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The colony of Natal, formerly an integral part of the Cape of Good Hope settlement, was erected into a separate Government by Letters Patent issued in November 1845. A Lieutenant-Governor was appointed, as well as an Executive Council created. The Lieutenant-Governor was subordinate to the Governor of the Cape, and the Legislative Council of the latter continued to frame laws for Natal till 1848, when a separate Legislative Council was established. In 1856 Natal was erected into a distinct and separate colony, and from that time has not been under the control of the Governor of the Cape. Its affairs are administered by a Lieutenant-Governor, assisted by an Executive Council, composed of the present Chief-justice, Hon. Walter Harding, the senior officer in command of the troops, the Colonial Secretary, the Treasurer, the Attorney-General, and the Secretary for Native Affairs; and a Legislative Council, composed of four official members, namely, the Colonial Secretary, the Treasurer, the Attorney-General, and the Secretary for Native Affairs, and 12 members elected by the counties and boroughs.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Natal
1. Official Publications
Statistical Tables relating to the Colonial and other Possessions of the United Kingdom. Part XII. Pol. London, 1868.
Statistical Abstract for the several Colonial and other Possessions of the United Kingdom. No. 5. 8. London, 1869.
Annual Statement of the Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions in the year 1868. Imp. 4. London, 1869.
2. Non-Official Publications
BurKhardt (J.), Die evangelische Mission under den Völkerstämmen in SüdAfrika. 8. Bielefeld, 1860.
Friisch (Dr. G.), Drei Jahre in Süd-Afrika. 8. Breslau, 1868.
Hall (H.), Manual of Soutli African Geography. 8. Capetown, 1866.
Mann (Dr. H.), Statistical Notes regarding the Colony of Natal. In ‘Journal of the Statistical Society of London.’ Vol. XXX. 1. London, 1869.
Meidinger (H.), Die südafrikanischen Colonien Englands, und die Freistaaten der holländischen Boeren in ihren jetzigen Zuständen. 8. Frankfurt a. M. 1861.
Walmsley (Colonel), The Euinod Cities of Zulu Land. 2 vols. 8. London, 1869.
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Martin, F. (1870). Natal. In: The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230252998_34
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