Page 89 - The Diary of A. H. W. Behrens

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1866 – 1879
to my parents in Transvaal for the first time and at the beginning of 1870 I returned back to school.
Father bought another piece of Losperfontein for men from
his congregation, namely the southern part. The indigenous people called the newly acquired piece of land Mosuntlatlane. Every father of a family gave one head of cattle, amounting to a total of 54 animals. A list of this still exists, written by my father. Then he bought a piece of Welgevonden for a part of his congregation, the names are known and were registered
in the registration office. A small piece of this he also bought for the Mission when Letsopane still had water. This piece of land was bought back from the Mission by the people after 1900. Then he also bought parts of Klipkop for Koos Mahuma, Petrus Sepeng and Petrus Tshepe who paid with cattle, also Snymannsdrif for Jakobus Lebethe and Chief Jakobus. Then Wolvekraal for the people after 1885. So the ownership of property of the Bethanie congregation expanded. Everything grew.
Then the Farm Waaikraal of Adrian Klopper, to the east of Sterkstroom, was offered to my father at ₤ 1000 for 2500 acres. He could impossibly pay such an amount, but only half = ₤ 500. That was in March 1879.