Cape Council of Policy
221
1659-08-27
Minute details
- Entry number
- 221
- Date
- 1659-08-27
- Year
- 1659
English translation
Since the free miller Wouter Cornelisz Mostert of Utrecht has begun to build a new water mill, since the horse mill (which came from the homeland and has long been installed in a suitable house with its appurtenances) cannot be brought to the mill due to the plundering of companies and, in most cases, the free oxen.
It is also noted that there is complete proof that the oxen are already quite sufficient and do not want to be placed in the horse mill. Furthermore, it is noted that many oxen are driven off every year, which would allow for much and more necessary work on the corn crop, etc., in the area.
And considering that the aforementioned free miller cannot make much progress with the work he has begun: and that (because the last hard bread lifted from the ships, along with the wicker and the grit, is all at the end) the mill will necessarily have to be set in motion in order to be able to bake bread from the corn present in the Cape crop (praise God) for about 6 months, placing the entire turnover here in solds, it has been deemed absolutely necessary and approved, at the aforementioned free miller's earnest request, to assist and lend a hand in the requisitioning of the aforementioned water mill (with reasonable success, but otherwise showing slow progress), The intention was that E. Compe. and free citizens could sooner enjoy the necessary amenities, but under the condition that if the mill proves too expensive for him, E. Compe. would then retain it, and that the work done thus far would be properly assessed and reimbursed as much as possible. And afterwards, as before, the pottage begins to run out completely, so that it will no longer be possible to get spoon food for the people as is done on board, and to such an extent that it has still not been used for the common people here, because it is no longer possible to take grit from the incoming ships because they are generally not provisioned enough for their journeys to India, So, until further order of Our Lords Majors (they also wrote about this), the Comps has been approved. servants henceforth all, from the first of the coming month September onwards, according to the Indian custom, to distribute allowances exepto, which shall be placed in the sick-house, for which provision shall always be made separately according to old custom, in order that they may continue to enjoy their due dough, and to add to the aforementioned allowances, in place of 40 lb. of rice per month, 30 lb. hard or 40 lb.52 of freshly baked bread, according to the convenience of the time, being each person 1 1/353 pounds a day or 9 2/3 lb.54 of fresh bread55 a week, according to the rate. to keep them in the negotiations and the pay books and to look at them: the soldiers who are currently present and the same as the pega-pega up to the guardrails of some works are placed differently, it will take as long as it takes to cope with it, with 1 1/2 lb. breads and 1/2 lb. Speck daily without provision for food money, as well as because both the workers and the soldiers must also watch at night and the soldiers, in addition to their journey and guards, also work here, so that until further notice the food money will also be distributed equally among them as mentioned above; in addition to this, half a cap of brandy will continue in the morning, to be given to everyone, except for those free from guard duty, because the nights are getting cold here and the people may be less inclined to waste their food money in the inns. It was also decided, for the greater convenience of these citizens, to preemptively sell all kinds of goods and fats59 from the fort, provided that they would obtain from the Comp's warehouse for cash what was available there, from which, in addition to the fine Cape fisheries, etc., milk and boat, as well as the abundant vegetable oils, earth, and garden fruits, there would be enough to be had here. And so that60 one and the other could exist independently and no one could monopolize it with any other. It was understood that the following prices would be set for the following goods:
Fish. Fresh fish with fish and all, 1 braspenningh per 3 lb. but for every hundred pounds, 2 guilders. However, whatever the E. Company needs from this for slaves or otherwise will be supplied at the price agreed upon beforehand.
Salted, for every 2 lb., 1 1/2 guilders, but for every hundred pounds, 4 guilders.
Dried fish: 2 lb. for 2 guilders, or a stunner for every hundred lb., 5 1/2 guilders.
Sheep meat, if slaughtered, is 3 stuivers per lb.
If this and a little more is obtained from the E. Company, the buyers will be given a little less for the gross amount, in order to have a reasonable profit.
Cattle meat, if slaughtered, is 2 stuivers per lb.
Caeps verke-vleys sex 4 stuijvers 't lb.
Do. liveh 2 1/2 stuijvers 't lb.
HDutch and Cape Town botter, per lb., maximum 15 stuivers. Provided ships are not moored there. Therefore, for the common man's best interest, it is understood that no one will henceforth be required to take anything in the world for this purpose, as it has been experienced that milk farmers can make a living on it.
Sweet milk, maximum 4 stuivers.
Carnemilk, maximum 2 stuivers.
Chicken and duck eggs, 1 stuiver for 1 stuiver.
Geese and kiwi eggs at discretion.
Peguins, 5 stuivers for 2 stuivers.
Seagulls, loons, and similar eggs: 10 or 12, at least 2 stuivers.
Olive oil: 2 1/2 stuivers per quart.
A stuiver per quart: 1 1/4 stuivers.
A stuiver per quart: 1/2 stuiver.
Wheat: } When the mill is ready to be calculated and the price estimated.
Rays and
white bread.
Melons and watermelons (ripe and at least 1 lb. each heavy): 1/2 stuiver per quart, as the European Company will also accept for the ships (if necessary) for refreshment. Closed carrots cost 2 to 3 stuivers, depending on their size.
Yellow, white, and red carrots, 2 to 3 stuivers per bunch of 25 pieces, mature.
Turnips, per bunch of 25 pieces, the same size.
*White*[^61]
All other earthenware, fine or coarse, parsley, lettuce, onions, etc., in addition.
Fish. {Fresh fish with all, 1 stuiver per 3 lb., but 2 guilders per 100 pounds.} However, what the 100-pound company needs of this for slaves or otherwise, will be supplied at the price agreed upon.
Salted carrots, 1 1/2 stuivers per 2 lb., but 4 guilders per 100 pounds.
Dried fish 2 lb. for 2 braspenningen or a stooter at 100 lb. 5 1/2 guilders.
Sheep's meat, if slaughtered, is 3 stuivers per lb. Provided that this and a little more is obtained from the Eastern European Company, the buyers will be given a little less per lb. to allow for decent profits.
Cow's meat, if slaughtered, is 2 stuivers per lb.
Cape's pig meat, if slaughtered, is 4 stuivers per lb.
Do. live 2 1/2 stuivers per lb.
Dutch and Cape's botter, if not more than 15 stuivers per lb. Provided that ships do not moor. Therefore, for the common man's best interest, it is understood that no one will henceforth be required to accept anything in the world for this purpose, as it has been experienced that milk farmers can make a living on it.
Sweet milk, at most 4 stuivers.
Carnemilk, at most 2 stuivers.
Chicken and duck eggs, at most 1 for 1 stuiver.
Geese and kiwi eggs at discretion.
Peguins, at most 5 for 2 stuivers.
Seagulls, divers, and similar eggs, 10 or 12 for at least 2 stuivers.
Olive oil, at most 2 1/2 stuivers.
Asyn the money: 1 1/4 stuivers.
Soud the pound: 1/2 stuiver.
Wheat. } When the mill is ready to be calculated and the price to be estimated.
Rays and
white bread.
Melons and watermelons (ripe and at least 1 lb. each heavy)
1/2 stuiver per lb. as the European Company will also accept for the ships for refreshment (if necessary).
Closed boxes: 2 to 3 stuivers depending on their size.
Yellow, white, and red carrots: 2 to 3 stuivers per bunch of 25 mature carrots.
Tulips: per bunch of 25 carrots, the same according to their size. *White*[^62]
All other earthenware, fine or coarse, diced vegetables, lettuce, leek, onions, etc., in addition.
The fowl as previously determined, namely:
A wild goose 6 stuivers per piece
A mountain duck 5 stuivers
A common duck 4 stuivers
Teal, pigeons, and similar 2 stuivers
Chickens, pheasants, parrots, quail, snipe, etc., according to discretion. The birds as previously determined, namely:
A wild goose 6 stuivers
A mountain duck 5 stuivers
A common duck 4 stuivers
Teals, pigeons, and similar birds 2 stuivers
Chickens, pheasants, parrots, quail, snipe, etc., with discretion. With the express warning and interdiction stated above regarding the boatman and the milk, that no one will be able to take anything for the provisions brought in, whether from the people of the incoming ships or these garrisons and Dutch inhabitants, on penalty of the penny sold and three times the value above that in money, to be paid by the seller, and one-third of the goods for the bringer: so that the people would be able to live here at their own expense or allowance, and in particular that the boatman will no longer be detained and collected for the highest price after the arrival of the ships, as has often happened before, to the great inconvenience of the inhabitants here, there The tax authorities are officially charged with taking and collecting tax without regard to personal interests or personal circumstances.
And so that the pigs can be produced in even greater abundance, it has been agreed that each citizen residing near the fort must initially keep at least 7 pigs, namely 6 sows with 1 bear, and may sell the remainder for the same price as above, and to whomever it may be theirs.
Dear, understanding that when each citizen of the city is hereby provided with the aforementioned number, each will be given as much land for carrots and other garden crops as he or she desires, except for those who have their own land outside: so as not to divert the farmers from their corn crops, as that is the most important thing to avoid a shortage of bread and other corn.
It has also been understood for necessary reasons that the townspeople here at the fort will be allowed to keep Dutch sheep in addition to the aforementioned pigs, but not to slaughter or sell any of them to outsiders if they have acquired more than 50 head (including 2 rams) for the breeding season.65 And then only rams and wethers, the oys may be transferred among the townspeople to the others at a tolerable price, so that anyone exceeding the aforementioned number of sheep will become the people of the coming Comps. ships may enjoy better refreshment, which the citizens are no less permitted to do, and among their Cape sheep;66 just as everyone is permitted to sell all articles of oath, by Comps. to obtain warehouses exepto farmers, innkeepers and taverns, which are excluded from this because of their great wear and tear, so that the trade is better preserved and their profits may also extend; but as for the Cape boats, milk, eggs, chickens, geese, ducks and all other birds, fish, fruits and anything else that can be caught and bred on land, in the water and in the air, everyone is free to sell; with the exception of grain and animal feed, which the E. Company will only deal with at its own discretion; all this subject to the approval and further consent of Our Lords Major and High Authority of India.
Thus done and resolved at the Fort of Good Hope on the date and year as above.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1659.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA. 1659.
[Signed:] Sargeant Pieter Evrard absent from the troops in the country.
[Signed:] GYSBT. VAN CAMPEN, Secrets.
It is also noted that there is complete proof that the oxen are already quite sufficient and do not want to be placed in the horse mill. Furthermore, it is noted that many oxen are driven off every year, which would allow for much and more necessary work on the corn crop, etc., in the area.
And considering that the aforementioned free miller cannot make much progress with the work he has begun: and that (because the last hard bread lifted from the ships, along with the wicker and the grit, is all at the end) the mill will necessarily have to be set in motion in order to be able to bake bread from the corn present in the Cape crop (praise God) for about 6 months, placing the entire turnover here in solds, it has been deemed absolutely necessary and approved, at the aforementioned free miller's earnest request, to assist and lend a hand in the requisitioning of the aforementioned water mill (with reasonable success, but otherwise showing slow progress), The intention was that E. Compe. and free citizens could sooner enjoy the necessary amenities, but under the condition that if the mill proves too expensive for him, E. Compe. would then retain it, and that the work done thus far would be properly assessed and reimbursed as much as possible. And afterwards, as before, the pottage begins to run out completely, so that it will no longer be possible to get spoon food for the people as is done on board, and to such an extent that it has still not been used for the common people here, because it is no longer possible to take grit from the incoming ships because they are generally not provisioned enough for their journeys to India, So, until further order of Our Lords Majors (they also wrote about this), the Comps has been approved. servants henceforth all, from the first of the coming month September onwards, according to the Indian custom, to distribute allowances exepto, which shall be placed in the sick-house, for which provision shall always be made separately according to old custom, in order that they may continue to enjoy their due dough, and to add to the aforementioned allowances, in place of 40 lb. of rice per month, 30 lb. hard or 40 lb.52 of freshly baked bread, according to the convenience of the time, being each person 1 1/353 pounds a day or 9 2/3 lb.54 of fresh bread55 a week, according to the rate. to keep them in the negotiations and the pay books and to look at them: the soldiers who are currently present and the same as the pega-pega up to the guardrails of some works are placed differently, it will take as long as it takes to cope with it, with 1 1/2 lb. breads and 1/2 lb. Speck daily without provision for food money, as well as because both the workers and the soldiers must also watch at night and the soldiers, in addition to their journey and guards, also work here, so that until further notice the food money will also be distributed equally among them as mentioned above; in addition to this, half a cap of brandy will continue in the morning, to be given to everyone, except for those free from guard duty, because the nights are getting cold here and the people may be less inclined to waste their food money in the inns. It was also decided, for the greater convenience of these citizens, to preemptively sell all kinds of goods and fats59 from the fort, provided that they would obtain from the Comp's warehouse for cash what was available there, from which, in addition to the fine Cape fisheries, etc., milk and boat, as well as the abundant vegetable oils, earth, and garden fruits, there would be enough to be had here. And so that60 one and the other could exist independently and no one could monopolize it with any other. It was understood that the following prices would be set for the following goods:
Fish. Fresh fish with fish and all, 1 braspenningh per 3 lb. but for every hundred pounds, 2 guilders. However, whatever the E. Company needs from this for slaves or otherwise will be supplied at the price agreed upon beforehand.
Salted, for every 2 lb., 1 1/2 guilders, but for every hundred pounds, 4 guilders.
Dried fish: 2 lb. for 2 guilders, or a stunner for every hundred lb., 5 1/2 guilders.
Sheep meat, if slaughtered, is 3 stuivers per lb.
If this and a little more is obtained from the E. Company, the buyers will be given a little less for the gross amount, in order to have a reasonable profit.
Cattle meat, if slaughtered, is 2 stuivers per lb.
Caeps verke-vleys sex 4 stuijvers 't lb.
Do. liveh 2 1/2 stuijvers 't lb.
HDutch and Cape Town botter, per lb., maximum 15 stuivers. Provided ships are not moored there. Therefore, for the common man's best interest, it is understood that no one will henceforth be required to take anything in the world for this purpose, as it has been experienced that milk farmers can make a living on it.
Sweet milk, maximum 4 stuivers.
Carnemilk, maximum 2 stuivers.
Chicken and duck eggs, 1 stuiver for 1 stuiver.
Geese and kiwi eggs at discretion.
Peguins, 5 stuivers for 2 stuivers.
Seagulls, loons, and similar eggs: 10 or 12, at least 2 stuivers.
Olive oil: 2 1/2 stuivers per quart.
A stuiver per quart: 1 1/4 stuivers.
A stuiver per quart: 1/2 stuiver.
Wheat: } When the mill is ready to be calculated and the price estimated.
Rays and
white bread.
Melons and watermelons (ripe and at least 1 lb. each heavy): 1/2 stuiver per quart, as the European Company will also accept for the ships (if necessary) for refreshment. Closed carrots cost 2 to 3 stuivers, depending on their size.
Yellow, white, and red carrots, 2 to 3 stuivers per bunch of 25 pieces, mature.
Turnips, per bunch of 25 pieces, the same size.
*White*[^61]
All other earthenware, fine or coarse, parsley, lettuce, onions, etc., in addition.
Fish. {Fresh fish with all, 1 stuiver per 3 lb., but 2 guilders per 100 pounds.} However, what the 100-pound company needs of this for slaves or otherwise, will be supplied at the price agreed upon.
Salted carrots, 1 1/2 stuivers per 2 lb., but 4 guilders per 100 pounds.
Dried fish 2 lb. for 2 braspenningen or a stooter at 100 lb. 5 1/2 guilders.
Sheep's meat, if slaughtered, is 3 stuivers per lb. Provided that this and a little more is obtained from the Eastern European Company, the buyers will be given a little less per lb. to allow for decent profits.
Cow's meat, if slaughtered, is 2 stuivers per lb.
Cape's pig meat, if slaughtered, is 4 stuivers per lb.
Do. live 2 1/2 stuivers per lb.
Dutch and Cape's botter, if not more than 15 stuivers per lb. Provided that ships do not moor. Therefore, for the common man's best interest, it is understood that no one will henceforth be required to accept anything in the world for this purpose, as it has been experienced that milk farmers can make a living on it.
Sweet milk, at most 4 stuivers.
Carnemilk, at most 2 stuivers.
Chicken and duck eggs, at most 1 for 1 stuiver.
Geese and kiwi eggs at discretion.
Peguins, at most 5 for 2 stuivers.
Seagulls, divers, and similar eggs, 10 or 12 for at least 2 stuivers.
Olive oil, at most 2 1/2 stuivers.
Asyn the money: 1 1/4 stuivers.
Soud the pound: 1/2 stuiver.
Wheat. } When the mill is ready to be calculated and the price to be estimated.
Rays and
white bread.
Melons and watermelons (ripe and at least 1 lb. each heavy)
1/2 stuiver per lb. as the European Company will also accept for the ships for refreshment (if necessary).
Closed boxes: 2 to 3 stuivers depending on their size.
Yellow, white, and red carrots: 2 to 3 stuivers per bunch of 25 mature carrots.
Tulips: per bunch of 25 carrots, the same according to their size. *White*[^62]
All other earthenware, fine or coarse, diced vegetables, lettuce, leek, onions, etc., in addition.
The fowl as previously determined, namely:
A wild goose 6 stuivers per piece
A mountain duck 5 stuivers
A common duck 4 stuivers
Teal, pigeons, and similar 2 stuivers
Chickens, pheasants, parrots, quail, snipe, etc., according to discretion. The birds as previously determined, namely:
A wild goose 6 stuivers
A mountain duck 5 stuivers
A common duck 4 stuivers
Teals, pigeons, and similar birds 2 stuivers
Chickens, pheasants, parrots, quail, snipe, etc., with discretion. With the express warning and interdiction stated above regarding the boatman and the milk, that no one will be able to take anything for the provisions brought in, whether from the people of the incoming ships or these garrisons and Dutch inhabitants, on penalty of the penny sold and three times the value above that in money, to be paid by the seller, and one-third of the goods for the bringer: so that the people would be able to live here at their own expense or allowance, and in particular that the boatman will no longer be detained and collected for the highest price after the arrival of the ships, as has often happened before, to the great inconvenience of the inhabitants here, there The tax authorities are officially charged with taking and collecting tax without regard to personal interests or personal circumstances.
And so that the pigs can be produced in even greater abundance, it has been agreed that each citizen residing near the fort must initially keep at least 7 pigs, namely 6 sows with 1 bear, and may sell the remainder for the same price as above, and to whomever it may be theirs.
Dear, understanding that when each citizen of the city is hereby provided with the aforementioned number, each will be given as much land for carrots and other garden crops as he or she desires, except for those who have their own land outside: so as not to divert the farmers from their corn crops, as that is the most important thing to avoid a shortage of bread and other corn.
It has also been understood for necessary reasons that the townspeople here at the fort will be allowed to keep Dutch sheep in addition to the aforementioned pigs, but not to slaughter or sell any of them to outsiders if they have acquired more than 50 head (including 2 rams) for the breeding season.65 And then only rams and wethers, the oys may be transferred among the townspeople to the others at a tolerable price, so that anyone exceeding the aforementioned number of sheep will become the people of the coming Comps. ships may enjoy better refreshment, which the citizens are no less permitted to do, and among their Cape sheep;66 just as everyone is permitted to sell all articles of oath, by Comps. to obtain warehouses exepto farmers, innkeepers and taverns, which are excluded from this because of their great wear and tear, so that the trade is better preserved and their profits may also extend; but as for the Cape boats, milk, eggs, chickens, geese, ducks and all other birds, fish, fruits and anything else that can be caught and bred on land, in the water and in the air, everyone is free to sell; with the exception of grain and animal feed, which the E. Company will only deal with at its own discretion; all this subject to the approval and further consent of Our Lords Major and High Authority of India.
Thus done and resolved at the Fort of Good Hope on the date and year as above.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1659.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA. 1659.
[Signed:] Sargeant Pieter Evrard absent from the troops in the country.
[Signed:] GYSBT. VAN CAMPEN, Secrets.
Original Dutch transcription
Nademael den vry-meulenaer Wouter Cornelisz Mostert van Uijtrecht aengevangen heeft te maken een nieuwe watermeulen vermits de rosmeulen (uijt ‘t vaderlandt gecomen ende onder een bequaem huijs met sijn toebehoren al van over langh opgestelt) door ‘t ontrooven van Comps. ende meestal der vrijel. treckossen niet can op de gangh gebracht worden,
Item oock dat men volcomen preuve heeft de ossen al genoegh hebbende hun gansch qualijck in do. rosmeulen willen schicken, boven dat men mede merckt daer aen alle jaren veele ossen staen affgedreven te worden, waermede men in de plaetse veel ende noodiger werck soude cunnen doen aen den corenbou &a.
Ende gesien voorsz vry-meulenaer met sijn begonnen werck niet veel voortgangh can maken: ende dat (vermits het laest gelichte hardt broot uijt de schepen neffens oock den rijs en de grutte gansch op ‘t eynde loopt) de meulen noodtsakelijck aen de gangh gebracht sal moeten worden, om voortaen broot te mogen backen van ‘t coren jegenwoordigh uijt ‘t Caepse gewas (Gode loff) wel voor omtrent 6 maenden tot den ganschen omslagh alhier op solders leggende, Soo is op ‘t hooghste noodigh geacht ende goedtgevonden, den voorsz vrij-meulenaer op syn ernstigh versoeck, in ‘t vorderen van voorsz watermeulen (van redelijck succes doch anders van trage voortgangh sich latende aensien) te adsisteren ende de handt te bieden, ten eijnde d’ E. Compe. ende vrije borgeren daer van te eerder haer noodigh gerief mochten genieten, doch onder dese conditie dat in gevalle hem de meulen te duijr valt d’ E. Compe. deselve als dan, aen haer behouden, ende syn tot nu gedane werck soo veel daer van te stade can comen behoorlijck taxeeren ende vergoeden sal.
Ende nademael dan gelijck voorsz de potspijse t’ eenemael begint op te raken sulcx men langer geen lepelcost voor de luijden sal cunnen laten schaffen gelijck men scheep doet, ende tot noch in sulcker voegen voor ‘t gemeene volck hier in gebruyck is geweest vermits men uijt de aencomende schepen mede langer geen gort can lichten omdat se daervan doorgaens niet te overvloedigh tot hunne vordere te doene reijsen na India geproviandeert bevonden worden, Soo is, tot nader ordre onser Heeren Maijores (daer oock over geschreven sij) goedtgevonden des Comps. dienaers voortaen altemalen, van den eersten der aencomende maent September aff na de maniere van India Costgelden uijt te reijcken exepto die in ‘t sieckenhuijs leggen, daer altijt apart na ouder gewoonte voor geschaft sal worden, ten eijnde deselve haer behoorlijcke deegh blijven genieten ende tot voorsz costgelden wijders bij te voegen, in plaetse van 40 lb. rijs ter maendt, 30 lb. hard off40 lb.52 vers gebacken broot, na gelegentheijt des tijts, sijnde elck persoon 1 1/353 pondt daeghs ofte 9 2/3 lb.54 vers broot55 ‘s weecks, conform de reecqe. daer van maentelijcx in de negotie ende soldijeboecken te doen houden ende na te sien: maerde56 soldaten die gelijck jegenwoordigh aen de pega-pega tot de schutweringe off aen eenige wercken anders gestelt worden, sal men soo langh sulcx duijrt alsoo daer weijnich te coop sij, met 1 1/2 lb. broodt ende 1/2 lb. speck daeghs sonder costgelt versien, mitsgaders dewijl soo wel de werckluyden als de soldaten oock des naghts moeten waken ende de soldaten beneffens haer toght ende wachten alhier mede wercken, soo sal tot nader ordre als voorsz oock de costgelden onder deselve eguael verstreckt worden: mitsgaders daer tegen wedergecontinueert57 ‘s morgens een halff mutsien brandewijn, aen yder een te geven uijtgenomen die wachtvrij sijn, vermits de nachten hier coudt vallen ende den volcke te min genegenmogen58 sijn hare costgelden in de herbergen te verquisten. Synde oock goedtgevonden tot meerder gerief van deselve eenige statsborgers omtrent ‘t fort wonende te previliseren, allerleij winckel ende vettewarij59 te vercopen: mits die halende voor contant uijt Comps. magasijn ‘t geen daer te crygen sij, waer uijt beneffens de schone Caepse visserijen &a., melck ende booter: mitsgaders de abondante moescruijden, aert ende tuijnvruchten toespijs alhier genoegh te becomen wesen sal, Ende op dat60 d’ een ende d’ ander soude mogen bestaen ende niemant met ijts en monopolisere; is verstaen op de volgende waren de onderstaende prijsen te stellen namentlijck:
Visch. { Verse vis met grom en al, 1 braspenningh de 3 lb. doch bij 't hondert pondt 2 gul. } Doch 't geene d E. Compe. hiervan nodigh heeft voor slaven off andersints al gelevert worden ten prijse voor dato beraempt.
Gesoute do. de 2 lb. 1 1/2 braspenningh maer bij de hondert pondt 4 gul.
Drooge vis 2 lb. voor 2 braspenningen ofte een stooter bij de hondert lb. 5 1/2 gul.
Schape-vleys alsser geslacht wort 3 stuijvers 't lb. } Mits dit ende wes meer van d' E. Compe. gehaelt wort den voorcoopers wat minder bij 't gros sal gegeven worden, om behoorlijcke winningen te mogen hebben.
Koebeeste-vleys alsser geslacht wort 2 stuijvers 't lb.
Caeps verke-vleys geslacht 4 stuijvers 't lb.
Do. levendigh 2 1/2 stuijvers 't lb.
Hollandtsz ende Caepse botter 't lb. ten hoogsten 15 stuijvers } 't Sij datter schepen leggen off niet. Alsoo om des gemenen mans beste, verstaen wort niemandt voortaen sich sal vervorderen daer voor ijts ter werelt meer te nemen, als ondervonden sijnde de melck boeren daer mede cunnen bestaen.
Soetemelck ten hoogsten 't mingelen: 4 stuijvers
Carnemelck 't hooghsten 't mingelen: 2 stuijvers
Hoender ende eenden eijeren ten duijrsten 1 om 1 stuijver.
Gansen en kiwits eijeren na discretie.
Peguijns do. ten duijrsten 5 stux voor 2 stuijvers.
Meeuwen, duijkers en diergelijcke eijeren 10 off 12 ten minsten om 2 stuijvers.
Olij van olyven 't mutsien 2 1/2 stuijvers.
Asyn 't mutsien: 1 1/4 stuijvers.
Soudt 't pondt: 1/2 stuijver.
Taruwen. } Als de meulen gaedt te calculeren ende prys te ramen.
Roggen ende
witte broot.
Meloenen ende watermeloenen (rijp ende ten minsten 1 lb. yder swaer wesende)
1/2 stuijver 't lb. soo se d' E. Compe. voor de schepen tot ververssingh (noodigh hebbende) oocq aennemen sal.
Geslooten coolen 2 a 3 stuijvers na se groodt sijn 't stucq.
Geel, wit ende roode wortelen 2 a 3 stuijvers de bos van 25 stux volwassen.
Rapen de bos van 25 stux idem na se groot syn.
*Witte*[^61]
Alle andere aerdtvruchten fijne off grove moescruijden salade, looq, aijuijn &a. l advenandt.
Visch. { Verse vis met grom en al, 1 braspenningh de 3 lb. doch bij 't hondert pondt 2 gul. } Doch 't geene d E. Compe. hiervan nodigh heeft voor slaven off andersints al gelevert worden ten prijse voor dato beraempt.
Gesoute do. de 2 lb. 1 1/2 braspenningh maer bij de hondert pondt 4 gul.
Drooge vis 2 lb. voor 2 braspenningen ofte een stooter bij de hondert lb. 5 1/2 gul.
Schape-vleys alsser geslacht wort 3 stuijvers 't lb. } Mits dit ende wes meer van d' E. Compe. gehaelt wort den voorcoopers wat minder bij 't gros sal gegeven worden, om behoorlijcke winningen te mogen hebben.
Koebeeste-vleys alsser geslacht wort 2 stuijvers 't lb.
Caeps verke-vleys geslacht 4 stuijvers 't lb.
Do. levendigh 2 1/2 stuijvers 't lb.
Hollandtsz ende Caepse botter 't lb. ten hoogsten 15 stuijvers } 't Sij datter schepen leggen off niet. Alsoo om des gemenen mans beste, verstaen wort niemandt voortaen sich sal vervorderen daer voor ijts ter werelt meer te nemen, als ondervonden sijnde de melck boeren daer mede cunnen bestaen.
Soetemelck ten hoogsten 't mingelen: 4 stuijvers
Carnemelck 't hooghsten 't mingelen: 2 stuijvers
Hoender ende eenden eijeren ten duijrsten 1 om 1 stuijver.
Gansen en kiwits eijeren na discretie.
Peguijns do. ten duijrsten 5 stux voor 2 stuijvers.
Meeuwen, duijkers en diergelijcke eijeren 10 off 12 ten minsten om 2 stuijvers.
Olij van olyven 't mutsien 2 1/2 stuijvers.
Asyn 't mutsien: 1 1/4 stuijvers.
Soudt 't pondt: 1/2 stuijver.
Taruwen. } Als de meulen gaedt te calculeren ende prys te ramen.
Roggen ende
witte broot.
Meloenen ende watermeloenen (rijp ende ten minsten 1 lb. yder swaer wesende)
1/2 stuijver 't lb. soo se d' E. Compe. voor de schepen tot ververssingh (noodigh hebbende) oocq aennemen sal.
Geslooten coolen 2 a 3 stuijvers na se groodt sijn 't stucq.
Geel, wit ende roode wortelen 2 a 3 stuijvers de bos van 25 stux volwassen.
Rapen de bos van 25 stux idem na se groot syn.
*Witte*[^62]
Alle andere aerdtvruchten fijne off grove moescruijden salade, looq, aijuijn &a. l advenandt.
'T gevoogelte als voor dato beraempt namentlijck:
Een wilde Gansch 6 stujvers } 't stuck
Een bergh eend 5 stuijvers
Een ordinair eend 4 stuijvers
Talingen, duijven en diergelijcke 2 stuijvers
Hoenders, fasanten, pardrijsen, quartels snippen &a. na discreetie.
'T gevoogelte als voor dato beraempt namentlijck:
Een wilde Gansch 6 stujvers } 't stuck
Een bergh eend 5 stuijvers
Een ordinair eend 4 stuijvers
Talingen, duijven en diergelijcke 2 stuijvers
Hoenders, fasanten, pardrijsen, quartels snippen &a. na discreetie.
Met wel expresse waerschouwinge ende interdictie als vooren van de booter en de melck gesegt, dat niemandt yts meer voor de aengeroerde leeftoghten sal vermogen te nemen, ‘t sij van ‘t volcq der aencomende schepen ofte deses guarnisoens ende Nederlandtsz inwoonders, op verbeurte van het duijrder vercochte ende 3 mael de waerde boven dien in gelde, ten laste van den vercoper ende 1/3 van de waren voor den aenbrenger: op dat de luijden op hare cost off randsoen gelden alhier soude cunnen leven, ende insonderheijt de booter niet meer soodanich na de comste van de scheepen om de meeste prijs opgehouden ende gegadert wort als voor desen tot groot ongerief van de ingesetene alhier wel geschiedt sij, daer den fiscus amptshalven dan last van heeft naeu reguard op te nemen ende doen nemen sonder conniventie van saken off aensien van personen.
Ende op dat emmers de verckens in te meer abondantie mochten worden voortgeset, is verstaan dat elcq borger hier omtrent ‘t fort wonende vooreerst ten minsten sal moeten aenhouden 7 stux verkens namentlijck 6 seugenmet63 1 beer, ende de rest mogen vercopen ten prijseals boven64 daer ende aen wien ‘t hun belieft, verstaende wanneer elcken stadtsborger hier met voorsz aental sal versien wesen, ten welken fine yder sooveel landt tot wortelen en ander tuijnvruchten sal in eijgendom gegeven worden als hij noodigh begeert, exepto die eijgen landt buijten hebben: om de landtbouwers niet van hun corenbou te diverteren, als synde daeraen ‘t meeste gelegen om geen broodt ende ander coren gebreck te hebben.
Soo is oock om noodtsakelijcke reden verstaen dat de stadtsborgers hier bij ‘t fort boven de gemelte verckens sullen vermogen te houden Hollandtsz schapen doch van de selve geene slachten noch aen buijtenluijden vercopen als die over de 50 stux (daer onder 2 rammen) tot den voorteelt65 sullen hebben aengewonnen, Ende dan noch niet anders als rammen ende hamels, sullende de oyen onder de stadtsborgers den anderen mogen tot verdragelijcken prijse overgeset worden, ten eijnde elck boven voorsz aental in do. schapen comende te geraken ‘t volck der aencomende Comps. schepen daerbij te beeter verversinge genieten mogen, ‘t welck den landtborgers niet min toegestaen sij, beneffen ende onder hunne Caepse schapen;66 gelijck mede ijder een toegelaten sij te vercoopen alle eedtwaren, bij Comps. magasijn te crijgen exepto landtbouwers, herbergiers ende tappers, welcke daer van g’excludeert blijven vermits hare groote slijtagie, opdat de neringhluijden daerdoor te beeter behouden blijven, ende hare proffijtiens oock uijttrecken mogen, maer aengaende de Caepse booter, melck, eijeren, hoenders, gansen, eenden ende alle ander gevoogelte, vis, vruchten ende wes meer op ‘t landt, in de wateren en de lucht te crygen ende aen te focken is, staet ijder een vrij te vercopen: uijtgesondert coren ende bestiael dat d’ E. Compe. alleen sal negotieeren na haer goedtduncken; dit alles op approbatie ende nader goedtvinden onser Heeren Maijores ende hoghe overicheijt van India.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hope ten dage ende jare als boven.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1659.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA. 1659.
[Signed:] Den sargeant Pieter Evrard absent bij ‘t werckvolck in ‘t landt.
[Signed:] GYSBT. VAN CAMPEN, Secrets.
Item oock dat men volcomen preuve heeft de ossen al genoegh hebbende hun gansch qualijck in do. rosmeulen willen schicken, boven dat men mede merckt daer aen alle jaren veele ossen staen affgedreven te worden, waermede men in de plaetse veel ende noodiger werck soude cunnen doen aen den corenbou &a.
Ende gesien voorsz vry-meulenaer met sijn begonnen werck niet veel voortgangh can maken: ende dat (vermits het laest gelichte hardt broot uijt de schepen neffens oock den rijs en de grutte gansch op ‘t eynde loopt) de meulen noodtsakelijck aen de gangh gebracht sal moeten worden, om voortaen broot te mogen backen van ‘t coren jegenwoordigh uijt ‘t Caepse gewas (Gode loff) wel voor omtrent 6 maenden tot den ganschen omslagh alhier op solders leggende, Soo is op ‘t hooghste noodigh geacht ende goedtgevonden, den voorsz vrij-meulenaer op syn ernstigh versoeck, in ‘t vorderen van voorsz watermeulen (van redelijck succes doch anders van trage voortgangh sich latende aensien) te adsisteren ende de handt te bieden, ten eijnde d’ E. Compe. ende vrije borgeren daer van te eerder haer noodigh gerief mochten genieten, doch onder dese conditie dat in gevalle hem de meulen te duijr valt d’ E. Compe. deselve als dan, aen haer behouden, ende syn tot nu gedane werck soo veel daer van te stade can comen behoorlijck taxeeren ende vergoeden sal.
Ende nademael dan gelijck voorsz de potspijse t’ eenemael begint op te raken sulcx men langer geen lepelcost voor de luijden sal cunnen laten schaffen gelijck men scheep doet, ende tot noch in sulcker voegen voor ‘t gemeene volck hier in gebruyck is geweest vermits men uijt de aencomende schepen mede langer geen gort can lichten omdat se daervan doorgaens niet te overvloedigh tot hunne vordere te doene reijsen na India geproviandeert bevonden worden, Soo is, tot nader ordre onser Heeren Maijores (daer oock over geschreven sij) goedtgevonden des Comps. dienaers voortaen altemalen, van den eersten der aencomende maent September aff na de maniere van India Costgelden uijt te reijcken exepto die in ‘t sieckenhuijs leggen, daer altijt apart na ouder gewoonte voor geschaft sal worden, ten eijnde deselve haer behoorlijcke deegh blijven genieten ende tot voorsz costgelden wijders bij te voegen, in plaetse van 40 lb. rijs ter maendt, 30 lb. hard off40 lb.52 vers gebacken broot, na gelegentheijt des tijts, sijnde elck persoon 1 1/353 pondt daeghs ofte 9 2/3 lb.54 vers broot55 ‘s weecks, conform de reecqe. daer van maentelijcx in de negotie ende soldijeboecken te doen houden ende na te sien: maerde56 soldaten die gelijck jegenwoordigh aen de pega-pega tot de schutweringe off aen eenige wercken anders gestelt worden, sal men soo langh sulcx duijrt alsoo daer weijnich te coop sij, met 1 1/2 lb. broodt ende 1/2 lb. speck daeghs sonder costgelt versien, mitsgaders dewijl soo wel de werckluyden als de soldaten oock des naghts moeten waken ende de soldaten beneffens haer toght ende wachten alhier mede wercken, soo sal tot nader ordre als voorsz oock de costgelden onder deselve eguael verstreckt worden: mitsgaders daer tegen wedergecontinueert57 ‘s morgens een halff mutsien brandewijn, aen yder een te geven uijtgenomen die wachtvrij sijn, vermits de nachten hier coudt vallen ende den volcke te min genegenmogen58 sijn hare costgelden in de herbergen te verquisten. Synde oock goedtgevonden tot meerder gerief van deselve eenige statsborgers omtrent ‘t fort wonende te previliseren, allerleij winckel ende vettewarij59 te vercopen: mits die halende voor contant uijt Comps. magasijn ‘t geen daer te crygen sij, waer uijt beneffens de schone Caepse visserijen &a., melck ende booter: mitsgaders de abondante moescruijden, aert ende tuijnvruchten toespijs alhier genoegh te becomen wesen sal, Ende op dat60 d’ een ende d’ ander soude mogen bestaen ende niemant met ijts en monopolisere; is verstaen op de volgende waren de onderstaende prijsen te stellen namentlijck:
Visch. { Verse vis met grom en al, 1 braspenningh de 3 lb. doch bij 't hondert pondt 2 gul. } Doch 't geene d E. Compe. hiervan nodigh heeft voor slaven off andersints al gelevert worden ten prijse voor dato beraempt.
Gesoute do. de 2 lb. 1 1/2 braspenningh maer bij de hondert pondt 4 gul.
Drooge vis 2 lb. voor 2 braspenningen ofte een stooter bij de hondert lb. 5 1/2 gul.
Schape-vleys alsser geslacht wort 3 stuijvers 't lb. } Mits dit ende wes meer van d' E. Compe. gehaelt wort den voorcoopers wat minder bij 't gros sal gegeven worden, om behoorlijcke winningen te mogen hebben.
Koebeeste-vleys alsser geslacht wort 2 stuijvers 't lb.
Caeps verke-vleys geslacht 4 stuijvers 't lb.
Do. levendigh 2 1/2 stuijvers 't lb.
Hollandtsz ende Caepse botter 't lb. ten hoogsten 15 stuijvers } 't Sij datter schepen leggen off niet. Alsoo om des gemenen mans beste, verstaen wort niemandt voortaen sich sal vervorderen daer voor ijts ter werelt meer te nemen, als ondervonden sijnde de melck boeren daer mede cunnen bestaen.
Soetemelck ten hoogsten 't mingelen: 4 stuijvers
Carnemelck 't hooghsten 't mingelen: 2 stuijvers
Hoender ende eenden eijeren ten duijrsten 1 om 1 stuijver.
Gansen en kiwits eijeren na discretie.
Peguijns do. ten duijrsten 5 stux voor 2 stuijvers.
Meeuwen, duijkers en diergelijcke eijeren 10 off 12 ten minsten om 2 stuijvers.
Olij van olyven 't mutsien 2 1/2 stuijvers.
Asyn 't mutsien: 1 1/4 stuijvers.
Soudt 't pondt: 1/2 stuijver.
Taruwen. } Als de meulen gaedt te calculeren ende prys te ramen.
Roggen ende
witte broot.
Meloenen ende watermeloenen (rijp ende ten minsten 1 lb. yder swaer wesende)
1/2 stuijver 't lb. soo se d' E. Compe. voor de schepen tot ververssingh (noodigh hebbende) oocq aennemen sal.
Geslooten coolen 2 a 3 stuijvers na se groodt sijn 't stucq.
Geel, wit ende roode wortelen 2 a 3 stuijvers de bos van 25 stux volwassen.
Rapen de bos van 25 stux idem na se groot syn.
*Witte*[^61]
Alle andere aerdtvruchten fijne off grove moescruijden salade, looq, aijuijn &a. l advenandt.
Visch. { Verse vis met grom en al, 1 braspenningh de 3 lb. doch bij 't hondert pondt 2 gul. } Doch 't geene d E. Compe. hiervan nodigh heeft voor slaven off andersints al gelevert worden ten prijse voor dato beraempt.
Gesoute do. de 2 lb. 1 1/2 braspenningh maer bij de hondert pondt 4 gul.
Drooge vis 2 lb. voor 2 braspenningen ofte een stooter bij de hondert lb. 5 1/2 gul.
Schape-vleys alsser geslacht wort 3 stuijvers 't lb. } Mits dit ende wes meer van d' E. Compe. gehaelt wort den voorcoopers wat minder bij 't gros sal gegeven worden, om behoorlijcke winningen te mogen hebben.
Koebeeste-vleys alsser geslacht wort 2 stuijvers 't lb.
Caeps verke-vleys geslacht 4 stuijvers 't lb.
Do. levendigh 2 1/2 stuijvers 't lb.
Hollandtsz ende Caepse botter 't lb. ten hoogsten 15 stuijvers } 't Sij datter schepen leggen off niet. Alsoo om des gemenen mans beste, verstaen wort niemandt voortaen sich sal vervorderen daer voor ijts ter werelt meer te nemen, als ondervonden sijnde de melck boeren daer mede cunnen bestaen.
Soetemelck ten hoogsten 't mingelen: 4 stuijvers
Carnemelck 't hooghsten 't mingelen: 2 stuijvers
Hoender ende eenden eijeren ten duijrsten 1 om 1 stuijver.
Gansen en kiwits eijeren na discretie.
Peguijns do. ten duijrsten 5 stux voor 2 stuijvers.
Meeuwen, duijkers en diergelijcke eijeren 10 off 12 ten minsten om 2 stuijvers.
Olij van olyven 't mutsien 2 1/2 stuijvers.
Asyn 't mutsien: 1 1/4 stuijvers.
Soudt 't pondt: 1/2 stuijver.
Taruwen. } Als de meulen gaedt te calculeren ende prys te ramen.
Roggen ende
witte broot.
Meloenen ende watermeloenen (rijp ende ten minsten 1 lb. yder swaer wesende)
1/2 stuijver 't lb. soo se d' E. Compe. voor de schepen tot ververssingh (noodigh hebbende) oocq aennemen sal.
Geslooten coolen 2 a 3 stuijvers na se groodt sijn 't stucq.
Geel, wit ende roode wortelen 2 a 3 stuijvers de bos van 25 stux volwassen.
Rapen de bos van 25 stux idem na se groot syn.
*Witte*[^62]
Alle andere aerdtvruchten fijne off grove moescruijden salade, looq, aijuijn &a. l advenandt.
'T gevoogelte als voor dato beraempt namentlijck:
Een wilde Gansch 6 stujvers } 't stuck
Een bergh eend 5 stuijvers
Een ordinair eend 4 stuijvers
Talingen, duijven en diergelijcke 2 stuijvers
Hoenders, fasanten, pardrijsen, quartels snippen &a. na discreetie.
'T gevoogelte als voor dato beraempt namentlijck:
Een wilde Gansch 6 stujvers } 't stuck
Een bergh eend 5 stuijvers
Een ordinair eend 4 stuijvers
Talingen, duijven en diergelijcke 2 stuijvers
Hoenders, fasanten, pardrijsen, quartels snippen &a. na discreetie.
Met wel expresse waerschouwinge ende interdictie als vooren van de booter en de melck gesegt, dat niemandt yts meer voor de aengeroerde leeftoghten sal vermogen te nemen, ‘t sij van ‘t volcq der aencomende schepen ofte deses guarnisoens ende Nederlandtsz inwoonders, op verbeurte van het duijrder vercochte ende 3 mael de waerde boven dien in gelde, ten laste van den vercoper ende 1/3 van de waren voor den aenbrenger: op dat de luijden op hare cost off randsoen gelden alhier soude cunnen leven, ende insonderheijt de booter niet meer soodanich na de comste van de scheepen om de meeste prijs opgehouden ende gegadert wort als voor desen tot groot ongerief van de ingesetene alhier wel geschiedt sij, daer den fiscus amptshalven dan last van heeft naeu reguard op te nemen ende doen nemen sonder conniventie van saken off aensien van personen.
Ende op dat emmers de verckens in te meer abondantie mochten worden voortgeset, is verstaan dat elcq borger hier omtrent ‘t fort wonende vooreerst ten minsten sal moeten aenhouden 7 stux verkens namentlijck 6 seugenmet63 1 beer, ende de rest mogen vercopen ten prijseals boven64 daer ende aen wien ‘t hun belieft, verstaende wanneer elcken stadtsborger hier met voorsz aental sal versien wesen, ten welken fine yder sooveel landt tot wortelen en ander tuijnvruchten sal in eijgendom gegeven worden als hij noodigh begeert, exepto die eijgen landt buijten hebben: om de landtbouwers niet van hun corenbou te diverteren, als synde daeraen ‘t meeste gelegen om geen broodt ende ander coren gebreck te hebben.
Soo is oock om noodtsakelijcke reden verstaen dat de stadtsborgers hier bij ‘t fort boven de gemelte verckens sullen vermogen te houden Hollandtsz schapen doch van de selve geene slachten noch aen buijtenluijden vercopen als die over de 50 stux (daer onder 2 rammen) tot den voorteelt65 sullen hebben aengewonnen, Ende dan noch niet anders als rammen ende hamels, sullende de oyen onder de stadtsborgers den anderen mogen tot verdragelijcken prijse overgeset worden, ten eijnde elck boven voorsz aental in do. schapen comende te geraken ‘t volck der aencomende Comps. schepen daerbij te beeter verversinge genieten mogen, ‘t welck den landtborgers niet min toegestaen sij, beneffen ende onder hunne Caepse schapen;66 gelijck mede ijder een toegelaten sij te vercoopen alle eedtwaren, bij Comps. magasijn te crijgen exepto landtbouwers, herbergiers ende tappers, welcke daer van g’excludeert blijven vermits hare groote slijtagie, opdat de neringhluijden daerdoor te beeter behouden blijven, ende hare proffijtiens oock uijttrecken mogen, maer aengaende de Caepse booter, melck, eijeren, hoenders, gansen, eenden ende alle ander gevoogelte, vis, vruchten ende wes meer op ‘t landt, in de wateren en de lucht te crygen ende aen te focken is, staet ijder een vrij te vercopen: uijtgesondert coren ende bestiael dat d’ E. Compe. alleen sal negotieeren na haer goedtduncken; dit alles op approbatie ende nader goedtvinden onser Heeren Maijores ende hoghe overicheijt van India.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hope ten dage ende jare als boven.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1659.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA. 1659.
[Signed:] Den sargeant Pieter Evrard absent bij ‘t werckvolck in ‘t landt.
[Signed:] GYSBT. VAN CAMPEN, Secrets.