ANNEX 3.

Minute of the Union Government, June 24, 1913.

Prime Minister's Office, Pretoria.

MINISTERS have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of His Excellency's confidential Minute No. 3/1263 of the 10th April last, with which was transmitted a despatch to His Excellency dated the 19th March.

2. Ministers have the honour to state, in reference to the request made in paragraph 3 of that despatch, that the enquiries which have had to be made to procure the information referred to in the latter part of that paragraph, have caused delay in furnishing the information.

3. With reference to the request that the original powers of attorney (182 in number) lodged with the South African Republic Mines Department by R. E. Brown should be transmitted, Ministers are informed that the Registrar of Mining Titles is unable to trace those original powers among his records and that it is believed that from the year 1895 or thereabouts, the Republican Mining Commissioner merely recorded information as to the powers of attorney produced by persons who pegged claims and that the officials in question did not retain possession of the powers which were usually returned to the license holder. The Registrar of Mining Titles has however pre pared an extract containing the names of the persons who signed the powers lodged by R. E. Brown. A correct extract is transmitted herewith, but it will be observed that certain clerical errors occur of which no satisfactory explanation can be given. The words "Total 1200 appearing in the Remarks column of the extract would appear to mean that the number corresponded with the number of claims for which licences were issued to Brown on the 9th February, 1897.

4. With reference to the question in paragraph 3 of the despatch as to the nationality of certain persons who signed an agreement of 18th July 1895 referred to in Appendix I of the Memorandum enclosed with the Secretary of State's confidential despatch of 25th May 1912, Ministers have the honour to state that of those persons Messrs. J. Isaacs, W. Hefferman, Jack Gatton, and B. Doyle were, so far as can be ascertained, of British nationality and that, of the twelve others, the nationality of fourviz., G. Morris, M. Kaltenbach, C. Wetherill, and D. Ritchie

cannot be ascertained.

of British nationality.

The remainder appear also to be Two of the persons above referred to-Hefferman and Doyle--are of Australian origin: four others-Winters, Field, Collins, and Garcier-are of South African origin: the last-named was a burgher of the South African Republic. LOUIS BOTHA.

ANNEX 4.

Particulars of the Powers of Attorney

I CERTIFY that the following five (5) pages identified by in the Procuratie Register for the period 2nd. April, 1895, Doornkop, Mining District of Krugersdorp, and now filed Johannesburg, this 2nd. day of May, 1913.

Mining Titles Office, Johannesburg.

To all whom it may concern:

I, Frederick Moss Blundell, in my capacity as Undercertify and attest that R. H. Greatorex whose signature is Titles in the Province of the Transvaal by lawful authority. Given under my hand at Pretoria, this third day of May,

8380 11.2.97 W. T. Wilkinson Strafford Parker R. E. Brown 9.2.97

24 Juli 96

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lodged by Brown on January 25, 1897.

my Seal of Office are true copies of the entries appearing to 30th. September, 1899, kept by the Responsible Clerk, of record in the Mining Titles Office.

R. H. GREATOREX,

Assistant Registrar of Mining Titles.

Secretary for Mines for the Union of South Africa, hereby affixed to this document is the Assistant Registrar of Mining