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or 60 draught oxen for which he required grazing”.

Obviously, it would not have been in the best interest of the authorities in Simon’s Town to
see either of these services come to an end. Accordingly, Brand concluded that there was
enough grazing for both enterprises and came to the following compromise. Until the issues
surrounding land tenure were resolved both parties would be granted temporarily access to
the land on a fifteen year erfpacht / quitrent arrangement. Rossouw was granted the land for
17 minutes walk north from the Blue Berg River while the remaining land between this point
and the quit rent land of Mrs. Hurter went to her. Mrs. Hurter was also to be allowed access
to the Hestersdam (now falling on what eventually would become the boundary between
Blaauwbergvlei and Olifantsbos) should she require water for her livestock. In this way, the
cadastral boundary between what in time would be the farms Olifantsbos and
Blaauwbergvlei, as parts of the greater Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, came to be
established with their eastward/inland extent eventually determined by the half hour circle
drawn from the respective central point ordonnantie on each (see Figs. 2.16 & 2.17.)

Lastly, during this time two other properties relevant to the historical development of the
future Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve were awarded. In 1809 Jeremias Auret (Junior)
was at last granted under fifteen year erfpacht / quitrent the 10 morgen of land he had in
effect been squatting on along the Klaasjagers River (56) . Likewise to the northeast of Auret
and also along the banks of the Klassjagers River “ between the land of Jeremias Auret and
the signal post near Cape Point” (that is the signal cannon on today’s Kanonkop – a ridge to
the south of Paulsberg), Oranje Klein, “a bastard Hottentot” (this should not necessarily be
taken as pejorative and is interesting to note in that this indicates there was no restriction to a
person of mixed descent applying and taking up a grant of land at this time), was granted 10
st
morgen of land also under the condition of a fifteen year erfpacht / quitrent on May 1 ,1810
and which, in time, would grow to be the farm Klipfontein (57) . (Fig. 2.16.)

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