Identity area
Type of entity
Governmental body
Authorized form of name
Magistrate and Bantu Affairs Commissioner, Butterworth
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- 1/BUT
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Contact area
Description area
Dates of existence
1878 – 1963
History
A Magistrate’s Court was established at Butterworth on 16 December 1878 (PJ Venter: Government Departments of the Cape of Good Hope, 1806 – 1910, p 292).
The Magistrate of Butterworth, Mr FH Brownlee, was also appointed Native Commissioner by Government Notice No 1865 of 26 October 1928 (Government Gazette No 1734 dated 26 October 1928).
Places
Eastern Cape.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Butterworth.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Butterworth.
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
1/BUT
Institution identifier
KAB
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
8 April 2022 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
PJ Venter: Government Departments of the Cape of Good Hope, 1806 – 1910.
Government Gazette.
Government Gazette.