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be placed under the head of the church establishment, would seem 
to be greatly disproportioned to the number and even the wealth 
of the inhabitants. The true spirit of toleration prevails in the 
colony among the members of the Church of England, Dutch 
Reformed, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Wesleyan, Lu.theran, 
&c. It is pleasant to see the harmony and good feeling which 
pervade these societies, and their co-operation in doing good ; 
under their separate or united direction, are. Bible and School 
Commissions, Orphans' Houses, Philanthropic Society, Bible 
African Union, Infant School, African Mission Society, Branch of 
London ditto, with numerous schools and teachers, and missions 
among the Hottentots, Caffres, and neighbouring tribes- 
While on the subject of societies, there is one which deserves 
particular attention, — the Cape of Good Hope Philanthropic So^ 
ciety, -for aiding deserving slaves and slave children to purchase 
their freedom. This society, with his excellency the governor at 
its head, and his lady as principal patroness, appears to deem the 
emancipation of female slave children as the best method of em- 
ploying its limited funds for the present. 
The children manumitted are to be apprenticed, under judicious 
regulations, until they are sixteen .years of age. The society, irt 
all its acts, declares its intention of proceeding without injury to 
the property, or interference in any respect with the claims, of the 
proprietor; a precaution*' founded in justice, Avhich can never be 
too scrupulously observed by those who attempt to ameliorate, or 
even touch upon the subject of slavery. 
It has been said that the colony defrays the expenses of its 
own establishment, except the army and navy. Its revenue can- 
not be accurately known from any published returns,, but may be 
estimated at one hundred and twenty thousand pounds. About 
seventy-five per cent, of this amount is expended in salaries, and 
the remainder in the civil and military pension list, in support of 
the judiciary, hospitals, postoffice expenditure, and a thousand 
other objects in the civil administration. 
The military establishment is chiefly intended for the defence 
of the colony from the incursions of the hostile tribes of the fron- 
tier. Included in this force is a fine mounted rifle corps, and the 
72d regiment of Highlanders, whose national dress of tartan 
plaid, Scotch bonnet, and waving plume, gives them a highly 
