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2. The seizure of the charcoal need not depend on any identification of the Company with the Government. It is enemy's property, and is obviously intended to facilitate hostile operations. It is therefore not within the rule of practice in recent times which has exempted from seizure the property of private individuals of an innocent character.
3. We have nothing to add.
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The Right Honourable J. Chamberlain, M.P., &c.,
&c.,
&c.
We have, &c.,
RICHARD E. WEBSTER. ROBERT B. FINLAY.
*No. 31A.
(SOUTH AFRICA.)
ATTORNEY-GENERAL to SOLICITOR-GENERAL.
On my arrival in London last night, Mr. Cox, of the Colonial Office, met me Typewrit and told me that it was desired to send to Sir Alfred Milner at once the terms of a ten copy proclamation which he could issue permitting the supply of goods to the Orange Free annexed, State, as suggested in papers on which we wrote a memorandum on the 27th day of A. March. Sir Alfred Milner had proposed a draft by telegram which I did not approve, as with
Copy here- it spoke of amending a previous proclamation, an expression which might be misunder- marked D. stood.
I therefore settled the draft proclamation, a copy of which is sent herewith, B. marked B.
This has been sent to the Cape.
It seems to me that, as suggested by us in our memorandum of the 27th March, marked A, a proclamation should be issued by the Queen, otherwise it might be that the proclamations of Sir Alfred Milner and Sir W. Hely-Hutchinson would be inconsistent with the Queen's proclamation of the 27th December, which is absolute in its Book. terms and does not use the expression "without our licence."
suggested
See pake
248 of Blue
[Cd. 43.]
I have, therefore, drafted the enclosed proclamation, marked C, which I send for your C. consideration.
Milner's and Hutchinson's proclamations will be found at pages 226, and 40, 41, of the Blue Book.
April 16, 1900.
R. E. W.
The words "Government Notice" are, I am told by the Colonial Office, the proper official words to use.
We have settled and approve the draft proclamation as initialled by us.
R. W.
R. E. W.
R. B. F.
C.
Whereas certain portions of the territory known as the Orange Free State are in the occupation of our military forces and whereas it is necessary and desirable that the supply of goods wares and merchandise from our Colonies of the Cape of Good Hope and Natal to such portions of the Orange Free State should be permitted:
Now therefore we do hereby proclaim and direct that from and after the date hereol and until further proclamation goods wares and merchandise may be supplied from our Colonies of the Cape of Good Hope and Natal or any part of such Colonies to such portions of the territory known as the Orange Free State as may from time to time be defined and under such regulations as may from time to time be made by proclama- tion or Government notice issued by the Governor of each of our said Colonies respectively.
Given at our Court, &c.
• The connected papers are printed in African No. 606.
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