Cape Council of Policy
470
1672-07-31
Minute details
- Entry number
- 470
- Date
- 1672-07-31
- Year
- 1672
English translation
It was noted that today, along with the appearance of the Saxenburgh flute from the Fatherland, among other letters, a certain missive from the Commissioner Gentlemen Directors from The Hague, dated April 13th, has arrived, in which they order that, in the event that we were equipped with some hooks upon the appearance of the said flute here, and could be made sailing-ready in short order, one of the same, accompanied by the letters of the aforementioned Saxenburgh from the Fatherland, to despatch to Batavia without the slightest hesitation, and in return the aforementioned ship, along with the Cattenburgh flute (which we also meet every day), to be detained here until further notice. But conversely, if Saxenburgh or Cattenburgh were first to be informed, to send them there as soon as possible. Accordingly, it has been decided, with common advice, to appropriating the hooker d' Lijster, who is here, as quickly as possible, and then to send the aforementioned Saxenburgh letters and other advice to the High Government in Batavia, as well as the aforementioned flute, along with the expected Cattenburgh, in accordance with Her Honor's aforementioned order, to be detained here until we receive further instructions on the matter.
Friday, August 5th. 1672.
Taking into account the current precarious state of affairs, and the fact that the enemies of our State, as a result of the E. Compe., taking an entreprinse at this location, would find a much-desired refreshment at Dasseneijlant, where the aforementioned Compe. currently has over 500 st. could bring in a good half-breed of sheep, and, having mastered the said island with the least effort, then return there according to appetite.
Therefore, it has been decided and understood that all the sheep should be brought from there at the first opportunity, either directly with one of our vessels here or overland via the Saldanhia, as best and convenient can be done. As has also been experienced, the E. Compe. This place, due to its remoteness, cannot be used to its full potential, and there is always a lack of one thing or another, maintaining that it should also be practiced regarding Robben Island.
Friday, August 18, 1672.62
Also, Their Honorable Lords, in their letter of May 15 of last year, authorized, among other things, that at that time and for that period, the money here should be increased to 50 Rxrs. The cask could be debited, we could tap as much of that drink from the passing ships as we could comfortably consume, and consequently, it was discovered in the invoices of the arriving Saxony-Anhalt that he had a good quantity of Luijx beer for the country, and some of our privileged tappers, to tap some of those casks, at such a reasonable payment as might be expected, have very promptly requested it.
Therefore, after the previous deliberation, it was resolved to accommodate the honorable citizens, and to compensate the E. Compe. for as much of the spoilage that the said drink had become due to the extraordinary length of storage of the aforementioned. Should any person come here to present himself, to guarantee, at the pleasure of Her aforesaid Honor, to withdraw 15 1/2 barrels from it, and, in view of the lower prices, quality, and quantity against the current price, to debit them to 40 Rxrs. per barrel and to sell them again.
Thus resolved in the Fortress of Good Hope in the days and years aforesaid.
[Signed:] ALBERT VAN BREUGEL.
[Signed:] CONRAD VON BREITENBACH.
[Signed:] J. COON.
[Signed:] PIETER DE NEIJN.
[Signed:] H. CRUDOP.
[Signed:] W. VAN DUIDEN.
[Signed:] J. WITTEBOL.
[Signed:] (1672 24/8)
Friday, August 5th. 1672.
Taking into account the current precarious state of affairs, and the fact that the enemies of our State, as a result of the E. Compe., taking an entreprinse at this location, would find a much-desired refreshment at Dasseneijlant, where the aforementioned Compe. currently has over 500 st. could bring in a good half-breed of sheep, and, having mastered the said island with the least effort, then return there according to appetite.
Therefore, it has been decided and understood that all the sheep should be brought from there at the first opportunity, either directly with one of our vessels here or overland via the Saldanhia, as best and convenient can be done. As has also been experienced, the E. Compe. This place, due to its remoteness, cannot be used to its full potential, and there is always a lack of one thing or another, maintaining that it should also be practiced regarding Robben Island.
Friday, August 18, 1672.62
Also, Their Honorable Lords, in their letter of May 15 of last year, authorized, among other things, that at that time and for that period, the money here should be increased to 50 Rxrs. The cask could be debited, we could tap as much of that drink from the passing ships as we could comfortably consume, and consequently, it was discovered in the invoices of the arriving Saxony-Anhalt that he had a good quantity of Luijx beer for the country, and some of our privileged tappers, to tap some of those casks, at such a reasonable payment as might be expected, have very promptly requested it.
Therefore, after the previous deliberation, it was resolved to accommodate the honorable citizens, and to compensate the E. Compe. for as much of the spoilage that the said drink had become due to the extraordinary length of storage of the aforementioned. Should any person come here to present himself, to guarantee, at the pleasure of Her aforesaid Honor, to withdraw 15 1/2 barrels from it, and, in view of the lower prices, quality, and quantity against the current price, to debit them to 40 Rxrs. per barrel and to sell them again.
Thus resolved in the Fortress of Good Hope in the days and years aforesaid.
[Signed:] ALBERT VAN BREUGEL.
[Signed:] CONRAD VON BREITENBACH.
[Signed:] J. COON.
[Signed:] PIETER DE NEIJN.
[Signed:] H. CRUDOP.
[Signed:] W. VAN DUIDEN.
[Signed:] J. WITTEBOL.
[Signed:] (1672 24/8)
Original Dutch transcription
Gemerkt ons heden, met de verschijninge van de fluijt Saxenburgh uijt ‘et Patria, onder andere brieven mede is toegekomen sekere missive van de Gecommitteerde Heeren Bewinthebberen uijt ‘s Gravenshage in dato 13en April, waerbij beselve ordonneren, dat, ingevalle wij op ‘t verschijnen der geseijde fluijt alhier, met eenige hoekers versien waren, ende in ‘t korte zeijlvaerdigh conden werden gemaekt, een derselver, met de brieven ‘t voors. Saxenburgh uijt ‘t vaderland medegegeven, sonder ‘t minste versuijm naer Batavia te depecheren, en daertegens ‘t voorn. schip, nevens d’ fluijt Cattenburgh (die alle dage mede te gemoet sien) tot naeder ordre alhier aan te houden, Maer in contrarie cas, ‘t sij Saxenburgh off Cattenburgh dat eerst quamen te vernemen, op ‘t spoedigste derwaerts te laten afgaen: Ingevolge is met gemeen advijs g’arresteert, den hier ter rhede leggenden hoeker d’ Lijster in aller ijl daertoe t’ appropieren, en alsdan met de opgemelde Saxenburgse brieven en andere advijsen aen d’ Hooge Regeringe tot Batavia te versenden, mitsgaeders de voorn. fluijt, nevens ‘t verwachtwerdende Cattenburgh in conformite van Haer Edle. voren geciteerde ordre, alhier aan te houden, tot dat ons naeder last diesaengaende sal toegekomen sijn.
Vrijdagh 5 Augsti. 1672.
In consideratie geleijt sijnde de tegenwoordige bekommerlijke constitutie van tijden, en dat de vijanden van onsen Staat, bij gevolge van de E. Compe., bij ‘t nemen van een entreprinse op dese plaets, een seer gewenschte ververschinge aan ‘t Dasseneijlant , alwaer d’ gemelde Compe. thans ruijm 500 stx. schone halff slagschapen heeft weijden, souden cunnen opdoen, en hun van ‘t geseijde eijlantje, met d’ minste moeijten meester gemaekt hebbende, als dan daerin naer appetijt refrecheren,
Soo is goet gevonden en verstaan, alle d’ schapen bij d’ eerste occasie daervandaen te laten halen, ‘t zij directelik met eenige onser vaertuijgen herwaerts aen off over de Saldanhiabhaeij te lande, so en als best en gevoegelixt sal cunnen geschieden, Alsoo men ook ondervint, dat d’ E. Compe. van dit plaetsje, door de verde affgelegentheijt, niet ten besten can werden gedient, en ‘t ginder altijt soo aan ‘t een als ‘t ander komt te gebreken, houdende onderentussen noch in suspens, off sulx omtrent ‘t Robbeneijlant mede diende gepractiseert te werden.
Vrijdagh 18 Augsti. 1672.62
Also Haer Edle. onse Heeren Principalen ons bij derselver missive van den 15 Maij des voorleden jaers, onder anderen hadden g’ authoriseert dat bij aldien en so lange de mom alhier tot 50 Rxrs. ‘t vat soude cunnen werden gedebiteert, wij uijt d’ passerende schepen so veel van dien dranck vermochten te lichten, als bequaemelik konden verslijten, ende mitsdien bij d’ facturen van d’ g’arriveerde fluijt Saxenburgh ondervonden wert, dat deselve een goede quantiteijt Luijx bier voor ‘t lant in heeft, ende sommige van onse geprivilegieerde tappers, omme ‘t lichten eniger dier vaten, tegens sodanige raisonnable betalinge, als men daerop soude mogen stellen, seer instantelik hebben versocht,
Soo is, naer voorgaende deliberatie geresolveert, tot accomodatie eer-gedachte borgers, en om d’ E. Compe. voor soo veel van de bederffelikheijt, die d’ geseijde drank door ‘t extraordinarie lange leggen der voors. fluijt hier ter rhede mochte comen onderhavigh te werden, te guaranderen, op ‘t welbehaegen van Haer gemelde Edle. daeruijt te lichten 15 1/2 vaten, en deselve ten insichte van de mindere prijsen, hoedanigheijt en grootheijt tegens d’ mom, tot 40 Rxrs. ijder ton te debiteren en wederom uijt te vercopen.
Aldus geresolveert in d’ Fortresse de Goede Hoope ten dagen en jare voors.
[Signed:] ALBERT VAN BREUGEL.
[Signed:] CONRAD VON BREITENBACH.
[Signed:] J. COON.
[Signed:] PIETER DE NEIJN.
[Signed:] H. CRUDOP.
[Signed:] W. VAN DUIDEN.
[Signed:] J. WITTEBOL.
[Signed:] (1672 24/8)
Vrijdagh 5 Augsti. 1672.
In consideratie geleijt sijnde de tegenwoordige bekommerlijke constitutie van tijden, en dat de vijanden van onsen Staat, bij gevolge van de E. Compe., bij ‘t nemen van een entreprinse op dese plaets, een seer gewenschte ververschinge aan ‘t Dasseneijlant , alwaer d’ gemelde Compe. thans ruijm 500 stx. schone halff slagschapen heeft weijden, souden cunnen opdoen, en hun van ‘t geseijde eijlantje, met d’ minste moeijten meester gemaekt hebbende, als dan daerin naer appetijt refrecheren,
Soo is goet gevonden en verstaan, alle d’ schapen bij d’ eerste occasie daervandaen te laten halen, ‘t zij directelik met eenige onser vaertuijgen herwaerts aen off over de Saldanhiabhaeij te lande, so en als best en gevoegelixt sal cunnen geschieden, Alsoo men ook ondervint, dat d’ E. Compe. van dit plaetsje, door de verde affgelegentheijt, niet ten besten can werden gedient, en ‘t ginder altijt soo aan ‘t een als ‘t ander komt te gebreken, houdende onderentussen noch in suspens, off sulx omtrent ‘t Robbeneijlant mede diende gepractiseert te werden.
Vrijdagh 18 Augsti. 1672.62
Also Haer Edle. onse Heeren Principalen ons bij derselver missive van den 15 Maij des voorleden jaers, onder anderen hadden g’ authoriseert dat bij aldien en so lange de mom alhier tot 50 Rxrs. ‘t vat soude cunnen werden gedebiteert, wij uijt d’ passerende schepen so veel van dien dranck vermochten te lichten, als bequaemelik konden verslijten, ende mitsdien bij d’ facturen van d’ g’arriveerde fluijt Saxenburgh ondervonden wert, dat deselve een goede quantiteijt Luijx bier voor ‘t lant in heeft, ende sommige van onse geprivilegieerde tappers, omme ‘t lichten eniger dier vaten, tegens sodanige raisonnable betalinge, als men daerop soude mogen stellen, seer instantelik hebben versocht,
Soo is, naer voorgaende deliberatie geresolveert, tot accomodatie eer-gedachte borgers, en om d’ E. Compe. voor soo veel van de bederffelikheijt, die d’ geseijde drank door ‘t extraordinarie lange leggen der voors. fluijt hier ter rhede mochte comen onderhavigh te werden, te guaranderen, op ‘t welbehaegen van Haer gemelde Edle. daeruijt te lichten 15 1/2 vaten, en deselve ten insichte van de mindere prijsen, hoedanigheijt en grootheijt tegens d’ mom, tot 40 Rxrs. ijder ton te debiteren en wederom uijt te vercopen.
Aldus geresolveert in d’ Fortresse de Goede Hoope ten dagen en jare voors.
[Signed:] ALBERT VAN BREUGEL.
[Signed:] CONRAD VON BREITENBACH.
[Signed:] J. COON.
[Signed:] PIETER DE NEIJN.
[Signed:] H. CRUDOP.
[Signed:] W. VAN DUIDEN.
[Signed:] J. WITTEBOL.
[Signed:] (1672 24/8)