Selected Official Documents of the South African Republic and Great Britain | Page 3

The South African Republic renews the declaration made in the Sand
River Convention, and in the Convention of Pretoria, that no slavery or
apprenticeship partaking of slavery will be tolerated by the Government
of the said Republic.
ARTICLE IX.
There will continue to be complete freedom of religion and protection
from molestation for all denominations, provided the same be not
inconsistent with morality and good order; and no disability shall attach
to any person in regard to rights of property by reason of the religious
opinions which he holds.
ARTICLE X.
The British Officer appointed to reside in the South African Republic
will receive every assistance from the Government of the said Republic
in making due provision for the proper care and preservation of the
graves of such of Her Majesty's Forces as have died in the Transvaal;
and if need be, for the appropriation of land for the purpose.
ARTICLE XI.
All grants or titles issued at any time by the Transvaal Government in
respect of land outside the boundary of the South African Republic, as
defined in Article I, shall be considered invalid and of no effect, except

in so far as any such grant or title relates to land that falls within the
boundary of the South African Republic; and all persons holding any
such grant so considered invalid and of no effect will receive from the
Government of the South African Republic such compensation, either
in land or in money, as the Volksraad shall determine. In all cases in
which any Native Chiefs or other authorities outside the said
boundaries have received any adequate consideration from the
Government of the South African Republic for land excluded from the
Transvaal by the first Article of this Convention, or where permanent
improvements have been made on the land, the High Commissioner
will recover from the native authorities fair compensation for the loss
of the land thus excluded, or of the permanent improvements thereon.
ARTICLE XII.
The independence of the Swazis, within the boundary line of Swaziland,
as indicated in the first Article of this Convention, will be fully
recognized.
ARTICLE XIII.
Except in pursuance of any treaty or engagement made as provided in
Article IV of this Convention, no other or higher duties shall be
imposed on the importation into the South African Republic of any
article coming from any part of Her Majesty's dominions than are or
may be imposed on the like article coming from any other place or
country; nor will any prohibition be maintained or imposed on the
importation into the South African Republic of any article coming from
any part of Her Majesty's dominions which shall not equally extend to
the like article coming from any other place or country. And in like
manner the same treatment shall be given to any article coming to
Great Britain from the South African Republic as to the like article
coming from any other place or country.
These provisions do not preclude the consideration of special
arrangements as to import duties and commercial relations between the
South African Republic and any of Her Majesty's colonies or
possessions.

ARTICLE XIV.
All persons, other than natives, conforming themselves to the laws of
the South African Republic (_a_) will have full liberty, with their
families, to enter, travel, or reside in any part of the South African
Republic; (_b_) they will be entitled to hire or possess houses,
manufactories, warehouses, shops and premises; (_c_) they may carry
on their commerce either in person or by any agents whom they may
think fit to employ; (_d_) they will not be subject, in respect of their
persons or property, or in respect of their commerce or industry, to any
taxes, whether general or local, other than those which are or may be
imposed upon citizens of the said Republic.
ARTICLE XV.
All persons, other than natives, who establish their domicile in the
Transvaal between the 12th day of April 1877, and the 8th August 1881,
and who within twelve months after such last mentioned date have had
their names registered by the British Resident, shall be exempt from all
compulsory military service whatever.
ARTICLE XVI.
Provision shall hereafter be made by a separate instrument for the
mutual extradition of criminals, and also for the surrender of deserters
from Her Majesty's Forces.
ARTICLE XVII.
All debts contracted between the 12th April 1877 and the 8th August
1881 will be payable in the same currency in which they may have
been contracted.
ARTICLE XVIII.
No grants of land which may have been made, and no transfers or
mortgages which may have been passed between the 12th April 1877
and the 8th August 1881, will be invalidated by reason merely of their

having been made or passed between such dates.
All transfers to the British Secretary for