Sir John Charles MoltenoKCMG (5 June 1814 – 1 September 1886) was a soldier, businessman, champion of responsible government and the first Prime Minister of the Cape Colony.
Early life
Born in London into a large Anglo-Italian family, Molteno emigrated to the Cape in 1831 at the age of 17, where he found work as an assistant to the public librarian in Cape Town. At the age of 23 he founded his first company, Molteno & Co., a trading company that exported wine, wool and aloes to Mauritius and the West Indies, and opened branches around the Cape.
In 1841, he undertook Southern Africa’s first experimental export of fruit, loading a ship with a range of fruits (necessarily dried, as no refrigeration existed yet) and sending it to Australia to test foreign markets.
The experiment ended in disaster when his ship was wrecked in a storm - pushing Molteno close to bankruptcy.
Disposing of the remains of his mercantile businesses, he immediately bought some land in the arid Beaufort area and successfully introduced Saxon Merino sheep, building up the vast Nelspoort Estate. Among his many other business ventures, he founded the region's first bank, Alport & Co. – in Beaufort West.
Molteno is a comune (municipality) and a hill-top town in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 kilometres (22mi) northeast of Milan and about 11 kilometres (7mi) southwest of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,206 and an area of 3.2 square kilometres (1.2sqmi).
Geography
The central feature of the area is the isolated hill, “Il Ceppo”, on the top of which is the church of San Giorgio (patron saint of the region). The slopes around it are still partly covered in vines and mulberry trees.
The Molteno castle, which commanded the area from this hill in Medieval times, no longer exists.
Molteno is also the meeting point of the two main rivers of the area, the Bevera and the smaller Gandaloglio.
The municipality of Molteno contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages) Gaesso, Molino, Luzzana, Raviola, Pascolo, and Coroldo.
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published: 02 Feb 2020
Molteno 3 Анимация
Molteno 3 Анимация.
подробная информация здесь: http://www.panfundus.ru/glaucoma/Molteno-230mm.html
Molteno представляет новое поколение антиглаукоматозных клапанов - Molteno3.
Этот клапан - результат более чем 30-летнего клинического опыты использования дренажей Molteno. Клапан Мольтено показало лучший контроль ВГД и меньший риск развития послеоперационных осложнений в сравнении с другими антиглаукомными клапанами.
Molteno3 показывает превосходные результаты при лечении всех форм рефрактерных глауком, когда традиционные методы неэффективны.
Основные преимущества
Легкость имплантации
Сокращение времени операции в среднем 20%
Новая форма площадки имплантата полностью конгруэнтна глазному яблоку
Возможна транслимбальная установка и имплантация pars plana
Дренаж имеет наименьшую высо...
published: 24 Apr 2012
S GIOVANNI BOSCO A MOLTENO
Nella giornata di ieri il Vescovo di Biella Roberto Farinella è stato invitato dai giovani dell’oratorio di Molteno, in provincia di Lecco, per festeggiare Don Bosco, nel segno dell’amicizia nata nel biellese la scorsa estate.
#molteno
published: 31 Jan 2022
Molteno Brass Band
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published: 18 Mar 2016
Graaf-Reinet. South Africa
Graaff-Reinet was established by the Dutch East India Company in 1786, after Cape Town in 1652, Stellenbosch in 1679, Paarl in 1687 and Swellendam in 1745. The town is named after then-governor of the Cape Colony, Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff, and his wife. The town was originally established as a trading post to expand trading inland from the Cape Colony.[5]
In 1795, the town's burghers, who were annoyed by company taxation, proclaimed themselves to be the independent "Colony of Graaff-Reinet". The burghers then requested guardianship from the government of the Netherlands. Similar action was subsequently taken by the burghers of Swellendam.[5] Before the authorities at Cape Town could take decisive measures against the rebels, they were compelled to capitulate to the British who had inv...
published: 14 Aug 2021
Touws River South Africa (Touwsrivier)
Touws River (Afrikaans: Touwsrivier) is a small railway town of 6,800 people in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is located on the river of the same name, about 160 kilometres (100 mi) north-east of Cape Town. The Touwsrivier CPV Solar Project is located just outside of the town and supplies 50 MW to the national electrical grid
The town of Touws River owes its existence to the Cape Government Railways, and to the route that their founder, Cape Prime Minister John Molteno, chose for a railway line over the Hex River Mountains.
A railway was needed from the port at Cape Town, to service the newly discovered diamond fields in Kimberley. However, several seemingly impregnable ranges of mountains separated Cape Town from the hinterland of the Cape. The Royal Commonwealth Society ...
Thanks to everyone who sent in video clips from our live performance at Low Profile Studios in November 2019, here's a compilation from the show!
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Thanks to everyone who sent in video clips from our live performance at Low Profile Studios in November 2019, here's a compilation from the show!
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Thanks to everyone who sent in video clips from our live performance at Low Profile Studios in November 2019, here's a compilation from the show!
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Molteno 3 Анимация.
подробная информация здесь: http://www.panfundus.ru/glaucoma/Molteno-230mm.html
Molteno представляет новое поколение антиглаукоматозных кла...
Molteno 3 Анимация.
подробная информация здесь: http://www.panfundus.ru/glaucoma/Molteno-230mm.html
Molteno представляет новое поколение антиглаукоматозных клапанов - Molteno3.
Этот клапан - результат более чем 30-летнего клинического опыты использования дренажей Molteno. Клапан Мольтено показало лучший контроль ВГД и меньший риск развития послеоперационных осложнений в сравнении с другими антиглаукомными клапанами.
Molteno3 показывает превосходные результаты при лечении всех форм рефрактерных глауком, когда традиционные методы неэффективны.
Основные преимущества
Легкость имплантации
Сокращение времени операции в среднем 20%
Новая форма площадки имплантата полностью конгруэнтна глазному яблоку
Возможна транслимбальная установка и имплантация pars plana
Дренаж имеет наименьшую высоту среди всех аналогичных дренажей.
Хирургия одного квадранта
Новая большая площадка имплантата, более гибкая, доступны два размера - 175 и 230 мм2
Безопасный контроль на протяжение длительного периода наблюдения
Эффективность 95% в большинстве случаев глаукомы
Уникальный биологический клапан без движущихся частей
Нет необходимости в цитостатиках
Формируется проницаемая тонкая фильтрационная капсула
Возможность применения техники задержанного дренирования.
Molteno 3 Анимация.
подробная информация здесь: http://www.panfundus.ru/glaucoma/Molteno-230mm.html
Molteno представляет новое поколение антиглаукоматозных клапанов - Molteno3.
Этот клапан - результат более чем 30-летнего клинического опыты использования дренажей Molteno. Клапан Мольтено показало лучший контроль ВГД и меньший риск развития послеоперационных осложнений в сравнении с другими антиглаукомными клапанами.
Molteno3 показывает превосходные результаты при лечении всех форм рефрактерных глауком, когда традиционные методы неэффективны.
Основные преимущества
Легкость имплантации
Сокращение времени операции в среднем 20%
Новая форма площадки имплантата полностью конгруэнтна глазному яблоку
Возможна транслимбальная установка и имплантация pars plana
Дренаж имеет наименьшую высоту среди всех аналогичных дренажей.
Хирургия одного квадранта
Новая большая площадка имплантата, более гибкая, доступны два размера - 175 и 230 мм2
Безопасный контроль на протяжение длительного периода наблюдения
Эффективность 95% в большинстве случаев глаукомы
Уникальный биологический клапан без движущихся частей
Нет необходимости в цитостатиках
Формируется проницаемая тонкая фильтрационная капсула
Возможность применения техники задержанного дренирования.
Nella giornata di ieri il Vescovo di Biella Roberto Farinella è stato invitato dai giovani dell’oratorio di Molteno, in provincia di Lecco, per festeggiare Don...
Nella giornata di ieri il Vescovo di Biella Roberto Farinella è stato invitato dai giovani dell’oratorio di Molteno, in provincia di Lecco, per festeggiare Don Bosco, nel segno dell’amicizia nata nel biellese la scorsa estate.
#molteno
Nella giornata di ieri il Vescovo di Biella Roberto Farinella è stato invitato dai giovani dell’oratorio di Molteno, in provincia di Lecco, per festeggiare Don Bosco, nel segno dell’amicizia nata nel biellese la scorsa estate.
#molteno
Graaff-Reinet was established by the Dutch East India Company in 1786, after Cape Town in 1652, Stellenbosch in 1679, Paarl in 1687 and Swellendam in 1745. The ...
Graaff-Reinet was established by the Dutch East India Company in 1786, after Cape Town in 1652, Stellenbosch in 1679, Paarl in 1687 and Swellendam in 1745. The town is named after then-governor of the Cape Colony, Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff, and his wife. The town was originally established as a trading post to expand trading inland from the Cape Colony.[5]
In 1795, the town's burghers, who were annoyed by company taxation, proclaimed themselves to be the independent "Colony of Graaff-Reinet". The burghers then requested guardianship from the government of the Netherlands. Similar action was subsequently taken by the burghers of Swellendam.[5] Before the authorities at Cape Town could take decisive measures against the rebels, they were compelled to capitulate to the British who had invaded and occupied the Cape.[5]
In January 1799, Marthinus Prinsloo, a leader of the 1795 independence movement, rebelled again but surrendered the following April. Prinsloo and nineteen others were imprisoned in the Cape Town castle. After trial, Prinsloo and another commandant were sentenced to death. Other conspirators were sentenced to exile. The sentences were not carried out and the prisoners were released in March 1803, on the retrocession of the Cape to the Netherlands.
In 1801, there was another revolt in Graaff Reinet, but due to the measures of General Francis Dundas, the acting governor of the Cape Colony, peace was soon restored. In February 1803, due to the 1802 signing of the Treaty of Amiens, the British returned the Cape Colony to the Netherlands, then named the Batavian Republic.[5]
On 13 August 1814 the Cape Colony was formally ceded to Britain by a convention under which Dutch vessels were entitled to resort freely to the Cape of Good Hope for the purposes of refreshment and repairs. Britain agreed on 13 August 1814 to pay five million sterling to the United Netherlands for the Dutch possession at the Cape.
The Cape Colony received a degree of independence in 1872 when "Responsible Government" was declared in South Africa. In 1877, the government of Prime Minister John Molteno began construction of the railway line connecting Graaff-Reinet to Port Elizabeth on the coast. This railway was officially opened on 26 August 1879.[7]
Graaff Reinet became the centre of British military operations for the Eastern Cape during the Second Boer War. In 1901, a number of captured Boer rebels were tried in the town for crimes ranging from high treason, murder, attempted murder, arson and robbery. Nine were sentenced to death, with eight of these being executed by firing squad on the outskirts of the town, while the ninth sentence was carried out in Colesberg. A monument stands in the town to commemorate these fallen Boers.
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Graaff-Reinet was established by the Dutch East India Company in 1786, after Cape Town in 1652, Stellenbosch in 1679, Paarl in 1687 and Swellendam in 1745. The town is named after then-governor of the Cape Colony, Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff, and his wife. The town was originally established as a trading post to expand trading inland from the Cape Colony.[5]
In 1795, the town's burghers, who were annoyed by company taxation, proclaimed themselves to be the independent "Colony of Graaff-Reinet". The burghers then requested guardianship from the government of the Netherlands. Similar action was subsequently taken by the burghers of Swellendam.[5] Before the authorities at Cape Town could take decisive measures against the rebels, they were compelled to capitulate to the British who had invaded and occupied the Cape.[5]
In January 1799, Marthinus Prinsloo, a leader of the 1795 independence movement, rebelled again but surrendered the following April. Prinsloo and nineteen others were imprisoned in the Cape Town castle. After trial, Prinsloo and another commandant were sentenced to death. Other conspirators were sentenced to exile. The sentences were not carried out and the prisoners were released in March 1803, on the retrocession of the Cape to the Netherlands.
In 1801, there was another revolt in Graaff Reinet, but due to the measures of General Francis Dundas, the acting governor of the Cape Colony, peace was soon restored. In February 1803, due to the 1802 signing of the Treaty of Amiens, the British returned the Cape Colony to the Netherlands, then named the Batavian Republic.[5]
On 13 August 1814 the Cape Colony was formally ceded to Britain by a convention under which Dutch vessels were entitled to resort freely to the Cape of Good Hope for the purposes of refreshment and repairs. Britain agreed on 13 August 1814 to pay five million sterling to the United Netherlands for the Dutch possession at the Cape.
The Cape Colony received a degree of independence in 1872 when "Responsible Government" was declared in South Africa. In 1877, the government of Prime Minister John Molteno began construction of the railway line connecting Graaff-Reinet to Port Elizabeth on the coast. This railway was officially opened on 26 August 1879.[7]
Graaff Reinet became the centre of British military operations for the Eastern Cape during the Second Boer War. In 1901, a number of captured Boer rebels were tried in the town for crimes ranging from high treason, murder, attempted murder, arson and robbery. Nine were sentenced to death, with eight of these being executed by firing squad on the outskirts of the town, while the ninth sentence was carried out in Colesberg. A monument stands in the town to commemorate these fallen Boers.
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Touws River (Afrikaans: Touwsrivier) is a small railway town of 6,800 people in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is located on the river of the sam...
Touws River (Afrikaans: Touwsrivier) is a small railway town of 6,800 people in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is located on the river of the same name, about 160 kilometres (100 mi) north-east of Cape Town. The Touwsrivier CPV Solar Project is located just outside of the town and supplies 50 MW to the national electrical grid
The town of Touws River owes its existence to the Cape Government Railways, and to the route that their founder, Cape Prime Minister John Molteno, chose for a railway line over the Hex River Mountains.
A railway was needed from the port at Cape Town, to service the newly discovered diamond fields in Kimberley. However, several seemingly impregnable ranges of mountains separated Cape Town from the hinterland of the Cape. The Royal Commonwealth Society (1898) records how the route was chosen:
When Mr. Molteno formulated his railway scheme he sent for his consulting engineer, who asked him what was the route he desired. Mr. Molteno asked for a map of South Africa, which was brought to him. Taking a ruler he drew his pen along it, in a direct line from Cape Town to Beaufort West. "But," said the engineer, "that means you go slap bang through the Hex River Mountains." "Never mind," said Mr. Molteno, "that is the way I want it to go." And that is the way it did go
It is now a sleepy town, surrounded by farms, mountains and game reserves, it preserves open-air displays of steam engines in memory of its history as a railway centre.
#Touwsriver #Touwsrivier #southafrica
For more information:
0:00 Jonathan Deal Author of Timeless Karoo https://geckorock.co.za/timeless-karoo/
0:43 Chief Dr Aubrey Daampies from the United Aboriginal Khoisan Kingdom
1:01 Christiaan du Plessis Touws River Tourism https://touwsrivertourism.co.za/
1:20 Travis Deal Gecko Rock https://geckorock.co.za/
1:35 Neville Fourie Town Manager https://bvm.gov.za/touwsrivier/
2:00 Oom Willie Marais @williemarais1000
3:46 Elizabeth Mantambo Kroonplaas Padstal http://www.komkyk.co.za/
8:26 Sharon Deal Retreats https://geckorock.co.za/activities/conferencing-and-retreats/
Touws River (Afrikaans: Touwsrivier) is a small railway town of 6,800 people in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is located on the river of the same name, about 160 kilometres (100 mi) north-east of Cape Town. The Touwsrivier CPV Solar Project is located just outside of the town and supplies 50 MW to the national electrical grid
The town of Touws River owes its existence to the Cape Government Railways, and to the route that their founder, Cape Prime Minister John Molteno, chose for a railway line over the Hex River Mountains.
A railway was needed from the port at Cape Town, to service the newly discovered diamond fields in Kimberley. However, several seemingly impregnable ranges of mountains separated Cape Town from the hinterland of the Cape. The Royal Commonwealth Society (1898) records how the route was chosen:
When Mr. Molteno formulated his railway scheme he sent for his consulting engineer, who asked him what was the route he desired. Mr. Molteno asked for a map of South Africa, which was brought to him. Taking a ruler he drew his pen along it, in a direct line from Cape Town to Beaufort West. "But," said the engineer, "that means you go slap bang through the Hex River Mountains." "Never mind," said Mr. Molteno, "that is the way I want it to go." And that is the way it did go
It is now a sleepy town, surrounded by farms, mountains and game reserves, it preserves open-air displays of steam engines in memory of its history as a railway centre.
#Touwsriver #Touwsrivier #southafrica
For more information:
0:00 Jonathan Deal Author of Timeless Karoo https://geckorock.co.za/timeless-karoo/
0:43 Chief Dr Aubrey Daampies from the United Aboriginal Khoisan Kingdom
1:01 Christiaan du Plessis Touws River Tourism https://touwsrivertourism.co.za/
1:20 Travis Deal Gecko Rock https://geckorock.co.za/
1:35 Neville Fourie Town Manager https://bvm.gov.za/touwsrivier/
2:00 Oom Willie Marais @williemarais1000
3:46 Elizabeth Mantambo Kroonplaas Padstal http://www.komkyk.co.za/
8:26 Sharon Deal Retreats https://geckorock.co.za/activities/conferencing-and-retreats/
Thanks to everyone who sent in video clips from our live performance at Low Profile Studios in November 2019, here's a compilation from the show!
Discover more...
Instagram: www.instagram.com/moltenomusic
Facebook: facebook.com/moltenomusic
Website: moltenomusic.com
Twitter: twitter.com/moltenomusic
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/moltenomusic
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/7rAKOEwi4Wp5NXVmmkwd0n?si=azIoBQC4QhK-DolyjeQEYA
Molteno 3 Анимация.
подробная информация здесь: http://www.panfundus.ru/glaucoma/Molteno-230mm.html
Molteno представляет новое поколение антиглаукоматозных клапанов - Molteno3.
Этот клапан - результат более чем 30-летнего клинического опыты использования дренажей Molteno. Клапан Мольтено показало лучший контроль ВГД и меньший риск развития послеоперационных осложнений в сравнении с другими антиглаукомными клапанами.
Molteno3 показывает превосходные результаты при лечении всех форм рефрактерных глауком, когда традиционные методы неэффективны.
Основные преимущества
Легкость имплантации
Сокращение времени операции в среднем 20%
Новая форма площадки имплантата полностью конгруэнтна глазному яблоку
Возможна транслимбальная установка и имплантация pars plana
Дренаж имеет наименьшую высоту среди всех аналогичных дренажей.
Хирургия одного квадранта
Новая большая площадка имплантата, более гибкая, доступны два размера - 175 и 230 мм2
Безопасный контроль на протяжение длительного периода наблюдения
Эффективность 95% в большинстве случаев глаукомы
Уникальный биологический клапан без движущихся частей
Нет необходимости в цитостатиках
Формируется проницаемая тонкая фильтрационная капсула
Возможность применения техники задержанного дренирования.
Nella giornata di ieri il Vescovo di Biella Roberto Farinella è stato invitato dai giovani dell’oratorio di Molteno, in provincia di Lecco, per festeggiare Don Bosco, nel segno dell’amicizia nata nel biellese la scorsa estate.
#molteno
Graaff-Reinet was established by the Dutch East India Company in 1786, after Cape Town in 1652, Stellenbosch in 1679, Paarl in 1687 and Swellendam in 1745. The town is named after then-governor of the Cape Colony, Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff, and his wife. The town was originally established as a trading post to expand trading inland from the Cape Colony.[5]
In 1795, the town's burghers, who were annoyed by company taxation, proclaimed themselves to be the independent "Colony of Graaff-Reinet". The burghers then requested guardianship from the government of the Netherlands. Similar action was subsequently taken by the burghers of Swellendam.[5] Before the authorities at Cape Town could take decisive measures against the rebels, they were compelled to capitulate to the British who had invaded and occupied the Cape.[5]
In January 1799, Marthinus Prinsloo, a leader of the 1795 independence movement, rebelled again but surrendered the following April. Prinsloo and nineteen others were imprisoned in the Cape Town castle. After trial, Prinsloo and another commandant were sentenced to death. Other conspirators were sentenced to exile. The sentences were not carried out and the prisoners were released in March 1803, on the retrocession of the Cape to the Netherlands.
In 1801, there was another revolt in Graaff Reinet, but due to the measures of General Francis Dundas, the acting governor of the Cape Colony, peace was soon restored. In February 1803, due to the 1802 signing of the Treaty of Amiens, the British returned the Cape Colony to the Netherlands, then named the Batavian Republic.[5]
On 13 August 1814 the Cape Colony was formally ceded to Britain by a convention under which Dutch vessels were entitled to resort freely to the Cape of Good Hope for the purposes of refreshment and repairs. Britain agreed on 13 August 1814 to pay five million sterling to the United Netherlands for the Dutch possession at the Cape.
The Cape Colony received a degree of independence in 1872 when "Responsible Government" was declared in South Africa. In 1877, the government of Prime Minister John Molteno began construction of the railway line connecting Graaff-Reinet to Port Elizabeth on the coast. This railway was officially opened on 26 August 1879.[7]
Graaff Reinet became the centre of British military operations for the Eastern Cape during the Second Boer War. In 1901, a number of captured Boer rebels were tried in the town for crimes ranging from high treason, murder, attempted murder, arson and robbery. Nine were sentenced to death, with eight of these being executed by firing squad on the outskirts of the town, while the ninth sentence was carried out in Colesberg. A monument stands in the town to commemorate these fallen Boers.
To travel I work from home: https://www.myleadgensecret.com/sizzle/?rid=3008
Touws River (Afrikaans: Touwsrivier) is a small railway town of 6,800 people in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is located on the river of the same name, about 160 kilometres (100 mi) north-east of Cape Town. The Touwsrivier CPV Solar Project is located just outside of the town and supplies 50 MW to the national electrical grid
The town of Touws River owes its existence to the Cape Government Railways, and to the route that their founder, Cape Prime Minister John Molteno, chose for a railway line over the Hex River Mountains.
A railway was needed from the port at Cape Town, to service the newly discovered diamond fields in Kimberley. However, several seemingly impregnable ranges of mountains separated Cape Town from the hinterland of the Cape. The Royal Commonwealth Society (1898) records how the route was chosen:
When Mr. Molteno formulated his railway scheme he sent for his consulting engineer, who asked him what was the route he desired. Mr. Molteno asked for a map of South Africa, which was brought to him. Taking a ruler he drew his pen along it, in a direct line from Cape Town to Beaufort West. "But," said the engineer, "that means you go slap bang through the Hex River Mountains." "Never mind," said Mr. Molteno, "that is the way I want it to go." And that is the way it did go
It is now a sleepy town, surrounded by farms, mountains and game reserves, it preserves open-air displays of steam engines in memory of its history as a railway centre.
#Touwsriver #Touwsrivier #southafrica
For more information:
0:00 Jonathan Deal Author of Timeless Karoo https://geckorock.co.za/timeless-karoo/
0:43 Chief Dr Aubrey Daampies from the United Aboriginal Khoisan Kingdom
1:01 Christiaan du Plessis Touws River Tourism https://touwsrivertourism.co.za/
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Sir John Charles MoltenoKCMG (5 June 1814 – 1 September 1886) was a soldier, businessman, champion of responsible government and the first Prime Minister of the Cape Colony.
Early life
Born in London into a large Anglo-Italian family, Molteno emigrated to the Cape in 1831 at the age of 17, where he found work as an assistant to the public librarian in Cape Town. At the age of 23 he founded his first company, Molteno & Co., a trading company that exported wine, wool and aloes to Mauritius and the West Indies, and opened branches around the Cape.
In 1841, he undertook Southern Africa’s first experimental export of fruit, loading a ship with a range of fruits (necessarily dried, as no refrigeration existed yet) and sending it to Australia to test foreign markets.
The experiment ended in disaster when his ship was wrecked in a storm - pushing Molteno close to bankruptcy.
Disposing of the remains of his mercantile businesses, he immediately bought some land in the arid Beaufort area and successfully introduced Saxon Merino sheep, building up the vast Nelspoort Estate. Among his many other business ventures, he founded the region's first bank, Alport & Co. – in Beaufort West.