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ment, on consideration of an item of ;^5oo for Dinizulu, 

 Mr. Schofield asked whether Dinizulu was at home, and 

 was behaving himself properly. There was a rumour that 

 he was rambling about the country and that the authorities 

 had no control over him. The Prime Minister said the 

 general rumour was absolutely incorrect. For a time 

 Dinizulu was in the house provided by the Imperial Govern- 

 ment, and after a certain time he was allowed by the Chief 

 Magistrate to go to his own kraal, and ne was there for 

 some little time. The Government had been kept fully 

 informed of all his movements. His conduct had been 

 very good, and there was no foundation for the rumour. 

 Mr. Schofield said he referred to the matter because it 

 was stated that a large kraal was being built for him. The 

 Natal mail brought an interesting letter from Miss Colenso^ 

 Writing from Pietermaritzburg, she says : — 



At last I have got back to the land of tables and chairs, from 

 a four months' visit to Zululand. I went straight on with the 

 chiefs when we landed at Durban, and found it desirable to stay 

 through their settling in. That is now, I think, safely accomplished. 

 They have been greeted rapturously by the Zulus generally — almost 

 universally. Even Zibeba went to welcome them. His messengers 

 were well received, Ndabuko greeting them as friends, which was 

 much more than I expected, and I think that in time even that 

 breach may heal also. Before I left, a good many Zulus had come 

 in to welcome us from Dutch Zululand. When I parted from Mr. 

 Saunders, the Special Commissioner at Etshowe, a fortnight ago, 

 he said that he was well satisfied with the way in which things had 

 settled down, and considered that much of the credit for this was 

 due to Dinizulu. It is too soon yet to say that all is going on well, 

 and there are many possibilities for mischief, but on the whole 

 things seem to be shaping fairly in this corner. 



In 1893 many of the islanders emigrated to Port NoUoth, 

 to work at the copper mines, others in search of domestic 

 service went to the Cape. 



The year 1895 brought great rains, which carried away 

 three of the large beds of rushes which grew on the hill- 

 side above Maldivia House garden. In this year also the 

 old convict ship Success called on her way from Australia 

 to the East India Dock, Blackwall, London, where she was i^ 

 put on exhibition. The vessel belonged to the old system 

 of treating prisoners with barbarous cruelty bordering on 

 inhumanity. She was built in 1798 in India, of solid teak 



