Cape Council of Policy
408
1669-11-20
Minute details
- Entry number
- 408
- Date
- 1669-11-20
- Year
- 1669
English translation
Aengesien by the encomste of the mountain workers and in particular the four assistants, named Teunis van de Sande, Nicolaes Fredrick Visser, Philip Wints, and Jacob Baseler by Haer Edle. The Lords, Directors, our Superiors, recently sent here by ships, Vrijheijt and Polaenen, from the country to investigate some minerals. We found ourselves unable to find a suitable place for such art and craftwork, and the aforementioned assessors were not willing to satisfy them with our assigned lodgings. As ex auctoritatus and outside our orders, we went to stay with a freeman in the house and dining room, so we left with them from there, who, in turn, retired to their own appropriated dwelling.113 A specification of 211 Rxrs. was shown by the freeman's wife, with the aforementioned four assessors of the From 26 August to 16 November, both this year, they spent their meals there on food, strong drinks, and the food they had enjoyed. Upon closer inspection, we see that this largely comes from copious amounts of strong brandy and Spanish wine, and the aforementioned wife allots for her meal114 and for each man no more than 1/4 of an Rx., including not only the copious amounts of beer they enjoyed all day, which are very expensive here, but also the food and the unavailability of their house, which was completely and continuously occupied by the four of them and the other mountain workers, so that gen. woman could hardly accommodate and accommodate one more person, And the aforesaid Her Honor, in their letter of the 27th of April passado (with the aforementioned ships upon their arrival here), came to order us to add the first two to no more than ƒ28, and the other two ƒ20 per month as a salary besides assistant's expenses, and thus noticed upon careful calculation that this would import for each head in addition to the 18 Rxrs. per month that they had spent there in that short time, that this is quite high and they allow them to be well assured that this will be done by the E. Compe. should have been paid, as we dared to suggest in the meeting,115 therefore we have, after mature consideration, understood and decided to pay the said freeman his specification in full, as he was civilly assessed, but distributed in such a way, namely, that the E. Compe. will pay 111 Rxrs. in deduction of the said 211 Rxrs. in recognition of their board and lodging and allowance for the lodging received, but for drink, noting that the said freeman is an innkeeper, and to write off such drink untaxed at R. for general expenses, and for the remaining 100 Rxrs. each for 1/4 share on recq. to be taxed, and that after this, the first two will receive no more than 6 reale each per month for food and drink, and the other two 4 reale each per month.
Thus we have the merchant Sr. Abraham Zeeuw, who, on April 24th, was brought ashore here by Commander Borghorst of the yacht Amerongen, his second, at his request, agreed in Rade to depart for Batavia with the yacht Noortwijck, which was moored here, primarily because his person was not required here, and his mood also did not seem to accommodate this climate.
Thus done and resolved in Fort de Goede Hoope on the day and year aforesaid.
[Signed:] JACOB BORGHORST.
[Signed:] CORN. DE CRETSER.
[Signed:] JOHANNES COON.
[Signed:] J. GRANAAT.
Thus we have the merchant Sr. Abraham Zeeuw, who, on April 24th, was brought ashore here by Commander Borghorst of the yacht Amerongen, his second, at his request, agreed in Rade to depart for Batavia with the yacht Noortwijck, which was moored here, primarily because his person was not required here, and his mood also did not seem to accommodate this climate.
Thus done and resolved in Fort de Goede Hoope on the day and year aforesaid.
[Signed:] JACOB BORGHORST.
[Signed:] CORN. DE CRETSER.
[Signed:] JOHANNES COON.
[Signed:] J. GRANAAT.
Original Dutch transcription
Aengesien by de aencomste van de berghwerckers en insonder de vier assaijeurs, genaemt Teunis van de Sande, Nicolaes Fredrick Visser, Philip Wints, ende Jacob Baseler door Haer Edle. de Heeren Bewinthebberen onse Superioren onlancx per de scheepen, Vrijheijt en Polaenen uijt ‘et Patria tot ondersoeckinge eeniger mineralen herwaerts gesonden, wij ons in loco niet well van accomodable plaetse tot soodanige kunst en hantwerck verijschende, versien bevonden ende gemelte assaijeurs met onse aengewesene logiementies, hun bij provisie niet willden vernoegen laten, en alsoo ex auctoritatus en buijten onse ordre bij een vrijman in huijs en eetplaets logieren gingen, soo is ons bij henlieden vertreck vandaer, de welcke als doen in onse naer hun eijgen sin geapproprieerde woningh retreerde,113 door desselffs vrijmans huijsvrouw een specificatie verthoont van 211 Rxrs., bij genoemde vier assaijeurs van den 26 Augustij tot 16 November beijde deses jaers aldaer aen montcosten, starcken dranck ende genooten logijs verteert, en wij bij nareeckeningh komen te sien dat sulckx merendeels uijt menichvuldige starcke dranck van brandewijn ende Spaense wijn ontstaet, en voorsz vrouw voor haer ma[a]ltijt114 ende voor ider man niet meer als 1/4 van een Rx. pretendeert, sijnde daermeede ingerekendt niet alleen ‘t menichvuldige bier, dat een geheelen dagh hebben genoten, ende alhier seer kostelijck valt: nemaer oock ‘t logijs ende onvrijicheijt van haer huijs, dat door hun vieren ende de vordere berghwerckers t’ eenemael en soodanich continueel is beslagen geweest, dat gen. vrouw qualijck een mensch meer zetten en logieren konden, Ende opgemelte Haer Edle. bij hunne letteren van den 27en April passado (met de voorsz genoemde scheepen bij hunne aencomste alhier t’ gewerden) ons komen te ordonneeren, de 2 eerste niet meer als ƒ28, ende d’ andere twee ƒ20 per maent tot een soldije nevens adsistentscostgeldt toe te voegen, ende alsoo bij nauwe calculatie bespeuren dat sulckx voor ijder hooft bij de 18 Rxrs. ter maent soude inporteer[en] die zijl. daer in die corten tijt verteert hebben, dat vrij hoogh siet en sij henlieden well assurant voorstaen laten, dat sulcx bij de E. Compe. betaelt behoorden te worden, gelijck in vergaderinge hebben durven voorgegeven,115 dierhalven is bij ons naer rijpe overweginge verstaen en beslooten, gemelte vrijman sijne specificatie ten vollen te voldoen, als synde civiell getaxeert, edoch in sodanige manier verdeelt, te weten, dat d’ E. Compe. in minderringhe van genoemde 211 Rxrs. in erkenteniss van hunne costgelden ende tegemoetkomingh van ‘t genotene logiement 111 Rxrs. sal betalen, edoch in dranck, gemerct voorsz vrijman herbergh is houdende, en over sulckx gemelte dranck ongetaxeert op R. van generale oncosten aff te schrijven, ende voor de resterende 100 Rxrs. henlieden elck voor 1/4 part op recq. te belasten, ende dat na deesen in de 2 eerste niet meer als 6 ende d’ andere twee 4 reale ider per maent tot costgelt sullen erlangen.
Soo hebben we den coopman sr. Abraham Zeeuw die den 24 April laestleden, door den Commandr. Borghorst van ‘t jacht Amerongen tot sijn secunde alhier aen lant gelicht was, op sijn versoeck in Rade geaccordeert met het alhier ter rheede leggende jacht Noortwijck naer Batavia te vertrecken, principaal omdat sijn persoon alhier niet vereijste, ende oock sijn humeur met dit climaet niet well scheen te accorderen.
Aldus gedaen en geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hoope ten dage en jaere voorsz.
[Signed:] JACOB BORGHORST.
[Signed:] CORN. DE CRETSER.
[Signed:] JOHANNES COON.
[Signed:] J. GRANAAT.
Soo hebben we den coopman sr. Abraham Zeeuw die den 24 April laestleden, door den Commandr. Borghorst van ‘t jacht Amerongen tot sijn secunde alhier aen lant gelicht was, op sijn versoeck in Rade geaccordeert met het alhier ter rheede leggende jacht Noortwijck naer Batavia te vertrecken, principaal omdat sijn persoon alhier niet vereijste, ende oock sijn humeur met dit climaet niet well scheen te accorderen.
Aldus gedaen en geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hoope ten dage en jaere voorsz.
[Signed:] JACOB BORGHORST.
[Signed:] CORN. DE CRETSER.
[Signed:] JOHANNES COON.
[Signed:] J. GRANAAT.