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Lieutenant-General Sir John Francis Cradock, Governor, installed 6th September 1811, retired 6th April 1814.
Arrival of Governor Sir John Cradock.—Particulars concerning the Xosas in the Zuurveld.—Forces called into the field to expel them from the colony.—Massacre of Landdrost Stockenstrom and a party of farmers.—Expulsion of the Xosas from the Zuurveld.—Foundation of Cradock and Grahamstown.—Establishment of deputy landdrosts at these places.—Outbreak of small-pox in Capetown.—Establishment of a circuit court.—Particulars concerning the second circuit.—Introduction of the perpetual quitrent system of land tenure.—Tour of the governor.—Schemes for the introduction of European settlers.—Increase of public schools.—Enactment concerning slaves.—Ecclesiastical matters.—Particulars concerning new mission stations.—Changes in the civil departments.—Information concerning the Batlapin and the Griquas.—Customs regulations.—Particulars concerning the squadron on the Cape station.—Use of Simon's Bay alone as the naval headquarters.—Strength of the Cape garrison in 1814.—Last acts of Sir John Cradock as governor.—Appointment of Lord Charles Somerset as governor.—Return of Sir John Cradock to England. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Lieutenant-General Lord Charles Henry Somerset, Governor, installed 6th April 1814; embarked for England on leave of absence 18th January 1820.
Particulars concerning Lord Charles Somerset.—Events that led to the treaty of Paris.—Negotiations that led to the convention of August 1814 between Great Britain and the sovereign prince of Orange.—Death of Lady Somerset.—Formation of an agricultural establishment at the Boschberg.—Improvement of the breed of horses.—Establishment of a mail packet service between England and the Cape.—Wreck of the transport Arniston and of the Dutch ship-of-war Amsterdam.—Foundation of an orphan asylum in Capetown by Mrs. Moller.—Donations of the earl of Caledon and Mr. Henry Murray to this institution.—Salaries of the principal civil servants.—Particulars concerning the Hottentot regiment.— . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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