He reports on his visit to the Colonial Office, where he learned that Sir Benjamin D'Urban's actions and the annexation of the Eastern Cape region of South Africa had been opposed, Stockenstrom had been appointed Deputy Governor of the Frontier, Protectors of Natives were to be appointed wherever settlers came into contact with them, and that the officials had proved that everything Buxton had told them was true. He asks Anna Gurney to prepare a résumé of the Xhosa war and the death of Hintza for him to use in a speech in the House the following week. (Copy.)