§ MR. J. G. HUBBARDasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether the British Government have given their sanction to the title of South African Republic assumed by the Rulers of the Transvaal State; and, whether the title implies a sovereignty or a suzerainty over the Cape Colony and Other portions of South Africa external to the Transvaal; and, if such is not the interpretation of the title, what is its real meaning?
§ MR. EVELYN ASHLEYIn the Convention just signed with the Transvaal State recognition has been given to 340 the use of the title of South African Republic. ["Oh, oh!"] I am quite at a loss to understand these groans. I may remind hon. Members that the title of the South African Republic was in use until the British annexation in 1877; and one of the principal objects of the Delegates was to obtain a formal recognition of their old title, which has been continuously employed in their laws and public documents. It implies no sort of suzerainty, jurisdiction, or authority over any other portion of South Africa whatever outside of the strictly-defined Frontiers of the Republic.