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become the farm Klipfontein (Cape Farm No 1043) (75) . This property was 773.5 morgen in
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extent when on March 9 , 1933, it was purchased by Joseph Francis Minicki. Consolidated
with the previous lands of Jeremias Auret, this became the farm Klaasjagers (Cape Farm No.
1044). In order for this to take place it was first necessary to consolidate the various portions
of Klipfontein into one property. In the process it was found that the land granted to Arie
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Klein on November 29 , 1828 surrounded but did not include the 36 morgen and 197 square
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roods of land granted to Charles Morgan and Richard Savary on January 1 , 1817. It appears
that no one came forward to claim this land, or else ownership had lapsed due to failure to
pay tax and, thus, this tract had reverted back to the government of the day as Crown Land. In
any case this property was duly granted to the Klein family as part of greater Klipfontein at
this time, in 1932 (76) .

Continuing east and up the Klassjagers River Valley, Johannes Coenraad Eychelaar was
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granted a plot 15 morgen 500 square roods in extent on October 15 , 1822. Ten years later
his son, Andries Frederick, was granted an adjoining 8 morgen to the west of this on
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November 1 , 1832, as well as an additional 296 morgen 252.5 square roods extending to the
south. These parcels were then effectively consolidated and became the farm, Partryse Valley
(Cape Farm No.1048) (77) . Then just beyond this to the east is a plot of land 25 morgen 370
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square roods in extent that was first granted to Isaac Kloppers on April 4 , 1814. Kloppers
may have never registered this land as no Simon’s Town Quitrent number appears in the
records from this time. By November 1, 1832, this plot had passed to the ownership of James
Griggs and at the same time was extended with an additional grant of 230 morgen 426 roods
of land surrounding and to the south. This became the farm, Bon Attente (Cape Farm No.
1050) (78) .

Lastly, on the east is found a plot 45 morgen and 74 square roods in extent granted to Thomas
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Deane on October 15 , 1817, and which came to be known as Deane’s Valley (79) . Thus,
apart from isolated tracts of ground remaining as government land and pieces of properties to
the north from which sections would later be purchased - to include all the land south of
Plateau Road - these are the principal properties or parts thereof- which would come to be
incorporated into the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve. (Fig. 2.18.)

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