the

Zoroaster, had been on board accordingly, but had since left the ship, we request to be informed if you can direct any medical gentleman that may have applied to you for permission to proceed to the Cape of Good Hope to join the Zoroaster immediately, and if you cannot, whether Earl Bathurst will authorize us to appoint an Assistant Surgeon of the Navy to this Ship. We request an immediate answer on this subject, as both the Belle Alliance and the Zoroaster are detained at Gravesend till a Surgeon be appointed to the latter ship, they being intended to sail in charge of the same Agent for Transports. We are &c.

Proclamation by SIR RUFANE SHAWE DONKIN.

Whereas it has been reported to me by the magistrate of the frontier district that certain of the inhabitants of that district have taken into their service wandering Kaffers and Ghonaquas; and whereas experience has shewn that this sort of communication with the tribes of Kaffers gives them a pretext for wandering into the colony, under the plea of visiting their friends and relatives who are in the service of the inhabitants, and the opportunity of committing depredations, generally with the connivance of those who are so employed; in pursuance therefore of the system which has directed the intercourse with the Kaffers to be confined to the supply of their wants by barter at Graham's Town, I have judged proper most strictly to prohibit, as by these presents I do prohibit, all and every of the inhabitants of the frontier districts of Tulbagh, Graaff-Reinet, and Uitenhage, taking into service, or harbouring any male Kaffer or Ghonaqua Hottentot, belonging to the Kaffer Kraals; and I hereby direct the magistrates of the frontier districts to call upon the several field-cornets of their respective divisions to make this order known to each householder therein, as no plea of ignorance will be admitted in extenuation of any contravention hereof; and I hereby further direct and order the several field