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of Europeans to the country along the Caledon.—Settlement of a party of Europeans at Zevenfontein.—Account of the emigrant Tembus.—Condition of that portion of South Africa occupied by Bantu.—Enlargement of the territory occupied by Bantu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Major-General Richard Bourke, acting governor, 5th March 1826 to 9th September 1828
Successive English ministries.—Establishment of a supreme court in place of the former high court, the vice admiralty court, and the court of appeals.—Abolition of the courts of landdrost and heemraden, and substitution in their stead of civil commissioners and resident magistrates.—Division of the colony into two provinces.—Appointment of a commissioner general for the eastern province.—Power of the resident magistrates.—Abolition of the burgher senate.—Transfer of the district and town revenues to the colonial treasury.—Alterations in the council of advice.—Appointment of justices of the peace.—Dissatisfaction of the old colonists at the exclusive rights given to the English language.—Reduction of the salaries of the governor and several of the heads of departments.—Disposal of the estates Groote Post, Camp's Bay, and Newlands.—Condition of the Bushmen and Hottentots.—Ordinance placing these people on a political equality with Europeans.—Account of the reverend Dr. Philip.—Publication of the book Researches in South Africa.—Effect of the fiftieth ordinance upon the Hottentots and other free coloured people.—The libel case Mackay versus Philip.—Arrival of Sir Lowry Cole as governor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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