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successor the Kalk Bay – Muizenberg Municipality, 1895 – 1913. The search area was a
large one and extended to areas both south and north of Kalk Bay, specifically Fish

Hoek, Kleintuin / Clovelly, the sandy wasteland east of Muizenberg, Lakeside, Retreat,
and also Maitland. It was complicated bureaucratically by the fact that some of the sites

lying outside the municipal boundaries required investigation by and approval of the

Colonial Government, in the person of His Excellency the Colonial Governor. The
search was also complicated and delayed by concurrent searches for suitable sites for

disposing of the Municipality’s solid waste and also its sewage,

The earliest reference to the prospect of a new graveyard is contained in a letter dated 8
July 1891 from the Secretary of the Cape Divisional Council to the Assistant

Commissioner of Crown Lands and Public Works.

Divisional Council Offices
th
Cape Town 8 July 1891

Sir,

It having been brought to the notice of this Council, that the Village Board for
Kalk Bay has marked off a piece of ground for a Cemetery immediately at the back of
the Zandvlei Road Station and outside their area, I have been requested to enquire if
such permission has been given by Government.

I have the honour to be
Sir,
Your obedient Servant
John O Lund
Secretary
The Assistant Commissioner
of Crown Lands & Public Works
Cape Town

The Zandvlei Road Station was probably in the vicinity of present-day Lakeside, well
beyond the municipal boundary. The response to this enquiry is unknown and

apparently six years passed before the next step was taken.