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Document DOC-0255

Surveyor-General diagram, 1283/1955, January 1955

Surveyor-General diagram, January 1955

Catalogued from the record; no scan is held here.

The record

Type
Surveyor-General diagram
Diagram number
1283/1955
Surveyed
January 1955
Titled
1955
Deed
T15572/1955
Surveyor
P. Melville
Examiner
Surveyor-General
Archive filename
SCAN174 15 1.jpg

Citation

Title
Portion 1 of the farm Trakas Kuilen No. 15, Prince Albert - SG diagram 1283/1955, with its verso endorsements and lease schedule
Repository
Surveyor-General, Cape Town (via the Chief Surveyor-General's e-SIO)
Reference
SG 1283/1955; File No. 169/18; S.R. No. E. 205/55; annexed to T15572/1955
Type
survey diagram
Retrieved
2026-08-08

The ground it is about

Trakas Kuilen No. 15 Ptn 1 1/15

Research notes

Portion 1 of the farm Trakas Kuilen No. 15, division of Prince Albert. 4409.1618 morgen. File No. 169/18, S.R. No. E. 205/55. The original diagram is No. 764/1873 annexed to D/G P.A. Q.5.16 - an 1873 survey this project has not seen [TO VERIFY]. Surveyor's signature read as P. Melville [TO VERIFY]; a J.W. du T. MelvillM signed in this district in the 1860s and the two are not assumed to be the same hand or the same man. Neighbours named on the figure: Remainder of Amos Poortje, Amos Poortje A, Klein Antjes Fontein, Portion 6 of Antjes Fontein, Portion 1 of the consolidated farm Leeukraal, Dwaalfontein Portion 1 West Remainder, and the Remainder of Trakas Kuilen itself.

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