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dren under instruction in this district, at a moderate 

 computation cannot be less than one thousand four 

 hundred, which gives the rate of one to every seven 

 of the entire population. 



" Among the neighbouring tribes, knowledge is 

 advancing with corresponding rapidity. In Caffraria, 

 there are now twelve Missionary Stations : viz., four 

 belonging to the Glasgow, one to the London, one 

 to the Moravian, and six to the Wesleyan Missionary 

 Society. The Stations of the latter extend the whole 

 length of the Gaffer country, the nearest being with- 

 in a few miles of the colonial boundary, and the 

 farthest in the country of the Amapondas, among a 

 people claiming descent from Europeans wrecked on 

 their shores. Schools are attached to all these 

 Stations, which are sedulously attended to by the 

 several Missionaries, who have also made considerable 

 progress in translating the Scriptures into the lan- 

 guage of the country. These and other circumstances 

 indicate the eve of a great moral change in the con- 

 dition of the Gaffer people, and that a period is not 

 far distant when they will be ranked among civilized 

 nations." 



The trade of Albany is of great importance, 

 and has arisen entirely since the arrival of the 

 British settlers. Until that period, raw hides and 

 horns were considered of little value, nor were the 

 native tribes on our border considered in any other 

 light than that of incorrigible and daring plunderers, 



