 De Mist announced that after making himself acquainted with the condition of the county, he would prepare a charter, which required ratification by the States-General.In February 1804, De Mist issued a proclamation that combined several wards of the colony into a new district; General Janssens named it as Uitenhage after a title in De Mist's family.De Mist also reorganised other areas, creating Tulbagh in the same year.