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English Edition
Dffic·ial ·Gazelle
of the
Protectorate of 5outh-West flfrica
tn
Military Occupation of the Union Force~
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BY
Windhuk., 5th March 1920
PRO(:'LA-'lJt. '1'10:\S
SIH EIJ,10~D IIU\\'A IW L.-\l~.\'1
GORGES. KNIGHT C(Hl-'1.\l'\D EH OF THE .\l OST
DIST I~ GCIS IIE J) ORDER O F S .\ I~T 'II CHAJ::::L
AND SAJ:\T GEORGE. A .\JE"BER OF THE
BOY AL VICTOHI.\ ;\1 OH OEH . .\IJ,ll:\l STH.\TOR
UF THE PHOTECTUH.\TE OF SUl ' TII · \\'EST
AFRICA 1:\ 'IILJT.\HY OCCt' l' \T I O~ OJ· 'I H E
C ~ I O:\ FOHCES.
IllS
by Authority
II O~OliH
No. 10 of 1920.}
U nder and by virtue of the po wers in me ves ted by
section 2 (f) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1917, of
the Unio n Parliament as applied to t he Protectorate by
sectio n 9 (I o f the Administrat ion oi Justi ce Proclam=
ation 1919, I d o hereby ap f}()int Tsumeb in the Dis trict
o f Groorfontein as a p lace for the h o lding o f a periodIcal court and prescribe t hat the lo<'al limits with in
which the sa'id perio dical co urt s hall lla\·e jurisdiction
shall be as defined in the schedule attached hereto. ·
GOO S.\ VE THE KI NG.
Given under my hand at Windhuk this 2-Ith day o f
J anuary 1920.
E. H . L. G o rg es
Administrato r.
S C HEDULE.
Perio dical Co urt at Tsumeb, D ist rict of Orootfo ntein.
Area o f Jurisdictio n.
T o co mprise an area bounded as follows :Fro m the p oint o f int e rs ectio n of the eastern bou ndary of Ovamboland with th e northern bou ndary of the
Pro tecto ra te, eastwa rds, a long t he Pro tectorate boun d ary to its p o in t of inters ection wi th the 18th deg ree of
lo ng itude east of G .-eenwich, thence south along !>aid
18th degree of lo ngitude to its point o f inte rsection with
th e n o rthern bo undary of the fa rm T s intsabis, thenee
eas twa rd s, so uthwards and wes twards alo ng the boundary o f 1and including the farms Tsints abis, G o rooab N o.
2 and O o ro oab N o. I, to the p:oint of ,in tersectio n o f the
18th deg ree east longitud e \Vi th t he so uthern boundary
of the fa rm G o rooab No . 1, t hen south along the 1Sth
degree, eas t lo ngitud(• to the point of its intersection
with t he n o rthern b oundar) o f t he farm · IG2, thence
gen erall y so nfh-westw a rds al o ng the boundaries of but
No. 29
c·xrluding the farms ll12, 15-t , l :>3, 1.J.8 to the southwestern beacu n o f t he las > mentioned farm, th('n(.'e southeas twa rd s a nd gene ra ll~· " est\\ a rds al ong the boundaries of and including the iarms "Blo ck Ill, Ghaub,
O haub West, .\\os bach, Emelienhof, Danevis Nord,
l) ane,·is Sud. Kho r a b O s t, S 37, S ovis, 103, 97, thence
ntHt hw ard s a lo ng t he boundaries of a n d in cluding the.
farms 98, 99. 100, I 01 t o t he no rth-w estern beacon Qf
t he last ment io ned far m, t h ence a long a lin e drawn due
\\ ~:stward s to the point of its int erc;ection w it h the Grootfo ntein-O utjo D ist rict bo un dan·, thence no rth-westwards a nd JWr th waros along sai·d Dis trict bo undary to
\\ he,-e it mtet~ t he sou th e rn b o und a ry of Ovamboland,
~ he n ce eastw a rd s a n d no r th\\'ards along the boundary of
Ovamboland to th e point of b eg inn ing.
~ o.
I I of 1910.1
WHERE \ S it is d es ira b le t o d efine m o re accurately the dimensio ns uf the territory known as the
Sperrg ebiet, relerred t o in tht Ordinan ce of the German
lm re ri al Colo nial Office of t h e 22nd S e p tember, 1908,
NOW T HER EFORE, under and by virtue of t h e
po\\'ers in me \·es t ed, I d o ht>reby declare, proclaim and
make know n that th e t errit J n descri bed in the s aid
Ord imm ce as b o rdered:
·
In the no rt h by th e 2•ith d egree so uthern latitude ;
In the s o ut h by th e n orthern hank of the Orange
River ;
In the \\ esi b.' t he .\tlan tic Ocean; and
In t he east by a line ru n ning a t a dis tance of one
h u nd red kil o metres i ro m t he seashore an d parallel
thereto.
is delimit ed as fo llo ws:E ast ern b~J un d ary. C omme n cing i n th e nort h-east at
t he beaco n 1, 100 kilometres from
the co ast on the 261> south ern latitud e, t h e n sout hwa rds through
the b ea co ns 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
to the b eacon 10 on the north
b a nk o f t he Orange River.
Southern bo und<~ry. T h en ce w estwa rd s along the
north b a nk of the O range River to
the At la ntic coast line.
\\t es tern b r u n dary. T h en ce no rthwards aiQng the AtJan tit coast line to th e beacon 11
on t h e seasho re o n the 26° s o u thern latitude
Official Gazette, Sth March, 1920.
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Northern boundary. Thence eastwards along the "26Q
southern latitude to the point of
origin 1at beacon 1,
as shewn on the plan o~~he sr,.e.rrgebi·e t fil ed in the office
of the Inspector of Mines at Windhuk and I.Juderitzbucht.
The following geographical co-ordinates and descriptions ~pply bo t~e above-mentioned beacons, viz:Beacon No. 1 26.00' Latitude
In the dunes west of
15.57' lJongitude Namiib
Beacon No. 2 26.20' ~atitude
About 8 kUometres
15.58' Longitude N. N . W. o f Tafelkuppe.
Beacon N'O. 3 26.25' Latitude
About 6 km. N. N.
Hi.7' · Lo ngitude W. of trigonometrical point Kl-einspitz.
Beacon No. 4 26.38 ' uatitude
Nea,- point "km. 5"
16.1 0' I..Jongitude of the east boundary
of the Fiskusblndk
12 near Narisis.
Beacon Nn. 5 2ti.40' Latitudt'
.\bo ut 11/~ !..m. N. N.
lfi.5' Long itude W . of Se.s s elberg.
and abo ut 11(2 km.
S. \'\' . o f the Erzberg.
Beacon No. 6 26.54' Latitude
About 1 km. iSOtllth
HUO' Longitude of Bankwater
Ganaam.
Beacon No. 7 26.55' Latitude About l J!"" km. N. N.
16.14' Longitud e W. of the southwest ,...corner of the
farm Kubub.
Bead<>n No. 8 27.18' Latitude' About 1 km. ,north
liU8' Lo ngitude of the oonfl'uence pf
th·e Anib and Auns
Rivers.
Beacon No. 9 27.57' Latitude
About 7 km ~~torth
i6.42' Longitude o f the watering
place Obib.
Beacon No. 10 28.8' ~atiitude
On the northern
16.53' Longitude peak of the Dreigratberg li"'t the
Orange "River.
Beaoon No . ll 26.00' Latitude
14.58' Longitude
GOD SAVE THE KING.
Given under my hand at Windhu:k this 4th day of
February. 1920.
"E. H. L. Gorges
Administrator.
No. 12 of 1920.
WHEREAS it 'is d esirable to amend further the
provisions of the law relating to mining in the ' Pro·
teCto rate.
NOW THEREFORE under ,ana by viri:Uie of the
powers in me vested I do hereby declare. proClaim and
make known as follows:
(1 ) In section (1 ), clause (g : of Proclamatio11 No. 24
dated 12th December, 1919, (hereinafter termed
"the ProClamatio n''' the word "o bjection'· shall be
deleted and the followling words substituted ther·•·ror :- "finding 00 review".
(2) Sec'tioo ·2 IOf the Proclamation shall be amended by
the addition thereto of the following proviso:"provided, ho wever, that the said date may
upon applicati on be extended to a date not
later than the 30th June, 1920, if in the opinion
of the Mining Authority the erection or •~·
erection of such beacon could not have been
completed within the prescribed period."
(3) The provisions of the German Imperial Col onial
Office Ordinance ·of the 25th June, 1908, relating
to mining along the line of railway bet\\·ecn Lu·
1
deritzbucht and Keetma nshoop are repealed in so
far as they relate to those blocks of iand situate
along the. said railway line between .\us and
Ke,d manshoop which by virtue of the aforesaid
Ordinance ,,·ere exclusively rese n ·ed ror the wiun'nv of minerals to the Government of German
South-West .\frica.
(-l1 The said blocks of land referred to in paragraph
three hereof shall be and are he reby declared to
be open for prospecting a nd mining in accordance
with the provisio ns of the Imperial Mining Ordin ance fo r German South-West Africa of the 8th
August, 1905, as am ended by the aforesaid Pro·
clamatio n No. 24 of the 12th December, 1919.
GOD S.\VE THE KING.
Gi,·en under mv hand at Windhuk this 12th day of
February, 1920.
·
E. H. L. Go r~es
~dministra.tor.
r\o 1:1 of 1920.j
WHEREAS b,· Act No. 49 of 1919 of the Pa.-liament
of the Union of South Africa authority was conferred
upon the O o\~ernor-General of tho said Union to gin~
effect to any Mandate issued to the Union in pursuance
of the Treaty of Peace signed at Versailles on the 28th
day of June, 191 9, with referen ce to the Protectorate
o.f South-West Africa lately under the sovereignty of
Germany and by pro clamation to app l~· to the said
Protectorate with such modi.ficatio ns as he may deem
fliOCessary, ha,·ing regard to the \.'Onditions obtaining
therein, the provisions of all or any of the followin~
laws, to wit:- the Land Settlement Act, 1912, of the
Union Parliament; the Land Settlement Act Amendmont
Act, 1917, .of the Union Parliament; the Crown Land
Disposal Ordinance 1903, of the Transvaal; and the
Cr.own Land Disposal Amendme.nt Ordinance, 1906, of
the T rans,·aal,
AND WH EREAS it has not been found expedient
by the G m·ernor-General to exe rciS(' the autho rity thereby donferred,
AND WHEREAS jt is desirable fo rthwith to apply '
the pro·visions of the Cro\\·n Land Dis posal Ordinance,
1903, a nd the Cro\\·n Land Disposal· Amendment Or·
din ance, 1906, aforesaid, ~o the Protecto rate,
NOW TH I·: REFORE, under and by \"irtue of the
po "·ers in me vested a nd in pursuance of instructions
conve,·ed to me b r the Prime Minister of the said Union
I do · hereby deClare, pro claim, and mako kn own as
follows:1. Subject to the a mendments set forth in the
Schedu le hereto th<: C rown Land Disposal Ordina nce 190:1 of the Transvaal, as amended by the
Crown Land Disposal Amendment Ordinance 1906 ·
of the Tra ns\·aal s ha ll ha,·e effect in the Protectora te.
2. This Proclamation may be cited fo.r all purposes
as the "Cmw n Land Disposal Proclamation,
1920".
GOO SAVE THE KING.
G iven under m\' hand at \Xfindhuk, thi:- 25th day
of Februar~·, 1920. E. H. L. Gorges
Administrato r.
SC H EDU LE.
I. GENERAL AM ENDME ~T~ .
I. "Crown Lands" means all unalienated land \\·ithin
the Pro tecto rat e of ou th-West Africa howc,·er
acquired, w hi ch was lately the pro perty o f the
German Government and such further land as mav
be aequired by the Government of the Union
South Africa within the said Pro tectorate.
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