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Document DOC-0153

Surveyor-General diagram, 371/1833, August 1833

Surveyor-General diagram, August 1833

Scan of Surveyor-General diagram, 371/1833, August 1833
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The record

Type
Surveyor-General diagram
Diagram number
371/1833
Surveyed
August 1833
Titled
about 1841
Deed
D/G Bf.W.Q. 5-45
Surveyor
C.L. Stretch
Archive filename
SCAN595 modderdrift 1.jpg

Citation

Title
Modderdrift No. 106 diagram, 1833
Repository
Surveyor-General
Reference
SG Dgm 371/1833
Type
SG diagram
Retrieved
2026-08-01

The ground it is about

Modderdrift No. 106

Research notes

"The annexed Diagram represents the farm Modderdrift containing 7545 Morgens surveyed for Casper van ZylMe Senior situated in the Field Cornetcy of Traka Beaufort District." Bounded N by Zee Koe Gate, S Reim Hoogte, E Reim Hoogte, W Govt. ground & Klein Sleutel fontein. Signed C. Lennox Stretch, Land Surveyor, August 1833. "Copied from diagram relating to D/G Bf. W. Q. 5-45", re-signed for the Surveyor-General 94.10.19. CANCELLED, "vide Subst. Dgm. No. 877/1875, D/G P.A.Q. 2-21", signed J.T.E. Bubb for Surveyor-General 18.11.66. Sheets BL-1A (4056), BL-2 (4063). The map names the Kouka River, the Traka, Blauw Kranse and Modderdrift itself. NOTE ON THE ARRIVAL FILENAME: it begins SCAN595, which is also DOC-0003's original filename (Varsfontein 1921). The stem is a viewer download name, not a stable archive identifier, so it does not identify a document on its own. Recorded as it arrived, per 3.

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