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Secretary for Public Works

  • PWD
  • Governmental body
  • 1872 – 1911

The Department of the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Public Works was created in terms of Act No 1 of 1872 on the introduction of responsible government. The first head of the ministerial department was C Abercrombie Smith was appointed on 1 December 18... »

Treasury of the Cape Colony

  • T
  • Governmental body
  • 1794 – 1916

During the regime of the Dutch East India Company the financial affairs of the Colony were transacted in the office of the Secretary of the Council of Policy, and it was only during the first British Occupation of the Cape Colony, that an independent ... »

General Manager and Executive Officials, Cape Government Railways

  • CGR
  • Governmental body
  • 1873 – 1916

In 1872 the Cape Government commenced the construction of railways under the control of the Public Works Department. On 1 January 1873 the Railway Department was constituted and works of construction were proceeded with vigorously. A Secretary to the ... »

Principal Immigration Officer, Department of the Interior, Cape Town

  • PIO
  • Governmental body
  • 1903 – 1961

In 1902 the Medical Officer of Health, attached to the Local Government and Public Health Branch of the Cape Colonial Office, was charged with administering the Immigration Act, 1902 and subsequently the Chinese Exclusion Act, 1904.

These relevant duties ... »

Secretary for Agriculture

  • AGR
  • Governmental body
  • 1881 – 1912

The Department of Agriculture was created on 18 November 1887 on the appointment of Professor A Fisher as Secretary for Agriculture. The department fell under the control of the Colonial Secretary and dealt with the following subjects:

Viticulture
Tobacco ... »

Medical Officer of Health

  • MOH
  • Governmental body
  • 1892 – 1911
At the beginning of 1892 a branch of the Colonial Secretary’s Office was established under the title of the “Local Government and Health Branch”, and was placed in charge of a chief clerk. All medical, public health and local government matters were ... »

Prime Minister, Cape of Good Hope

  • PMO
  • Governmental body
  • 1872 – 1908

The office of the Prime Minister was created by the Responsible Government Act of 1872 and Sir John Charles Molteno became the first Prime Minister of the Cape (1872 – 1878). Initially the Prime Minister’s department fell under the Ministerial Division ... »

Senior Veterinary Officer, Cape

  • CVS
  • Governmental body
  • 1890 – 1949

The office of Colonial Veterinary Surgeon was created in consequence of a resolution by the House of Assembly in 1875.

Mr WC Branford, Professor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery at the Royal Veterinary College, Edinburgh, was appointed, for a period of ... »

Conservator of Forests, Eastern Conservancy, King Williams's Town

  • FCE
  • Governmental body
  • 1882 – 1918

In April 1806 a Superintendent of Government Lands and Woods was appointed and entrusted with the care of Government Woods. Overseers were stationed at some woods and made responsible to him. The postholder at Plettenberg Bay, Saldanha Bay and elsewhere, ... »

Secretary, Village Management Board Garies

  • 3/GRS
  • Governmental body
  • 1910 – 1976

The Village Management Board of Garies was constituted on 27 May 1910 in terms of Proclamation No 235 of 1910 under provision of the Village Management Act, 1881.

In 1994 Garies became part of the Northern Cape Province. It forms part of the Kamiesberg ... »

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