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Image from page 25 of “Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book” (1911)
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Identifier: natalprovincedes00tatl
Title: Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Tatlow, A.H South African Railways. Publicity Dept
Subjects: Railroads
Publisher: Durban, Natal : South African Railways Printing Works
Contributing Library: Robarts – University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto
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r 1844. His presence had been a pledge to the inhabitantsthat something was being done in their interests. Natal Territory annexed to the Cape By letters patent, bearing date the 31st May, 1844, Her Majesty theQueen annexed the district of Natal to the settlement of the Cape of GoodHope. It was not, however, until the end of the year 1845 that a regularGovernment was organised. 10 In December, 1845, Sir Peregrine Maitland, Governor of the Cape,appointed Mr. Martin West to be the first Lieutenant-Governor of Natal. Mr.West landed at Port Natal on the 4th of that month and assumed duty inPietermaritzburg on the 15th. He was assisted by an Executive Council offive, viz :— Colonel Boys, Commandant ; Mr Donald Moodie, Secretary toGovernment; Dr. W. Stanger, Surveyor-General ; Mr. W. Field, Collector ofCustoms and Mr. W. Harding, Crown Prosecutor. Mr. H. Cloete was appointedas Recorder or Judge and Mr. Theophilus Shepstone as Diplomatic Agent tothe Natives then estimated to number 80,000.
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Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg, 40 years ago. The Lieutenant-Governor was subordinate to the Governor of the Cape,and the Legislative Council of the latter colony continued to frame laws forNatal until 1848 when a separate Legislative Council was established for Natalconsisting of the Lieutenant-Governor, Colonial Secretary, Surveyor-Generaland Crown Prosecutor. It was decided by Her Majestys Government that thenatives should be governed according to their own laws and customs. Exodus of Dutch Farmers One of the first acts of Lieutenant-Governor West was to settle theland grants according to his instructions, but it was impossible to concede asmuch as they asked to the Boers who accordingly became dissatisfied, manyof them leaving the colony. This exodus of the farmers continued duringthe years 1846 and 1847, some going over the Berg to their friends in theOrange River Sovereignty. Sir Harry Smith, the new Governor of the Cape, who assumed office atthe end of 1847, lost no time i
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