Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Merriman ya goyi bayan Molteno a cikin kin amincewa da Lord Carnarvon na rashin tunani don aiwatar da tsarin haɗin gwiwar Birtaniya a kudancin Afirka. Ofishin mulkin mallaka na Biritaniya daga karshe ya kifar da zaɓaɓɓen Gwamnatin Cape a 1878, kuma ya tilasta wa
Fengu-Gcaleka, Anglo-Zulu da yakin farko na Boer, kafin shirin kungiyar ya kasa 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.