A magistrate’s court was established in the district of Wodehouse on 5 January 1871. The new district on the north eastern border of the Colony was formed of parts of the divisions of Aliwal North, Albert and Queenstown (Government Gazette No 4298, 6 ... »January 1871, Proclamation No 1, 5 January 1871). The seat of the magistracy was at Dordrecht. «