Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Merriman ya goyi bayan Molteno sosai wajen kin amincewa da rashin tunani na Lord Carnarvon don aiwatar da tsarin tarayyar Burtaniya a kudancin Afirka. Ofishin mulkin mallaka na Biritaniya daga karshe ya kifar da zababben Gwamnatin Cape a 1878, kuma ya tilasta wa Fengu-Gcaleka
, Anglo-Zulu da Yaƙin Boer na Farko, kafin shirin Kungiyar ya gaza kamar yadda aka annabta. Tashin hankali na Merriman game da ayyukan Ofishin Mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya ya zama abin ƙyama ga mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya.