1874 in South Africa

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Decades:	1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
See also:	List of years in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1874 in South Africa.

Incumbents

• Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Sir Henry Barkly.
• Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal: Sir Benjamin Pine.
• State President of the Orange Free State: Jan Brand. ^[1]
• State President of the South African Republic: Thomas François Burgers. ^[2]
• Lieutenant-Governor of Griqualand West: Sir Richard Southey. ^[3]
• Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: Sir John Molteno.

Events

May

• 27 – The first group of Dorsland Trekkers departs from Pretoria to settle in Angola, led by Gert Alberts. ^[4]

Unknown date

• Work begins on the Cape Parliamentary buildings (the current South African houses of Parliament).
• The Cape Government passes legislation to begin government funding of education and colleges. ^[5]
• The South African Teachers' Association is established in the Cape.
• The railway line from Port Elizabeth to Uitenhage is partially opened.
• Work is begun on the Verlatenkloof pass, connecting the town of Sutherland with the southern Cape. ^[6]
• The Molteno Government of the Cape passes a parliamentary act to redraw the provincial boundaries of the Cape Colony, from two provinces (Eastern and Western Cape) to seven.
• The Molteno Regulations establish the South African public library system. ^[7]
• The Burgerspond, the South African Republic's first coin, is introduced.

Births

• 4 July? – Moloko Temo, South African supercentenarian. (d. 2009)

Railways

Table Bay Harbour Board 0-4-0T

Locomotives

• A single 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge 0-4-0 saddle-tank locomotive is placed in railway construction service on the Midland System of the Cape Government Railways. ^[8]
• A third locomotive enters service on breakwater construction work at Table Bay Harbour, a 7 ft ¹⁄₄ in (2,140 mm) Brunel gauge 0-4-0 side-tank engine built by Fletcher, Jennings & Co.. ^{[9] :115–117}

References

1. Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices, Orange Free State: Heads of State: 1854-1902 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
2. Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices, South African Republic (Transvaal): Heads of State: 1857-1877 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
3. The British Empire: Griqualand West Administrators (Accessed on 16 April 2017)
4. Geni: Kmdt. Gert Andries Jacobus Alberts, b1c5d3e1 (Accessed on 17 April 2017)
5. South African History Online: Amersfoort Legacy - History of education in South Africa (Accessed on 17 April 2017)
6. http://www.samountainpasses.co.za/Home/WesternCape/Passes/KAROO/GannagaPass/tabid/548/Default.aspx
7. Friis, T. 1962. The public library in South Africa - an evaluative study. Cape Town: Afrikaanse Pers-Boekhandel. p.69
8. C.G.R. Numbering Revised, Article by Dave Littley, SA Rail May–June 1993, pp. 94-95.
9. Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN   978-0-7153-5427-8.