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Surveyor-General diagram, 581/1873, 1872

Surveyor-General diagram, 1872

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The record

Type
Surveyor-General diagram
Diagram number
581/1873
Surveyed
1872
Titled
17 May 1875
Deed
P.A.Q.2-11
Surveyor
[?M. de Villiers], Gov't Surveyor
Examiner
[?] , No. 581, 1873
Archive filename
11025620 PA 59.jpg

Citation

Title
Diagram 581/1873: the farm Wilger Fontein No. 59, Prince Albert, surveyed 1872, quitrent to two Marais brothers
Repository
Surveyor-General, Cape Town; sheet CK.8, filed D/G P.A.Q.2-11
Reference
Dgm. No. 581/1873; title P.A.Q.2-11 (an earlier reference P.A.L.1.15 struck through)
Type
SG diagram
Retrieved
2026-08-27

The ground it is about

Wilger Fontein No. 59 59

Research notes

THE FACE OF THE SHEET for Wilger Fontein No. 59, Prince Albert: boundary, beacons, sides and angles, the scale in Cape roods, and the certificate that the diagram belongs to the QUITRENT TITLE issued 17 May 1875 in favour of NICOLAAS FRANCOIS MARAIS and CHARL JOHANNES ANTONE MARAIS. Crown land, [?8]827 morgen 450 sq rds, Field-cornetcy of Gouph No. 4. Bounded NE by Blaauw Draay, E by Kruid Fontein, S by Riet Fontein, W by Jacobs Kraal, SW by Scruif Paal. The names DEELFONTEIN and MARAISDAL are written inside the farm's own boundary and become its two portions in 1906 and 1911.

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