Abstract:
The Rustenburg district was first defined by proclamation in the Government gazette 50/1909 dated 16 /7 /09. Its boundaries were altered in proclamation
on No.197 of 19/8/1913 which transferred the farm Straatsdrift 977 to the Marica district, and in No. 72 of 9/4/1926, by v1hich the form Klipkop 327 was transferred to Pretoria district. The boundaries of the magisterial district of Rustenburg
were again proclaimed in G.G. No. 125 of 8/6/1928, when Erits district was created.