CAPE NEWS.
THE LABORS OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION. CONVENTION WITH THE BOERS. SUZERAINTY OF GREAT BRITAIN. COMPENSATION TO BRITISH SUBJECTS. Capetown, truly 22. Nows is to hand from Pretoria that tho Royal Commission appointed to. undertake a settlement of affairs in the Transvaal, which has been sitting since May, has concluded its labors. A draft convention has been arranged with the Boer leaders, providing for the retrocession of the whole of the Transvaal to the Boers, subject to the suzerain rights of Great Britain. The convention moreover provides for the recognition of .claims on the part of British subjects in the Transvaal for compensation for losses during the late war to the extent of £500,000. The news to hand further states that the Volksraad will be forthwith elected, and will meet without delay for the purpose of ratifying the convention.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 6329, 25 July 1881, Page 2
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140CAPE NEWS. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 6329, 25 July 1881, Page 2
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