Issue number 1199 Friday, January 2, 1929 - number 1249, Friday, December 18, 1829
Complete run for 1829. Weekly issues, including various Supplements and Extraordinary editions. Printed in two columns in English and Dutch.
Half leather with matching marbled boards, which are scuffed and worn, the title label gilt on the spine is faded, now overwritten by hand in white ink, a very good copy.
The Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette (initially established in 1800 as the Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser) was the official organ of the colonial government at the Cape. Its primary purpose was to provide a platform for the dissemination of legal notices, government proclamations, and administrative information to the public.
Contents include notices on:
Judicial Reform: Proclamations regarding the new Supreme Court and the transition from the old Dutch Raad van Justitie.
Commercial Activity: Extensive lists of ship arrivals and departures from Table Bay, cargo manifests, and public land auctions.
Social Record: Which are significant for genealogists and social historians, containing detailed "Insolvent Estates" notices, deceased estate liquidations, and 'runaway' slave advertisements.
Local Governance: Notices regarding the expansion of Cape Town’s infrastructure and early municipal regulations under the new governor Sir Lowry Cole and includes a critical record of the implementation of Ordinance 50, containing the administrative framework for the first major advancement in civil rights in South Africa.
Printed and Published b at the Gazette Office, 31 Heeregracht (sic).
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: Folio (320 x 210mm)
