Cape Council of Policy
188
1658-12-13
Minute details
- Entry number
- 188
- Date
- 1658-12-13
- Year
- 1658
English translation
Whereas the E. Compe. requires a good quantity of salt annually for its own garrison and incoming ships, as well as for the convenience of the citizens and free residents in this place, which is to be collected from the salt pans located here for the E. Compe. with its servants is very costly, especially since keeping them separate puts too much strain on the garrison, as well as because they are out of sight and so far from the hand (when the salt pans are being laid), yet they can still do their best.
And even if everyone is allowed to fetch, each one entering the pans without knowing, making the salt very dirty and sandful, as if taking and dragging it away just as eagerly, one after the other, how eagerly the Hottentoes also fetch it, and that they only have to do it in small groups as they please, which also happens only rarely and not exactly in the right way. time &a., Such and more being considered by the Council, Item also that in accordance with the order of the Honourable Commissioner Van Goens, a party could also be sent to India with good profit. It was finally agreed after various deliberations with the free Saldanha farmers, to hand over to them for a trial for this season all the salt pans of this Cape, large and small, wherever and whenever they might be located, on condition that they would have it all and as much as possible, to bring from the salt pans very clean and nicely high and dry in heaps, and to cover them under mats or otherwise in such a way and to preserve it that it preserved for smelting and can be collected all year round, both during the wet and dry monsoon when it suits the E. Compe., and that by the Compe.'s own wagons and people from the places where the aforementioned free Saldanha farmers or salt workers will have brought it in heaps from the pans, without them being allowed to sell, honor or deliver any salt to anyone other than to the E. Compe., who, as lord of the land, awards it himself, and that then also as wages for labor for a real of 48 stuivers per full register, since the Compe. the trouble and expense of fetching with their own wagons and crew will be borne by themselves,
And so that their Honour may be less likely to be defrauded, subverted, or dispossessed of their own property in this matter of justice, it is also understood that the following Interdiction will be published and posted everywhere where appropriate, with the following content:
"The Commander and Council of the Fort of Good Hope, etc., hereby declare:"
"As mentioned above by the Commander and Council, in accordance with their resolution today specifically taken on this matter for the benefit of the Honourable Compe." it has been decided to surrender to the free Saldanha farmers, before this dry monsoon, all the salt pans of the entire Cape, under the condition made with them, And that they will not be allowed to supply, sell, honor or otherwise supply the least amount of salt to any other than the E. Compe., under whatever pretext it may be. Thus all freemen will be treated as well as Comps. servants, in accordance with the verbal warning and interdiction issued before that date, were again expressly forbidden and warned, as is the case herewith, that none of them would be able to extract any salt from any of the salt pans themselves, neither by Hottentoos or otherwise, directly or indirectly, or under whatever condition it might be, and however close the salt might grow and be found to their houses or elsewhere outside their own land. On penalty of the same and 10 reals moreover for the first, double for the second, and additional amounts upon arbitral correction in addition, And to be approached by the tax authorities as alienators and winders of Comps. property, as it is, And by right of which the same salt pans have also been transferred to the aforementioned Saldanhavaerders to seek their profit from, to Comps. and all of the free accommodation etc., the fine will be applied 1/3 for the free Saldanhavaers or soutwerkers if they are attracted to it, 1/3 pro fisco, and the rest for the poor.'
Thus done and resolved in the Fort of Good Hope on that day and the following year as above: together with this Interdiction prounounced and approved the 15 following.621
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1658.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HERWERDEN. 1658.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, secrets. 1658.
And even if everyone is allowed to fetch, each one entering the pans without knowing, making the salt very dirty and sandful, as if taking and dragging it away just as eagerly, one after the other, how eagerly the Hottentoes also fetch it, and that they only have to do it in small groups as they please, which also happens only rarely and not exactly in the right way. time &a., Such and more being considered by the Council, Item also that in accordance with the order of the Honourable Commissioner Van Goens, a party could also be sent to India with good profit. It was finally agreed after various deliberations with the free Saldanha farmers, to hand over to them for a trial for this season all the salt pans of this Cape, large and small, wherever and whenever they might be located, on condition that they would have it all and as much as possible, to bring from the salt pans very clean and nicely high and dry in heaps, and to cover them under mats or otherwise in such a way and to preserve it that it preserved for smelting and can be collected all year round, both during the wet and dry monsoon when it suits the E. Compe., and that by the Compe.'s own wagons and people from the places where the aforementioned free Saldanha farmers or salt workers will have brought it in heaps from the pans, without them being allowed to sell, honor or deliver any salt to anyone other than to the E. Compe., who, as lord of the land, awards it himself, and that then also as wages for labor for a real of 48 stuivers per full register, since the Compe. the trouble and expense of fetching with their own wagons and crew will be borne by themselves,
And so that their Honour may be less likely to be defrauded, subverted, or dispossessed of their own property in this matter of justice, it is also understood that the following Interdiction will be published and posted everywhere where appropriate, with the following content:
"The Commander and Council of the Fort of Good Hope, etc., hereby declare:"
"As mentioned above by the Commander and Council, in accordance with their resolution today specifically taken on this matter for the benefit of the Honourable Compe." it has been decided to surrender to the free Saldanha farmers, before this dry monsoon, all the salt pans of the entire Cape, under the condition made with them, And that they will not be allowed to supply, sell, honor or otherwise supply the least amount of salt to any other than the E. Compe., under whatever pretext it may be. Thus all freemen will be treated as well as Comps. servants, in accordance with the verbal warning and interdiction issued before that date, were again expressly forbidden and warned, as is the case herewith, that none of them would be able to extract any salt from any of the salt pans themselves, neither by Hottentoos or otherwise, directly or indirectly, or under whatever condition it might be, and however close the salt might grow and be found to their houses or elsewhere outside their own land. On penalty of the same and 10 reals moreover for the first, double for the second, and additional amounts upon arbitral correction in addition, And to be approached by the tax authorities as alienators and winders of Comps. property, as it is, And by right of which the same salt pans have also been transferred to the aforementioned Saldanhavaerders to seek their profit from, to Comps. and all of the free accommodation etc., the fine will be applied 1/3 for the free Saldanhavaers or soutwerkers if they are attracted to it, 1/3 pro fisco, and the rest for the poor.'
Thus done and resolved in the Fort of Good Hope on that day and the following year as above: together with this Interdiction prounounced and approved the 15 following.621
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1658.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HERWERDEN. 1658.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, secrets. 1658.
Original Dutch transcription
Dewijle d’ E. Compe. soo voor derselver eijgen guarnisoen, aencomende schepen als tot gerieff van den borgeren en de vrije ingesetenen te deser plaetse goede quantite sout jaerlijcx nodigh heefft ‘t welcke op te gaderen uijt de soutpannen alhier bevonden is voor d’ E. Compe. met hare dienaers seer costelijcq valt, soo ten aensien dat daer toe volcq appart te houden, ‘t guarnisoen te veel beswaert als oocq omdat deselve uijt ‘t oogh ende soo verde van de handt wesende (als de soutpannen leggen) maer passelijcq hun best doen &a.-
Ende dat oocq wanneer men ‘t halen ijdereen toelaet elcq sonder kennisse in de pannen comende ‘t sout seer vuijl ende sandigh maecken, als nemende ende slepende het d’ een voor d’ ander even gretich wegh, hoedanigh onsuijver het oocq de Hottentoos halen, ende dat maer by cleyne partijen als ‘t haer lust daeromme moeyten te doen, ‘t welcq oocq maer selden gebeurt ende mede juijst niet op de rechte tijt &a., Sulcx ende wes meer by den Raedt overwogen sijnde, Item oocq dat conform de gelaten ordre van d’ E. heer Commissaris van Goens oocq wel partije na India met goet proffijt soude cunnen versonden worden, Is eijntlijcq na verscheyden deliberatien met de vrije Saldanhavaerders g’accordeert, voor dit saijsoen tot een preuve aen deselve over te geven, alle de soutpannen van dese Caep, groot ende cleijn, waer ende soo deselve mochten619 gelegen sijn, onder conditie dat sij ‘t soudt altemalen ende soo veel mogelycq te becomen, sullen hebben uijt de soutpannen heel suijver ende schoon hoogh ende droogh op hopen te brengen, ende onder matten off andersints soodanigh te decken ende bewaren dat het voor smelten gepreserveert ende ‘t gansche jaer door sal cunnen gehaelt worden, soo wel in ‘t natte als drooge mousson wanneer ‘t d’ E. Compe. sal gelegen comen, ende dat door Comps. eijgen wagens ende volcq van de plaetsen daer het de voorsz vrije Saldanhavaerders ofte soutwerckers uijt de pannen sullen hebben op hopen gebracht, sonder dat sijluijden aen ijmandt eenigh sout sullen mogen vercoopen, vereeren nochte leveren anders als aen d’ E. Compe. voorsz die ‘t als eijgen heer van ‘t landt selffs toecompt, ende dat dan oocq als loon van arbeijt voor een reael van 48 stuijvers ijder legger vol affgestreecken, vermits de Compe. de moeijten en de costen om te halen met eijgen wagens ende volcq selffs doen sal,
Ende opdat deselve haer Ed. in dese hare gerechticheijt te min mochte werden gefraudeert, ondercropen, ofte van haer eijgen toebehorend’ goet ontvreempt, Soo is oocq verstaen navolgende Interdictie alomme te publiceren ende affigeeren daer ‘t behoort, van inhoude, als te weten:
‘Den Commandeur ende Raadt van ‘t fort de Goede Hoope &a., doen te weten:’
‘Alsoo bij den Commandeur ende Raedt bovengemelt, conform derselver resolutie heden daerover specialijcq genomen ten dienste van d’ E. Compe. is goetgevonden de vrije Saldanhavaerders voor dit drooge mousson over te geven, alle de soutpannen van de gansche Caep, onder conditie als met deselve gemaect, Ende dat sijluijden aen niemandt anders als d’ E. Compe. eenigh ‘t minste corl sout sullen mogen leveren, vercoopen, vereeren ofte andersints onder wat pretext het soude mogen wesen, Soo worden alle vrijeluijden soo wel als Comps. dienaren conform de mondelz.620 waerschouwinge ende interdictie voor dato gedaen, nochmael wel expresselijcq verboden ende gewaerschout, gelijcq geschiet bij desen dat niemandt van deselve eenigh sout uijt eenige van al de soutpannen sal vermogen te halen selffs, noch door Hottentoos, off andre, directelijcq noch indirectelijcq, ofte onder wat dexel het oocq mochte wesen, ende hoe dicht het sout oocq aen haer huijsen ofte elders buijten haer eijgen landt, mochte groeyen ende gevonden worden. Op verbeurte van ‘t selve ende 10 realen daerenboven voor d’ eerste, dubbelt voor de tweede, ende meerder reijse op arbitrale correctie bovendien, Ende door den fiscus aengesproocken te worden, als vervreemders ende spoeljeerders van Comps. goet, gelijcq het is, Ende uijt welcq recht deselve soutpannen aen de voorhaelde Saldanhavaerders oocq sijn overgegeven om haer proffijt uijt te soecken, tot Comps. ende alle der vrijeluijden accommodatie &a., Sullende de boete g’appliceert worden 1/3 voor de gemelte vrije Saldanhavaerders ofte soutwerckers als sij der ijemandt op attrapeeren, 1/3 pro fisco, ende de rest voor den armen.’
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hoope ten daege ende jaere als boven: mitsgaders dese Interdictie gepronunchieert ende g’affigeert den 15 daeraenvolgende.621
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1658.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HERWERDEN. 1658.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, secrets. 1658.
Ende dat oocq wanneer men ‘t halen ijdereen toelaet elcq sonder kennisse in de pannen comende ‘t sout seer vuijl ende sandigh maecken, als nemende ende slepende het d’ een voor d’ ander even gretich wegh, hoedanigh onsuijver het oocq de Hottentoos halen, ende dat maer by cleyne partijen als ‘t haer lust daeromme moeyten te doen, ‘t welcq oocq maer selden gebeurt ende mede juijst niet op de rechte tijt &a., Sulcx ende wes meer by den Raedt overwogen sijnde, Item oocq dat conform de gelaten ordre van d’ E. heer Commissaris van Goens oocq wel partije na India met goet proffijt soude cunnen versonden worden, Is eijntlijcq na verscheyden deliberatien met de vrije Saldanhavaerders g’accordeert, voor dit saijsoen tot een preuve aen deselve over te geven, alle de soutpannen van dese Caep, groot ende cleijn, waer ende soo deselve mochten619 gelegen sijn, onder conditie dat sij ‘t soudt altemalen ende soo veel mogelycq te becomen, sullen hebben uijt de soutpannen heel suijver ende schoon hoogh ende droogh op hopen te brengen, ende onder matten off andersints soodanigh te decken ende bewaren dat het voor smelten gepreserveert ende ‘t gansche jaer door sal cunnen gehaelt worden, soo wel in ‘t natte als drooge mousson wanneer ‘t d’ E. Compe. sal gelegen comen, ende dat door Comps. eijgen wagens ende volcq van de plaetsen daer het de voorsz vrije Saldanhavaerders ofte soutwerckers uijt de pannen sullen hebben op hopen gebracht, sonder dat sijluijden aen ijmandt eenigh sout sullen mogen vercoopen, vereeren nochte leveren anders als aen d’ E. Compe. voorsz die ‘t als eijgen heer van ‘t landt selffs toecompt, ende dat dan oocq als loon van arbeijt voor een reael van 48 stuijvers ijder legger vol affgestreecken, vermits de Compe. de moeijten en de costen om te halen met eijgen wagens ende volcq selffs doen sal,
Ende opdat deselve haer Ed. in dese hare gerechticheijt te min mochte werden gefraudeert, ondercropen, ofte van haer eijgen toebehorend’ goet ontvreempt, Soo is oocq verstaen navolgende Interdictie alomme te publiceren ende affigeeren daer ‘t behoort, van inhoude, als te weten:
‘Den Commandeur ende Raadt van ‘t fort de Goede Hoope &a., doen te weten:’
‘Alsoo bij den Commandeur ende Raedt bovengemelt, conform derselver resolutie heden daerover specialijcq genomen ten dienste van d’ E. Compe. is goetgevonden de vrije Saldanhavaerders voor dit drooge mousson over te geven, alle de soutpannen van de gansche Caep, onder conditie als met deselve gemaect, Ende dat sijluijden aen niemandt anders als d’ E. Compe. eenigh ‘t minste corl sout sullen mogen leveren, vercoopen, vereeren ofte andersints onder wat pretext het soude mogen wesen, Soo worden alle vrijeluijden soo wel als Comps. dienaren conform de mondelz.620 waerschouwinge ende interdictie voor dato gedaen, nochmael wel expresselijcq verboden ende gewaerschout, gelijcq geschiet bij desen dat niemandt van deselve eenigh sout uijt eenige van al de soutpannen sal vermogen te halen selffs, noch door Hottentoos, off andre, directelijcq noch indirectelijcq, ofte onder wat dexel het oocq mochte wesen, ende hoe dicht het sout oocq aen haer huijsen ofte elders buijten haer eijgen landt, mochte groeyen ende gevonden worden. Op verbeurte van ‘t selve ende 10 realen daerenboven voor d’ eerste, dubbelt voor de tweede, ende meerder reijse op arbitrale correctie bovendien, Ende door den fiscus aengesproocken te worden, als vervreemders ende spoeljeerders van Comps. goet, gelijcq het is, Ende uijt welcq recht deselve soutpannen aen de voorhaelde Saldanhavaerders oocq sijn overgegeven om haer proffijt uijt te soecken, tot Comps. ende alle der vrijeluijden accommodatie &a., Sullende de boete g’appliceert worden 1/3 voor de gemelte vrije Saldanhavaerders ofte soutwerckers als sij der ijemandt op attrapeeren, 1/3 pro fisco, ende de rest voor den armen.’
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hoope ten daege ende jaere als boven: mitsgaders dese Interdictie gepronunchieert ende g’affigeert den 15 daeraenvolgende.621
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1658.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HERWERDEN. 1658.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, secrets. 1658.