This  huge territory was drawn north of Griqualand West with arbitrary straight borders that paid  no respect to internal political divisions.

这片巨大的领土位于格里夸兰西部以北，边界任意笔直，不顾内部政治分歧。

During the attempts to impose  Confederation, the Cape Colony formally annexed Griqualand West – the region containing New  Rush and Kimberley - and in 1880, the Cape Town Parliament voted to create four new constituencies  to represent its residents.

在试图建立联邦的过程中，开普殖民地正式吞并了格里夸兰西区（包含新拉什和金伯利的地区）， 1880 年， 开普敦议会投票决定设立四个新选区来代表其居民。