If the Boers laid down their arms there was to be a complete amnesty, which was apparently to extend to rebels also so long as they did not return to Cape Colony or Natal.

Self-government was promised after a necessary interval, during which the two States should be administered as Crown colonies.

Law courts should be independent of the Executive from the beginning, and both languages be official.
A million pounds of compensation would be paid to the burghers--a most remarkable example of a war indemnity being paid by the victors.

Loans were promised to the farmers to restart them in business, and a pledge was made that farms should not be taxed.

The Kaffirs were not to have the franchise, but were to have the protection of law.