After they arrived, they found the Transvaal Volksraad to be in a spirit of defiance and that it had just passed a resolution that offered four new seats in the Volksraad to represent the mining districts, and fifteen exclusive burgher districts.
Efter at de ankom, opdagede de at Transvaals Volksraad var i kampvilje og at den akkurat havde vedtaget en resolution som gav fire nye sæder i Volksraad som skulle repræsentere gravedistrikterne og femten eksklusive burgher–distrikter.