III.  Afrika.  969  152.  Transvaal,

to  provide  for  in  consequence  of  the  provisions  of  this  section,  and  for  carrying  into
effect  the  declarations  and  enactments  of  these  Our  Letters  Patent  in  that  behalf.

Native  Administration.

LI.—(1.)  The  Governor  shall  continue  to  exercise  over  all  Chiefs  and  natives
in  the  Colony  all  power  and  authority  now  vested  in  him  as  Paramount  Chief.

(2.)  The  Governor  in  Council  may  at  any  time  summon  an  assembly  of  native
Chiefs,  and  also,  if  it  shall  seem  expedient,  of  other  persons  having  special  knowledge
  and  experience  in  native  affairs,  to  discuss  with  the  Governor,  or  such  representative
  as  the  Governor  in  Council  mäy  appoint,  any  matters  concerning  the  administration
  of  native  affairs  or  the  interests  of  natives,  and  the  Governor  in  Council
shall  consider  any  reports  or  representations  submitted  to  him  by  any  such  assembly,
and  shall  take  such  action  thereupon  as  may  seem  necessary  Or  pFoper.

(3.)  No  lands  which  have  been,  or  may  hereafter  be,  set  aside  for  the  occupation
of  natives  shall  be  alienated  or  in  any  way  diverted  from  the  purposes  for  which
they  are  set  apart  otherwise  than  in  accordance  with  a  law  passed  by  the  Legislature.

Land  Settlement.

LII.  (1.)—(a.)  There  shall  be  established  in  the  Colony  on  the  appointed  day
(as  hereinafter  defined)  a  Board,  to  be  called  the  Transvaal  Land  Settlement  Board,
for  the  purpose  of  exercising  and  discharging,  in  respect  of  the  lands  hereinafter
mentioned  and  the  persons  in  occupation  of  them,  the  rights  and  duties  conferred
and  imposed  upon  the  Government  of  the  Colony  or  any  Member  thereof  by  any
law  of  the  Colony  or  by  any  Agreement  between  such  persons  and  the  Government.

(b.)  The  Board  shall  be  a  Body  Corporate,  and  shall  consist  of  three  Members,
resident  in  the  Colony,  one  of  whom  shall  be  Chairman.  The  Chairman  and  Members
of  the  said  Board  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Governor,  and  shall  hold  office  during
his  pleasure,  and  be  paid  such  salaries  as  he  may  determine.

If  any  vacancy  arises  on  the  Board,  the  Governor  shall  appoint  some  other
person  residing  in  the  Colony  to  fill  such  vacancy.

(c.)  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Governor  to  appoint,  at  such  salaries  as  he  may
determine,  such  officers  as  may  be  necessary  to  assist  the  Board  in  carrying  out  the
purposes  for  which  it  ir  established,  and  to  make  rules  and  regulations—

(1.)  For  the  proper  discharge  by  the  Board  and  the  aforesaid  officers  of
the  duties  imposed  on  them;

(2.)  For  the  proceedings  of  the  said  Board;

(3.)  Forthe  proper  keeping  of  and  auditing  of  the  accounts  of  the  said  Board.

(2.)—(a.)  There  shall,  on  the  appointed  day,  be  transferred,  without  payment
of  transfer  duty,  stamp  duty,  or  registration  charges  in  the  Deeds  Office  of  the  Colony,
to  and  in  the  name  of  the  Board  and  for  the  purposes  aforesaid,  such  of  Our  lands
in  the  Colony  as  are  on  tbe  appointed  day  held  by  settlers  on  the  conditions  prescribed
  in  the  Ordinance  of  the  Colony  intituled  ‘“The  Settlers’  Ordinance,  1902,”
or  by  settlers  to  whom  advances  have  been  made  out  of  such  portion  of  the  loan

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