. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . ion of theinterests of the native population, were to be determined by Her MajestysGovernment on the recommendation of a Royal Commission. Commissioners were appointed by both parties, and a Convention wassigned on the 3rd August : on the 8th of that month the Government washanded over to the representatives of the Boers, the Convention being dulyratified by the Volksraad on the 25th of the following October. This Conventionwas subsequently modified by that of London, dated 27th February, 1884. The main line of the Natal Government
. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . ion of theinterests of the native population, were to be determined by Her MajestysGovernment on the recommendation of a Royal Commission. Commissioners were appointed by both parties, and a Convention wassigned on the 3rd August : on the 8th of that month the Government washanded over to the representatives of the Boers, the Convention being dulyratified by the Volksraad on the 25th of the following October. This Conventionwas subsequently modified by that of London, dated 27th February, 1884. The main line of the Natal Government Railway was opened to Pieter-maritzburg on the 1st December, 1880, and subsequent steps were taken for itsextension northwards, the line being opened to Charlestown on 7th April, the same year coal was first mined near Newcastle : an exhaustive reporton the coal fields being prepared by Mr. F. W. North. The arrangement made by Sir Garnet Wolseley in 1879 for the adminis-tration of Zululand had not resulted in peace, and Cetshwayo was re-installed 20. j—The first building occupied as a Government House by Martin West in December, 1845 2,—The present Government House 21 In January, 1889, l>y Sir [neophilias Shepstone to rule over the country iof the Umhlatuzi River, except Sibhepus district, Zululand th ol I const it ui (id ;i. Reserve. In the Pollowini ,■ ro w\ driven from his kingdom by Sibhepu, and died in th< rve, thi Royal House acknowledging his son Dinuzulu as his successor. Constanl Fighting between the Usutu and the Mandhlakazi under Sibhi followed, and the Boers under1 Lucas Meyer, re d, in consideration helping the former, a grant of 3,000 square miles North West Zululandwhich became the New Republic. The British flag was hoisted al St. ?Bay to prevent the establishment of a Foreign port north of Natal. In 1886 the independance of the New Republic was recognised by GreBritain and the territory subsequently merged in the
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