Article 19. The Government of the South African Republic will engage faithfully to fulfil the assurances given, in accordance with the laws of the South African Republic, to the natives at the Pretoria Pitso by the Royal Commission in the presence of the Triumvirate and with their entire assent (1), as to the freedom of the natives to buy or otherwise acquire land under certain conditions; (2), as to the appointment of a commission to mark out native locations; (3), as to the access of the natives to the courts of law; and (4) as to their being allowed to move freely within the country, or to leave it for any legal purpose, under a pass system. Article 20. This Convention will be ratified by a Volksraad of the South African Republic within the period of six months after its execution, and in default of such ratification this Convention shall be null and void. Signed in duplicate in London this 27th day of February, 1884. (Signed) HERCULES ROBINSON. (Signed) S.J.P. KRUGER. (Signed) S.J. DU TOIT. (Signed) M.J. SMIT. INDEX. Aberdeen Ministry, 24 Africanderdom in S. Africa, see under South Africa, Cape Colony, Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal Aliwal Convention, 20 Amphitheatre Occurrence, 70, 77-81 Arbitration Proposals, see under Transvaal Barkly, Sir H., 26 Basutos and the Orange Free State, 17, 20, 23, 94 Bloemfontein Conference, 85 Boers in S. Africa, see under South Africa, Cape Colony, Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal Bulwer, Sir H.E.G., Governor of Natal, 28 Cape Colony: The Africander Spirit of Liberty, 4 England's Native Policy, 5 Slachter's Nek, 6 Emancipation of the Slaves, 7 Lord Glenelg's Policy, 8 The Dutch Language, 9 The Great Boer Trek into Natal, 1836, 10-13 Piet Reliefs Manifesto, 11 Victory of the Africander Party, 51 Capitalistic Jingoism, 37-88 Carnarvon, Fourth Earl of, 26, 29 Cathcart, Sir George, 19, 24, 25 Chamberlain, Joseph, Colonial Secretary, 46 His Attitude to the Transvaal, 57-88 Quoted, 54, 70, 73, 77 Cloete, Commissioner, 14 Colenso, Bishop, quoted, 27, 30 Cunynghame, Gen. Sir A., 21, 26 Derby, Fifteenth Earl of, and the Transvaal Convention, 34-36, 57, 59, 101 Diamond Fields, 19, 20, 25-26, 39-40, 41, 94 Dingaan, Zulu Chief, 13 Dunn, John, and the Supply of Rifles to Zulus, 31 Dynamite Concession, 61, 62-63 Edgar Case, 70, 73-77 Faure, Rev. D.P., 34, 60 Firearms supplied to Natives, 26, 31 Franchise Question, see under Transvaal Frere, Sir Bartle, Governor, 26-31 Quoted, 27, 30, 31 Froude, J.A., quoted, 8, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24 Gladstone, W.E., and the Transvaal, 27, 29, 32 Glenelg, Lord, and His Policy in S. Africa, 9 Goldfields of the Transvaal, 37-48, 60, 61, 64 Grey, Earl, referred to, 12, 18, 24 Hogge, Commissioner, 24 Import Duties, 61, 63 Jameson Raid, 46-48, 49 Jingoism and Capital, 37-88 Kaffir Aid against Boers, 17, 31 Keate, Governor, 26, 29 Kimberley and the Diamond Fields, 19, 20, 105