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Life of Sir George Grey: Governor, High commissioner, and Premier. An Historical Biography.

The Results

The Results.

To what extent were these costly schemes successful? Historians cast doubt on the results. Some assert that, with his recall in 1859 and his departure from South Africa two years later, his structure of beneficent administration tumbled to the ground. The grand-fatherly government of a Native race came to an end. He himself claimed that he had been signally successful. The Kafirs throve, and throve in consequence of the institutions he had planted. Almost a quarter of a century later another High Commissioner, Sir Henry Loch, visited the community and was received by 8,000 Kafirs mounted on horseback, who were wealthy and independent. They had not forgotten the old Governor who had done so much for them, and, when Loch recalled his name, they vividly remembered him. So did the Maoris in after years. Evidently, he made a deep impression wherever he went. He was a force and his administration a reality. He undoubedly counted for much in the improvement now so observable.