Notes

The translation of the inscription reads "This (box) is presented to the Very Reverend JM Kloek van Staveren by the  undermentioned  as a small token of regard and gratitude for confirming them into the Evangelic Lutheran Congregation at the Cape of Good Hope on 20 March 1842.  WD Morgenrood  JFF Burnard  MAR Bergh  CF Leisching".

"About the middle of the 18th century many Lutherans were already living at the Cape, and in 1742 they petitioned the Dutch East India Company, which exercised ecclesiastical authority, for permission to hold divine service in public. The Heeren XVII, being strict Calvinists, refused this permission until 1778. In the mean time Martin Melck, a rich farmer, had built a 'storehouse' which he presented to the congregation, and here the first official service was held by the Rev. Andreas Lutgerus Kolver in 1780. [...] Johan Melchior Kloek van Staveren was appointed minister in 1827 and retired on account of ill-health in 1864. In 1847 he dismissed Georg Wilhelm Stegmann, who had been appointed second minister in 1836, on account of differences between them."

Potgieter, DJ (1970) SESA (Standard Encyclopedia of SA), Vol 7, page 70.