A valuable glimpse into the Cape of the mid 19th century.
- List of Residents of Cape Town – names & addresses
- List of Residents of Wynberg and southern suburbs
- Arrivals and departure of shipping
- Bank Transactions
- Cape Colonial Signs used in Telegraphic communications
- Civil Establishments
- Customs House Notices
- Exchanges, Monies, Weights and Measures
- Gardener’s Calendar
- Government Notices
- Imports & Exports
- List of Civil Servants
- List of Military Officers and personnel
- List of Naval officers and personnel
- Lists of Advocates, lawyers, ministers & school teachers
- Lists of Civil Pensioners and what they earned
- Local Institutions
- Medicinal Recipes
- Military Establishments personnel
- Naval Establishments
- Notices to Mariners
- Schedule of Taxes, Duties, Fees and all other sources of Revenue
- Societies and Associations
- Titles of Ordinances