Excerpt from Records of the Cape Colony, Vol. 15: From August 1822 to May 1823, Copied for the Cape Government, From the Manuscript Documents in the Public Record Office, London Sir, - I have the honor to forward to you, for the information of His Excellency the Governor, a statement of the damages done to the buildings &c. in the Cape District during the last heavy Rains as far as I have been able to ascertain this from the returns as yet received from the Field Cornets. It is also with much regret I have to add that the losses sustained in the other parts of the District have been equally severe, and what is of fax greater consequence than the accidents that have befallen the buildings, there are several farms in Zwartland which it is feared the occupiers will be obliged to abandon during the next summer on account of the Dams on which those farms entirely depend for water being filled with sand, without it being possible to clear them out in so short a time, and in many instances the means possessed by the Individuals to complete this essential but extremely laborious work are not equal to the Task. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.