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GLEN See also:

GREY , a See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the Cape See also:

province See also:

south of the Stormberg, adjoining on the See also:

east the Transkeian Territories. Pop. (1904) 55,107. See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

Chief. See also:

TOWN

town See also:

LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady See also:

Frere, 32 M. N.E. of Queens-town. The See also:

DISTRICT

district is well watered and fertile, and large quantities of cereals are grown. Over 96% of the inhabitants are of the Zulu-Xosa (Kaffir) See also:

RACE

race, and a considerable See also:

PART

part of the district was settled during the Kaffir See also:

WARS

wars of Cape See also:

COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

Colony by See also:

TEMBU (Ama-Tembu)

Tembu (Tambookies) who were 'granted a location by the colonial See also:

government in recognition of their See also:

LOYALTY

loyalty to the See also:

BRITISH

British. See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act No. 25 of 1894 of the Cape See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, passed at the instance of See also:

CECIL

Cecil See also:

Rhodes, which laid down the basis upon which is effected the See also:

CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change of See also:

LAND

land See also:

TENURE (Fr. tenure, from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenure by natives from communal to individual holdings, and also dealt with native See also:

LOCAL

local self-government and the labour question, applied in the first instance to this division, and is known as the Glen Grey Act (see CAPE COLONY: See also:

HISTORY

History). The provisions of the act respecting individual land tenure and local self-government were in 1898 applied, with certain modifications, to the Transkeian Territories. The division is named after See also:

SIR

Sir See also:

George Grey, See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Cape Colony 1854-1861.

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