Identity area
Type of entity
Governmental body
Authorized form of name
Magistrate and Bantu Affairs Commissioner, Port St Johns
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- 1/PSJ
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Contact area
Description area
Dates of existence
1878 – 1963
History
On 4 September 1878 British sovereignty was declared over the port and tidal estuary of the St John’s River (Government Gazette No 5837 dated 6 September 1878, Proclamation No 68 dated 4 September 1878), and on 3 October 1878 a magistrate was appointed at Port St Johns (Government Gazette No 5845 dated 4 October 1878, Government Notice No 865 dated 3 October 1878). On 15 September 1884 Port St Johns was annexed to the Cape Colony (Government Gazette No 6530 dated 16 September 1884, Proclamation No 215 dated 15 September 1884).
The Magistrate of Port St Johns was also appointed Native Commissioner on 26 October 1928 (Government Gazette No 1734 dated 26 October 1928, Government Notice No 1865 dated 26 October 1928).
Places
Eastern Cape.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Port St Johns.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Port St Johns.
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/PSJ
Institution identifier
KAB
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
28 April 2022 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette.
Government Gazette.
Government Gazette.