Cape Council of Policy
129
1657-11-08
Minute details
- Entry number
- 129
- Date
- 1657-11-08
- Year
- 1657
English translation
The freemen having requested to be allowed to go out themselves without the Comp's servants, to see and undertake whether they would be able to collect any more goods from the inhabitants than with ours together,407 this has been granted in order to fill their measure; provided that, according to the conditions made with the Honourable Commissioner van Goens, they will not give more for the goods than the Honourable Comp's custom has allowed, in order not to enlarge or further destroy the current market (being three times as high as over five years), and that everything that we find they have in excess or to deal with the Honourable Comp's. will be delivered, at a price agreed upon in advance, to accommodate more people (inclined to exemption) for the promotion of agriculture.
They also argue that the ban on distributing elephant teeth, renocheros horns, etc. is completely harmful to them, as these are the E. Compe. but nevertheless be wrested from the people of the ships, whom they manage to get under their thumb for as much as 6 times as much as they are accustomed to giving. So on their initiative it has been decided to revoke the same ban and to leave the revolt open to the freemen. However upon approval and further approval of our Lord Masters and on the condition that they will not be able to sell it to any of the Comp.'s servants, but to deliver all the renocheros horns, ohliphants' teeth and ostrich feathers to the E. Comp. himself: on condition that a full cent profit is enjoyed thereon, all the better for Comp. might come into the hands.408
Thus done and resolved in the Fort of Good Hope, date of this.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1657.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN. JAN VAN HERWERDEN. 1657. ABRAHAM GABBEMA, Secrets. 1657.
They also argue that the ban on distributing elephant teeth, renocheros horns, etc. is completely harmful to them, as these are the E. Compe. but nevertheless be wrested from the people of the ships, whom they manage to get under their thumb for as much as 6 times as much as they are accustomed to giving. So on their initiative it has been decided to revoke the same ban and to leave the revolt open to the freemen. However upon approval and further approval of our Lord Masters and on the condition that they will not be able to sell it to any of the Comp.'s servants, but to deliver all the renocheros horns, ohliphants' teeth and ostrich feathers to the E. Comp. himself: on condition that a full cent profit is enjoyed thereon, all the better for Comp. might come into the hands.408
Thus done and resolved in the Fort of Good Hope, date of this.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1657.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN. JAN VAN HERWERDEN. 1657. ABRAHAM GABBEMA, Secrets. 1657.
Original Dutch transcription
De vrijelujden versocht hebbende om eens selffs sonder Comps. dienaers uijt te mogen gaen sien ende ondernemen off sij van de inwoondersnieteenich bestiaelmeersouden cunnen opdoen,als met d’ onse te samen,407 Soo is om haer de maet vol te doen sulcx toegestaen; mits volgens de gemaeckte conditien met d’ E. Hr. Commissaris van Goens aengegaen niet meer voor ‘t bestiael sullen geven als d’ E. Compe. in gewoonte gebracht heefft, om de jegenwoordigh al gestelde marckt (sijnde wel driemael soo hoogh als over 5 Jaren) niet meer te vergrooten ende vorder te verderven ende dat alles ‘t gene wij bevinden sijluijden te veele hebben offte handelen aen d’ E. Compe. sal gelevert worden, ten prijse voor dato beraempt omme oock meerder luijden (tot vrijdom genegen) daermede te accommoderen tot bevordeninge van de lantbouw.
Deselve oock inbrengende dat haer het verbodt van oliphantstanden renocheroshoorens &a. te reuijlen gansch schadelijck is vermits deselve d’ E. Compe. doch echter ontfutselt worden van ‘t volcq van de schepen die se doch onder den duijm weten te crijgen voor wel 6 mael soo veel als sy gewent sijn te geven, Soo is op hare instantie goetgevonden ‘t selve verbot weder in te trecken ende de vryelluyden die reuijlinge open te laten, Edoch op approbatie ende nader goetvinden onser Heeren Meesters ende onder die conditie dat sijluijden ‘t selve niet sullen vermogen aen ijmanden van Comps. dienarentevercopen, maer alle de renocheros-hoorens, ohliphants-tanden ende struijsveeren aen d’ E. Compe. selffs leveren: mits daerop genietende een volle cent winst ten eijnde sulcx alles doch te beter in Comps. handen mochte comen.408
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hoope datum uts.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1657.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN. JAN VAN HERWERDEN. 1657. ABRAHAM GABBEMA, Secrets. 1657.
Deselve oock inbrengende dat haer het verbodt van oliphantstanden renocheroshoorens &a. te reuijlen gansch schadelijck is vermits deselve d’ E. Compe. doch echter ontfutselt worden van ‘t volcq van de schepen die se doch onder den duijm weten te crijgen voor wel 6 mael soo veel als sy gewent sijn te geven, Soo is op hare instantie goetgevonden ‘t selve verbot weder in te trecken ende de vryelluyden die reuijlinge open te laten, Edoch op approbatie ende nader goetvinden onser Heeren Meesters ende onder die conditie dat sijluijden ‘t selve niet sullen vermogen aen ijmanden van Comps. dienarentevercopen, maer alle de renocheros-hoorens, ohliphants-tanden ende struijsveeren aen d’ E. Compe. selffs leveren: mits daerop genietende een volle cent winst ten eijnde sulcx alles doch te beter in Comps. handen mochte comen.408
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hoope datum uts.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1657.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN. JAN VAN HERWERDEN. 1657. ABRAHAM GABBEMA, Secrets. 1657.