Excerpt from Records of the Cape Colony From February 1793 to December 1796: Copied for the Cape Government, From the Manuscript Documents in the Public, Record Office, London With regard to the titles of the officials in England, it should be remembered that only since the 12th of June 1854 has there been a Secretary of State exclusively for the colonies. In 1793 and during the early months of 17 94 the colonies were under the direction of the Secretary of State for the Home Department. The Right Honourable Henry Dundas, afterwards Viscount Melville, filled that office, and the post of Under Secretary was occupied by ML, subsequently Sir, Evan N epean. On the 1lth of July 1794 a new department, that of Secretary of State for War, was created, and both the gentlemen here named were transferred to it. The direction of the colonies passed over with them, an arrangement which was first formally recognised on the 17th of March 1801, when Lord Hobart succeeded Mr. Dundas, with the title of Secretary of State for the War and Colonial Department. In 1795 Mr. N epean became Secretary of the Admiralty, and was succeeded as Under Secretary for War by Mr. William Huskisson, previously Chief Clerk in the office. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.