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	The northern boundary of the province of Griqualand West, formed by the inclusion of the new Diamond Fields, had not been determined by careful surveying, and the location of the line was disputed by the Batlapin chief, Mankoroane, who claimed control of the territory which is now Lower Bechuana-land. Rhodes prevailed on the Cape Government to form and send out a Delimitation Commission for the settlement of
	the dispute, and his appointment as one of the commissioners was a natural recognition of his interest and competence. Shortly after he reached the frontier he was able to satisfy himself that the complaint of the chief was well founded. Some seventy farms belonging to Mankoroane's tribe had been in­cluded in error within the bounds of the British province, and justice demanded this acknowledgment. But instead of aban­doning the ground, Rhodes saw that restitution might be made in a way to accord with his aim for the extension of