Cape Council of Policy
119
1657-07-20
Minute details
- Entry number
- 119
- Date
- 1657-07-20
- Year
- 1657
English translation
Transshipment having been made for the installation of a good grain parlor, And furthermore it has also been stated that the E. Compe. will need about 50 to 60 morgen of land to cultivate annually to feed this garrison and slaves & such, in the hope that from the cultivation of the freemen the remainder for the ships and Batavia will come within 1 or 2 or 3 years, And also to keep the garrison's maintenance expenses without giving any money as payment for it (regarding grains) untaxed: but with Comps. To recruit our own people and slaves from agriculture, it was decided to construct the aforementioned barn, 108 feet long, along with the discharges and everything else, 40 feet wide, Rhineland-style, with 10 beams 12 feet apart, etc., so as not to be short of buckets of grain (which, with God's help, are expected to be cut by December) and to have ample space for storage.
And so that this work could be completed and finished in a timely manner. This item is also noted by the Rev. Mr. Commissioner Van Goens, in his instructions left here, among other things, orders us not to rush so much with the head in progress, as well as with the work necessary for corn building, etc. It has therefore been decided to remove the carpenters from the head and next Monday, first of all, in addition to the work on the Corn Heap redoubt (which is small), to have the timbers of the aforementioned corn scourer made ready and brought to the place by the wagons specially designed for that purpose; and to have the main work completed from now on by as many carpenters as possible from the incoming ships, successively, without hindering the necessary shipwork, while they are moored here, and put to work: in order to complete it all together more quickly.
Thus resolved and arrested in the Fort of Good Hope on the day and year of the month.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1657.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HERWERDEN. 1657.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, Secrets. 1657.
And so that this work could be completed and finished in a timely manner. This item is also noted by the Rev. Mr. Commissioner Van Goens, in his instructions left here, among other things, orders us not to rush so much with the head in progress, as well as with the work necessary for corn building, etc. It has therefore been decided to remove the carpenters from the head and next Monday, first of all, in addition to the work on the Corn Heap redoubt (which is small), to have the timbers of the aforementioned corn scourer made ready and brought to the place by the wagons specially designed for that purpose; and to have the main work completed from now on by as many carpenters as possible from the incoming ships, successively, without hindering the necessary shipwork, while they are moored here, and put to work: in order to complete it all together more quickly.
Thus resolved and arrested in the Fort of Good Hope on the day and year of the month.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1657.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HERWERDEN. 1657.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, Secrets. 1657.
Original Dutch transcription
Overslagh gemaeckt sijnde tot opstellinge van een goede corenschuijr, Ende wijders oock staet gemaeckt dat d’ E. Compe. al omtrent 50 a 60 mergen landts nodich379 sal hebben jaerlijcx te bebouwen tot spijsinge deses guarnisoens ende slaven &a., met hope uijt den bouw der vrijeluijden de rest voor de schepen ende Batavia binnen 1 jaer 2 a 3 wel sal comen, ende alsoo des guarnisoens montcosten sonder daer voor gelt offte betalinge te geven (aengaende granen) ongetaxeert te houden: maer met Comps. eijgen volcq ende slaven uijt den lantbouw te winnen, Soo is goetgevonden gemelte schuijr te nemen op 108 voeten lengte, ende beneffens de uijtladingen ende al, op 40 voeten wijtte, Rijnlantse maet, met 10 gebinten 12 voet van den andren &a. omme emmers met de granen (tegen December toecomende met Godes hulpe staende gemaeijt te worden) niet verlegen te vallen maer genouchsaeme plaetse tot berginge te hebben.
Ende op dat dit werck doch tijdich genouch soude mogen affgemaect worden ende gereet wesen, Item oock gemerckt d’ E. Hr. Commissaris van Goens bij desselfs hier gelaten instructie onder andren is ordonnerende met het onderhanden sijnde hoofft ons soo veel niet te haesten, als wel aen ‘t werck nodich tot corenbouw &a., Soo is goetgevonden de timmerluijden van ‘t hoofft aff te nemen ende Maendagh aenstaende ten eersten beneffens ‘t werck aen de redout Corenhoop (dat weijnich is) de houtwercken van de voorsz corenschuijr te laten vaerdich maken ende door de wagens ter plaetse daer toe uijtgesien, aenbrengen; mitsgaders ‘t hoofft voortaen voorts af te laten maken met soo veele timmerluijden uijt de aencomende scheepen als successivelijck daer toe sonder hinder van ‘t nodige scheepswerck, staende haer leggen alhier, sal cunnen gemist ende aen te werck gestelt worden: om ‘t selve oock al met eenen mede te eerder vaerdich te enigen.
Aldus geresolveert ende g’arresteert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hope ten dage ende jare uts.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1657.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HERWERDEN. 1657.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, Secrets. 1657.
Ende op dat dit werck doch tijdich genouch soude mogen affgemaect worden ende gereet wesen, Item oock gemerckt d’ E. Hr. Commissaris van Goens bij desselfs hier gelaten instructie onder andren is ordonnerende met het onderhanden sijnde hoofft ons soo veel niet te haesten, als wel aen ‘t werck nodich tot corenbouw &a., Soo is goetgevonden de timmerluijden van ‘t hoofft aff te nemen ende Maendagh aenstaende ten eersten beneffens ‘t werck aen de redout Corenhoop (dat weijnich is) de houtwercken van de voorsz corenschuijr te laten vaerdich maken ende door de wagens ter plaetse daer toe uijtgesien, aenbrengen; mitsgaders ‘t hoofft voortaen voorts af te laten maken met soo veele timmerluijden uijt de aencomende scheepen als successivelijck daer toe sonder hinder van ‘t nodige scheepswerck, staende haer leggen alhier, sal cunnen gemist ende aen te werck gestelt worden: om ‘t selve oock al met eenen mede te eerder vaerdich te enigen.
Aldus geresolveert ende g’arresteert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hope ten dage ende jare uts.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1657.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HERWERDEN. 1657.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, Secrets. 1657.