The Graham's Town Journal quotes the following passage from Lord
Durham's Report, relative to the disposal of land in the Colonies ; and asserts that not a sentence of it is inapplicable to the Cape of Good Hope- " Everywhere the greatest profusion has taken place ; so that in all the Co- lonies, and nearly in every part of each colony, more and very much more laud has been alienated by the Government, than the grantees had at the time or now have the means of reclaiming from a state of wilderness; and yet in all he Colonies until lately, and in some of them still, it is either very difficult or next to impossible for a person of no influence to obtain any of the public land. More or less in all the Colonies, and in some of them to an extent which would not be credited if the fact were not established by unquestionable testimony, the surveys have been inaccurate, and the boundaries, or even the situation of estates, are proportionably uncertain. Everywhere needless delays have harassed and exasperated. applicants ; and everywhere, more mo sorry but compelled to add, gross favouritism !se; prevailed in the disposal of public lands."
The report of losses by Kafir depredators in April was 35 horses and 67 cattle.
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