. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . ay, as briefly as possible, inwhat way it has gradually risen to become thethird largest town of the Province, and an importantrailway centre. The township was established in1851, and is situated on the Klip River, beingsurrounded by an irregular circle of hills 30 milesfrom the Drakensberg. It is named after the wifeof Sir Harry Smith, Bart., the then Governor ofthe Cape. The municipal borough which was formedin 1899 embraces part of the parliamentary con-stituency of the Klip River division, which isrepresented by one member for t
. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . ay, as briefly as possible, inwhat way it has gradually risen to become thethird largest town of the Province, and an importantrailway centre. The township was established in1851, and is situated on the Klip River, beingsurrounded by an irregular circle of hills 30 milesfrom the Drakensberg. It is named after the wifeof Sir Harry Smith, Bart., the then Governor ofthe Cape. The municipal borough which was formedin 1899 embraces part of the parliamentary con-stituency of the Klip River division, which isrepresented by one member for the Union Parlia-ment, and one representative for the ProvincialCouncil. It is situated 1 89t miles from Durbanport, 290 miles from Johannesburg, and 36 milesfrom the Free State boundary. Its first LocalBoard met in 1882, and by a deed of grant, dated the 9th of May of thatyear, a piece of ground containing 16,887 acres, 1 rood, 29 perches, was cededand transferred to the Board and its successors in office, in trust for theinhabitants and owners of fhe then Governor of the Colony, Sir H. E. Bulwer, shortly afterwards 185 86
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