Select documents relating to the unification of South Africa / edited by Arthur Percival Newton.

VOLUME I.

I. 1858-59: Extracts from correspondence between Sir George Grey, Governor of Cape Colony and High Commissioner for South Africa, and the Colonial Office respecting Confederation

II. June 1871: Resolutions of the Cape House of Assembly concerning Responsible Government and a Federative Union, 9 June 1871; 1872: Extracts from Speeches of Governor Sir Henry Barkly at the Opening and Prorogation of the Cape Parliament, 18 April 1872 and 81 July 1872; April 1872: Extract from Report of Commission on Federative Union, [April 1872]

III. February 1873: The Earl of Kimberley, Secretary of State for the Colonies, to Sir. H. Barkly, in reply to a Petition for Separation, 14 February 1878

IV. May 1875: Right Hon. Earl of Carnarvon, Secretary of State for the Colonies, to Sir Henry Barkly, Governor of Cape Colony and High Commissioner for South Africa, concerning a proposal for a Conference of Delegates from the Colonies and States of South Africa, 4 May 1875

V. June 1875: Minute of the Government and resolution of the Legislative Council of Cape Colony concerning the proposed Conference, 7 June 1875

VI. July-November 1875: Replies of certain Governments of the, South African Colonies and States to the invitation of the Earl of Carnarvon to a Conference

VI. January 1876: Mr. James Anthony Froude to the Earl of Carnarvon 10 January 1876

VIII. October 1875: Earl of Carnarvon to Sir Henry Barkly, 22 October 1875

IX. November 1875: Proceedings of the Cape House of Assembly on the Proposal for a Conference, 23 November 1875

X. January, 1876: Earl of Carnarvon to Sir Henry Barkly, 24 January 1876

XI. June-July 1876: Replies of certain of the Governments of the South African Colonies and States to the invitation of the Earl of Carnarvon to a Conference in England

XII. August 1876: Extracts from speech of the Earl of Carnarvon to the Conference concerning South African affairs, 3 August 1876

XIII. October 1876: Address of the South African Confederation Deputation to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 26 October 1876

XIV. April 1877: Extracts from Speech of Earl of Carnarvon in the House of Lords on the Second Reading of the South African Confederation Bill, 23 April 1877

XV. August 1877: Earl of Carnarvon to Sir Bartle Frere, High Commissioner for South Africa, conveying the South Africa Act, 16 August 1877

XVI. August 1877: South Africa Act (40 and 41 Vict., cap. 47), 13 August 1877

XVII. September 1878: Resolution of the Legislative Council of Natal concerning the proposed Conference of Delegates of the Colonies and States of South Africa, 8 September 1878

XVIII. June 1879: Right Hon, Sir M, Hicks Beach, Secretary of State for the Colonies, to Sir Bartle Frere concerning the introduction into the Cape Legislature of a measure for Confederation, 12 June 1879

XIX. July 1879: Minute of the Ministers of Cape Colony concerning the same, 10 July 1879

XX. June 1880: Extracts from speech of Mr. J. Gordon Sprigg, Colonial Secretary of Cape Colony, in the Cape House of Assembly, 22 June 1880

XXI. December 1880: Right Hon. Earl of Kimberley, Secretary of State for the Colonies, to Sir Hercules Robinson, High Commissioner for South Africa, 30 December 1880

XXII. [1881]: Proposed Programme for the projected Afrikander Bond

XXIII. July 1883: Extracts from speech of Mr. Cecil Rhodes, M.L.A., in Cape House of Assembly on the Basutoland Disannexation Bill, 18 July 1883

XXIV. August 1888: Extracts from speech of Mr. Cecil Rhodes, M.L.A., in Cape House of Assembly in debate concerning the control of Basutoland and Stellaland, 16 August 1883

XXV. February 1884: Order in Council providing for the Government of Basutoland, 2 February 1884

XXVL. 1884: Programme of the Principles of the Afrikander National Party

XXVII. April 1885: Resolutions of a Native Meeting concerning South African policy, 22 April 1885

XXVIII. May 1886: Extracts from Speech of Mr. Cecil Rhodes, M.L.A., in Cape House of Assembly on Customs and Railway Union, 20 May 1886

XXIX. 1886-88: (a) Memorandum of Rev, John Mackenzie proposing the Separation of the Offices of High Commissioner and Governor of Cape Colony. Forwarded to Colonial Office, 9 June 1886; (b) Sir Hercules Robinson to Right Hon. Lord Knutsford, Secretary of State for the Colonies, concerning the proposed Separation of Offices, 11 June 1888

XXX. October 1888: Extracts from report of a select committee of the Legislative Council of Natal concerning the political Constitution of the Colony, 28 October 1888

XXXI. September 1890: Extracts from Speech of Mr. Cecil Rhodes, Premier of Cape Colony, concerning the Union of South Africa, 6 September 1890

XXXII. March 1891: Extracts from Speech of Mr. Cecil Rhodes at the Annual Congress of the Afrikander Bond, 30 March 1891

XXXIII. May 1891: Order in Council providing for the Government of the Bechuanaland Protectorate, 9 May 1891

XXXIV. July 1894: Extracts from Speech of Mr. Cecil Rhodes, Premier of Cape Colony, in Cape House of Assembly, in moving the Second Reading of the Glen Grey Bill, 30 July 1894

XXXV. August 1894: The Glen Grey Act, 31 August 1894

XXXVI. November 1895: Act providing for the Annexation of British Bechuanaland to Cape Colony, 11 November 1895

XXXVII. May 1897: Extract from proceedings of Cape Assembly concerning Amendment of Articles of Customs Convention, 3 May 1987

XXXVIII, March 1898: Extracts from speech of the Right Hon. Cecil Rhodes concerning the Policy of the Progressive Party, 12 March 1898

XXXIX. October 1898: Order in Council providing for the Government of Southern Rhodesia, 20 October 1898

XL. July 1899: Extracts from Speech of the Right Hon. Cecil Rhodes concerning the work of Imperial expansion and South African Union, 18 July 1899

XLI. November 1899: Order in Council providing for the Government of Barotziland, North- Western Rhodesia, 28 November 1899

XLII. October 1900: Commission appointing Sir Alfred Milner to be High Commissioner for South Africa, 6 October 1900

XLIII. December 1901: Modus Vivendi arranged between the High Commissioner for South Africa and the Governor-General of Mozambique, 18 December 1901

XLIV. August 1901: Instruments providing for the Government of the Orange River Colony.

XLV. May 1902: Treaty of Peace concluded at Vereeniging, 31 May 1902

XLVI. September 1902: Letters Patent, etc., providing for the Government of the Transvaal, 23 September 1902

XLVII. March 1903: Proceedings of South African Customs Union Conference at Bloemfontein, March 1903

XLVIII. May 1903: Order in Council providing for the establishment of an Inter-Colonial Council in South Africa, 20 May 1908

XLIX. June 1903: Order in Council providing for the Government of Swaziland, 25 June 1908

L. November 1904: Extracts from Speech of Right Hon. Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman, M. P., at Dundee concerning the Policy of the Liberal Party, 18 November 1904

LI. November 1904: Letter to the Rand Daily Mail announcing the formation of the Transvaal Progressive Association, 22 November 1904

LII. November 1904: Letter to the Johannesburg Star announcing the formation of the Transvaal Responsible Government Association, 26 November 1904

LIII. January 1905: Proceedings of Deputation of the Transvaal Progressive Association to Viscount Milner, 10 January 1905

LIV. January 1905: Extracts from speech of Mr. E. P. Solomon, President, at the Inaugural Dinner of the Transvaal Responsible Government Association, 14 January 1905

LV. January 1905: Extracts from speech of Mr. J. W. Leonard at a meeting of the Transvaal Progressive Association, 19 January 1905

LVI. January 1905: Extracts from report of the Inaugural Meeting of the Boer Organisation of the People (Het Volk), 30 January 1905 VOLUME II.

LVII. February 1905: Extracts from reports of meetings held for the establishment of Branches of Het Volk, February 1905

LVIII. March 1905: Commission appointing the Right Hon. the Earl of Selborne to be High Commissioner for South Africa, 15 March 1905

LIX. March 1905: Right Hon. Alfred Lyttelton, Secretary of State for the Colonies, to Sir Arthur Lawley, Lieutenant-Governor of the Transvaal, transmitting Letters Patent, 31 March 1905

LX. March 1905: Extracts from Letters Patent providing for the constitution of an elected Legislative Assembly in the Transvaal, 31 March 1905

LXI. February 1906: Extract from the King's Speech in Parliament, 19 February 1906

LXII. March 1906: Customs Union Convention agreed to at Pietermaritzburg, March 1906

LXIII. June 1906: Ruling in Transvaal Legislative Council concerning Amendment of Customs Convention, 28 June 1906

LXIV. July 1906: The Right Hon, the Earl of Elgin, Secretary of State for the Colonies, to the Earl of Selborne, Governor of the Transvaal, informing him of the approaching grant of Responsible Government, 31 July 1906

LXV. December 1906: The Earl of Elgin to the Earl of Selborne, Governor of the Transvaal, informing him of the despatch of Letters Patent, 10 December 1906

LXVI. December 1906: The Earl of Elgin to the Earl of Selborne, Governor of the Orange River Colony, informing him of the approaching grant of Responsible Government, 17 December 1906

LXVII. January 1907: Papers relating to the proposed Federation of the South African Colonies. Transmitted by the Earl of Selbore to the Earl of Elgin, 7 January 1907

LXVIII. June 1907: The Earl of Elgin to the Earl of Selborne, Governor of the Orange River Colony, informing him of the despatch of Letters Patent, 7 June 1907

LXIX. June 1907: Instruments providing for the establishment of Responsible Government in the Orange River Colony, 5 June 1907

LXX. July 1907: The High Commissioner to the Secretary of State for the Colonies conveying a Statement of the Transvaal Goverment, 2 July 1907

LXXI. May 1908: Resolutions adopted by an Inter-Colonial Conference convened for the discussion of the Tariff and Railway Rates, 5 May 1908

LXXII. June 1908: Extracts from speech of Governor Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson in opening the Cape Parliament, 19 June 1908

LXXII. June 1908: Extracts from speech of Mr, J. X. Merriman, Premier of Cape Colony, in the House of Assembly on the proposal for a National Convention, 22 June 1908

LXXIV. June-July 1908: Extracts from Debates in the Legislative Assembly of Natal on the proposal for a National Convention, June-July 1908

LXXV. October 1908-May 1909: Extracts from Minutes of Proceedings of the South African National Convention, 12 October 1908-11 May 1909

LXXVI. [December 1908]: Informal Suggestions by the High Commissioner on the question of the Native Franchise [December 1908]

LXXVIL. March 1909: Extracts from Speech of Mr. J. X. Merriman, Premier of Cape Colony, in the House of Assembly in introducing the Draft South Africa Act, 81 March 1909

LXXVIII. August 1909: Extracts from Debate in the House of Commons on the Second Reading of the South Africa Bill, 16 August 1909.

Select documents relating to the unification of South Africa / edited by Arthur Percival Newton.

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