Neave, Joseph

Cape Town July 28\th/ 1820 /
Sir // /
It being his Excellency the /
acting Governor’s declared intention to lay /
the purchase money of the place Elands /
Kloof on all the vacant Land in that /
neighbourhood, and that it should be /
divided accordingly; I beg leave to request /
pos+ses+sion of the whole of such Land, on /
condition of paying the full amount of /
the purchase money together with the sum /
of two thousand Rix Dollars, (being the /
estimated value of the Building on the /
place Donker Hook) by instalments, to com=mence /
in four years and /
to be completed in eight years _ /
I have the honor to be /
Sir /
your obd\t/ Serv\t/ /
Jos\h/ Neave /
to L\t./ Col\n/ Bird /
7+c 7+c 7+c /
At M\r/ Buck’s Burgstreet /