209 x 153 mm. Showing trolleys being lowered by winch into the stone walled trench at the far end of which is the washing machinery.

209 x 153 mm. A general view of another type of washing machine.

209 x 153 mm. A general view of the buildings containing the pulsator machinery (see Y3059C/24) with three Europeans seated on chairs near an electric light post in the foreground.

208 x 149 mm. A close-up view of the drums and driving machinery in which the gravel is separated from earth.

208 x 154 mm. Showing a group of three European sorters bent over piles of gravel laid out on tables, with a supervisor standing in the foreground.

195 x 149 mm. Showing a horse drawing a line of trolleys loaded with blue ground towards the washing machines.

205 x 152 mm. A view in the Fountains Valley south of the town showing a stream passing through light woodland. Proclaimed a game and nature reserve in 1895.

190 x 141 mm. Showing a group of officers, a Sergeant Major of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, an African scout and an African prisoner posed outside the Garrison Office. Identified members of the group are: Mr. Melville, Mr. Lys, Lieut. Col. Gildea, Spencer F. Chichester, Garrison Adjutant, and Charles De Val. A photograph used as the basis for an illustration in Du Val, vol. II, facing p. 22.

Collection of monochrome postcards printed in collotype showing stuffed animals in the Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg. Accompanying the postcards is a four page printed leaflet by the Director of the Natal Museum, Ernest Warren, dated April 1924 and entitled 'The need for the International protection of the African fauna.' All photographs by C Akerman except no. 73, which is by 'F. Teschner'.

205 x 151 mm. Showing a woodland road with figures and a cart loaded with wood in the middleground. The Manubi Forest is situated in the extreme north east corner of the Kentani District of the Transkei, just inland from Mazeppa Bay.

The caption reads 'The Grand Parade and the Heerengracht (now Adderley Street) in 18th-century Cape Town'.

144 x 100 mm. Showing the mass grave, surrounded by a stone wall, of the men who fell at Bronkhorst Spruit (see Y3055A/39). The inscription on the wooden cross reads ‘Sacred to the memory of the 53 N.C. Officers and Men H.M. 94th Regt A.S. Corps killed in action here 20th December 1880’.

130 x 70 mm.

130 x 70 mm.

130 x 70 mm.

130 x 70 mm.

Showing the white stone buildings with central square tower of the Grey Institute, 'a large Public School for boys, situated on the Hill.'

Album of mostly 80 x 54 mm prints. There is a brief list describing items 1-98, which document the trip from Southampton to South Africa, travel in South Africa, and the visit to Southern Rhodesia. Many photos do not appear in the exact numerical order given in the listing. The rest of the images are uncaptioned, but their general locations have been identified by reference to the diary RCMS 353/1.

Collection of monochrome postcards. Published by H.S. Joseph, The Handy House, Kynsa.

Collection of monochrome postcards. Published by H.S. Joseph, The Handy House, Kynsa.

An undated print of an engraving by John Pye from a picture by W.M. Craig.

199 x 152 mm. Showing Groot Constantia, the gabled Cape Dutch manor south of Cape Town, built by Simon van der Stel in1692 and lived in by him in his retirement from 1699 until his death in 1712. Since the early days Constantia had an international reputation for its wine and part of the vintage was reserved for the Dutch East India Company. The building was destroyed by fire in 1925 but rebuilt on the original ground plan.

A half length, seated, studio portrait of Sydney Smith Bell. Bell (1805-1879) was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1839 and appointed a Puisne Judge at the Cape in 1851. He was Chief Justice of Cape Colony from 1868-73 and was the author of ‘The Colonial Administration of Great Britain’ (London 1859).

A half length, seated studio portrait of Hendrick Cloete. Born in Cape Town, Cloete (1792-1870) was educated in Holland at Groningen, Utrecht and Leiden, receiving his doctorate in law in 1811. After a period of study in London, he returned to Cape Town in 1813 and secured the appointment of Deputy Secretary to the Court of Justice. In 1845 he was made a Recorder in the Natal District Court and in 1855, 3rd Puisne Judge of the Cape Supreme Court. Photograph probably by Frederick York.