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. " S. J. P. KRUGER. " S. J. DU TOIT. " M. J. SMIT. END OF VOLUME I. Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & Co. Edinburgh & London TRANSCRIBERS' NOTES: General : Both Potchefstrom and Potchefstroom have been used several times. Spellings have been preserved as written. Page viii: Drummer replaced with drummers to agree with caption of illustration. : Removal of additional closing parenthesis after Gloucester Regiment Page x : Hyphen removed from gold-fields (2 occurrences) to ensure consistency with other uses Page 15 : Spelling of attemped revised to attempted Page 43 : Added closing parenthesis after ...blacks Page 57 : As written. Vjin should probably read Vijn Page 68 : Comma after pledge replaced with full stop (period) Page 75 : Hyphen removed from farm-house to ensure consistency with other uses Page 76 : Closing quote added after fusiliers. Page 78 : Hyphen added to bloodspilling to ensure consistency with other use Page 84 : Spelling of tambookee standardised to tambookie Page 108 : Hyphen added to reaffirmed to ensure consistency with other use Page 113 : Spelling of pourtrayed and dulness left as taken from original quotation. Page 139 : As written. Reims should probably read riems Page 179 : Spelling of cowe left as taken from original quotation.