There are two disabilities all classes of Natives suffer from, viz. the impossibility of possessing firearms, except with the special consent of Government, and of obtaining European liquor, except on the production of a medical certificate. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 20: Bird, _Annals of Natal_, i. 307.] [Footnote 21: Among the reasons of the protest drawn up about May, 1837, were: That Natal was not part of the British dominions, but belonged to the resident European inhabitants; that the power given to Gardiner extended only to British subjects, and did not empower him to punish acts of aggression committed by Natives upon British residents; that Gardiner had been given no civil jurisdiction. The colonists, moreover, expressed the hope that the Imperial Government would take over the country and appoint Magistrates.--Bird, _Ibid._ i. 320.] [Footnote 22: The military system, however, was not permitted to operate universally as in Zululand, though there was no objection to Chiefs maintaining a certain amount of military organization within their respective tribes.] [Footnote 23: The policy was to distribute the refugees over the European farms. "Each farmer was allowed 5 families on his farm, but not any more without consent of the authorities."--_Proceedings_, Native Affairs Commission, 1852-3, i. 20, 25.] [Footnote 24: Henry Cloete, _Evidence_, Native Affairs Commission, 1852-3, i. 18. 25.] [Footnote 25: _Ibid._ i. 25. 27.] [Footnote 26: Shepstone arrived in 1845, but did not begin to hold office till January, 1846.--_Proceedings_, Native Affairs Commission, 1852-3, i. 58.] [Footnote 27: The very able report of this Commission was dated 30th March, 1847, and will be found _in extenso_ in i. pp. 62-67 of the publication referred to in the preceding note.] [Footnote 28: Dated 27th April, 1864.] [Footnote 29: _Memorandum_, T. Shepstone to Legislative Council, 18th June, 1849.] [Footnote 30: _Ibid._] [Footnote 31: Chiefs were called on by Magistrates to supply labourers according to the size of their tribes.] [Footnote 32: Zululand was annexed to Natal in December, 1897, when practically the same system of Native administration in vogue at that time was permitted to continue.] [Footnote 33: The statistics here given are for the year 1906.] [Footnote 34: These include those (23) of the so-called Northern Districts--a tract of country annexed to Natal on the conclusion of the last Boer War.] [Footnote 35: Total, £2,618 for the year.] [Footnote 36: Total, £1,200, of which £500 was paid to Dinuzulu, £60 to each of three of his uncles, and £300 to Mciteki (formerly Zibebu).] [Footnote 37: At the last Census (May, 1911), the total number of Natives in South Africa was 4,019,006 (males, 2,012,949; females, 1,996,057).] [Footnote 38: The word "kraal" which will henceforth be used, is derived from the Dutch "coraal."]