Graham's Town 23d Sept., 1820.02 Sir,-Captain Somerset, the Deputy Landdrost, has ordered me. to send back to Theopolis the following men, Platje Boezak, Speelman Mattroos, Piet Boezak, Clynbooy Ruiter, Jacob Jacobs, Hans Klaas, Klaas Cupido, Jan Spogter, and Klaas Stuurman; and requests to have, in lieu of them, six young and healthy Hottentots.

Graham's Town, 26th Sept., 1820. Koert Links is willing to comply with the order of the Landdrost. David Ruyter has been detected, but is unwilling, saying that he does not belong to your school; his impudence is so great, that I caused him immediately to be imprisoned. I am expecting Capt. S.'s orders to-morrow, and intend sending him away with a hot back.

Mr. Ulbricht.

I am, &c.

Sir,-Instead of ten, I have only received nine men; of whom I return Jacob Jacobse, Daniel Schoenberg, Kleinbooy Ruiters, Klaas Cupido. Jan Spogters has hired himself to Mr. Ditz to Uitenhage, for one trip. The request of the Landdrost is, that you will be pleased to send six healthy men in their place, for whom I will return six others now at work here.

Captain Somerset wishes to know where the two men remain, who were to be sent in place of Esback.

ཞེས་ཨི

H. TIGMAN. Acting Secretary.

Graham's Town, 10th Oct., 1820.

Sir,-In behalf of the Landdrost, Captain Somerset, I am ordered to request of you to forward to this place four Hottentots, to be employed for this district: in case Platje might be at Theopolis, please to send him with them. The Landdrost has granted him a pass for ten days, and he has not yet returned.

I am, &c.

(Signed)

M. J. ONKRUYDT......

P. S. Request that you will send with these four, the six others mentioned in a former letter.

Mr. Ulbricht.

Graham's Town, 16th Oct., 1820,,

Sir, I beg of you, that you will have the goodness to forward to this place six brisk Hottentots, to be employed at the making of a ditch.

Mr. Ulbricht.

I am, &c.
(Signed)

M. J. ONKRUYDT.

Graham's Town, 20th Oct., 1820.

Sir, The Landdrost has ordered me to write to you, and that he wishes you would send four Hottentots from Theopolis, to exchange with the four that are here; he likewise requests you would send with the Hottentots some matting, for which he will pay you. The Landdrost wishes the Hottentots to be here on Sunday evening.

Mr. Ulbricht.

I am, &c.
(Signed)

M. J. ONKRUYDT.

The superintendent of the school at Theopolis is requested to grant to Johan Potgieter, a Hottentot, to be employed by him as a postilion.

January 19, 1821.

(Signed)

M. J. ONKRUYDT,
Secretary.

Bathurst, April 28th, 1821.

Sir, I am directed by the Provisional Magistrate to request that you will cause to be sent to Bathurst forthwith, Klaas Smith, and Arnoldus Maurits of your institution.

I am, &c.

(Signed)

GEO. DYASON.

To Rev. G. Barker, Theopolis.

Bathurst, 2d May, 1821.

Sir, I am directed by the Provisional Magistrate, to request that you will send to Mr. Swan, at the Secretary's at Graham's Town, a Hottentot driver. You will have the goodness to send him to-morrow; he will be paid wages, and receive rations for one month, the time he will be required.

I am, &c.

To Rev. Geo. Barker, Theopolis.

(Signed) GEO. DYASON.

Bathurst, 21st May, 1821.

Sir,-With reference to a letter addressed to you on the 2d inst., which Captain Trappes supposes must have miscarried, I am directed to request that you will forthwith send to Mr. Swan, at Graham's Town, a Hottentot driver.

I am, &c.

(Signed)

GEO. DAYSON.

To Rev. Geo. Barker, Theopolis.

Bathurst, 2d July, 1821.

Sir, I returned you by the hand of Mr. Brownlee, a short time since, the list of the Hottentots belonging to your institution, who

have been employed on the public works, with a verbal request, that you would take the trouble to inquire if the periods stated were correct, as far as could be made out. I made inquiry myself of the officers whom I thought most likely to know something of the matter, but could gain no information on the subject. I have now to request you will have the goodness to return to me again the lists corrected as far as can be ascertained, as I should wish to have the Hottentots settled with as soon as possible.

Sir,-In the absence of Major Jones, I beg leave to inform you, that one of the Hottentots sent here, was claimed and carried away by a Dutchman. The bearer goes back, and you will please, on the receipt of this, to dispatch two diligent Hottentots, as the public service will be retarded until your kind compliance.

The Rev. G. Barker.

I am, &c.

Sir, I have the honour to inform you, that the public works are considerably retarded for want of four Hottentots, two to drive and two for leaders to the waggons. I beg leave, in consequence, to request you will be pleased to give such orders as will obviate this difficulty.

To Major Jones, &c. &c.

I am, &c.

Major Jones will thank Mr. Barker to assist Mr. Mahony to procure the drivers and leaders he is in want of.

Bathurst, August 1st, 1821.

Graham's Town, March 1, 1822.

Sir,—Having been informed by the district secretary, that previous to my arrival, he had sent an order for three Hottentots, to be supplied from your institution, for the government service, I beg to request that the same may be sent here without any delay whatever, as the public service is greatly impeded by the want of them.

I have the honour to be, Sir,

Your obedient servant,

(Signed) HARRY RIVERS, Landdrost.

Rev. G. Barker, Theopolis.

Graham's Town, 13th March, 1822.

Sir, The public service requiring twelve Hottentots immediately, to assist in the field duties of the Royal Engineers, I have to require, as I have not been able to provide these persons by any of the other previous means to which I have bad recourse, that you will point out to the bearer, twelve such Hottentots, residing at your institution, as may be fit for, and can be best and most conveniently appropriated to this service, to be employed for the space of two months, at the end of which period they shall be exchanged for two others.

I have the honour to be, Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

(Signed)

The Rev. G. Barker, Theopolis.

HARRY RIVERS, Landdrost.

I have also orders from his Excellency the Governor, to provide three good Hottentots for the Cape corps, which orders have been uncomplied with for six weeks, for the reasons stated in this letter. I must therefore request you will send three to this office for that purpose in the course of a few days.

(Signed)

HARRY RIVERS.

No. X.

Diagram of the Lands of Theopolis, &c.-(Vide vol. ï. p. 269.)

THE accompanying Diagram is copied from the original in the Colonial Office. From the intersections made on the chart, and pointed out by figures, and the following explanation, it is made obvious, that the institution is not only deprived of the corn-lands which it cultivated in the year 1815, (which is in direct violation of the proclamation of 1817,) and indeed of all the valuable corn-land belonging to it; but the lands included in the original chart granted by Sir J. Cradock, and those which have since been added by Sir Rufane Donkin, constitute a part of the lands which are to be given to the new claimants. The portions alienated in this manner constitute the most valuable part of the lands originally granted to this institution, and which induced the missionaries and the Hottentots first to form an establishment in this district; and if such grants, made under such circumstances, are to be thus violated, it may be asked what are the rights of the Hottentots? and what security have they that they may not be, in the course of a few weeks, deprived of the ground on which their houses stand, and they themselves driven from the institution, or carried back into that wretched state of