Cape Council of Policy
657
1680-06-28
Minute details
- Entry number
- 657
- Date
- 1680-06-28
- Year
- 1680
English translation
The lieutenant of this garrison, Jeronimus Cruse, having suggested in Rade that he still found 1,000 lb. of Brazilian tobacco safely available, which he had acquired in larger quantities from the warehouses of the E. Company here a few years ago, and that he was now willing to relieve him of this burden and give it to the E. Company. to surrender the tobacco at a price that is detrimental to the buyer, after deliberation, it has been agreed and agreed to accept the aforementioned tobacco from him for the E. Company at the price of 30 stuivers per lb., being the same amount as he paid the E. Company for it, which will still leave the E. Company with a reasonable profit.
Lieutenant Jan Baptista arrived here with the return ships from Ceylon and was taken by the E. Hr. Extraordinary Council and Commissioner Sijbrant Abbema and Council consented to remain here until the arrival of the re-embarkation, in order to depart for the homeland with them. However, noting that the usual time for their arrival here has already passed, and that the monsoon season for their arrival has also passed sufficiently, there is therefore no doubt that we would still be expecting them this year, which would leave the aforementioned Baptist at the expense of the E. Company for a whole year. It was therefore understood that he should be informed that no wages would be debited from him here and that payment of these would be reported to the Noble Lords Directors, of which their Nobles would be notified with the return fleet.
Thus resolved in 't Casteel de Goehoop, dated 1726.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] H. CRUDOP.
[Signed:] TOBIAS VLASVAT.
Original Dutch transcription
De luijtenant deses guarnisoens, Jeronimus Cruse, in Rade voorgestelt hebbende dat hem present nogh bevont met ongevaar 1000 lb. Brasilische taback die hij voor eenige jaaren onder grooter quantiteijt van d’ E.Compa. alhier uijt de magasijnen hadde overgenomen en dat als nu wel genegen was om hem van die beslommeringh te ontlasten ende selve aen d’ E.Compa. tegens een schadelijcken prijs over te doen, waar op gedelibereert sijnde, soo is goet gevonden en verstaen d’ gemelte taback van hem voor de E.Compa. aen te nemen ten prijse van 30 stuijvers ‘t lb., sijnde soo veel als denselven daar voor aen de E.Compa. heeft betaalt, waer in voor d’ E.Compa. nogh al een tamelycke winst sal connen overschieten.
Den luijtenant Jan Baptista met d’ retourscheepen van Ceijlon hier aengecomen en door den E. Hr. Extra ordinaris Raat en Commissaris Sijbrant Abbema en Raat geconsenteert tot d’ comst van de nascheepen hier te mogen verblijven om daar mede nae ‘t vaderlant te vertrecken, dogh gemerct de ordinarij tijt van der selver aencomst alhier reets ruijm is verstreecken, mitsgaders ‘t mousson om hier aen te comen mede genoeghsaam verloopen, gevolgelijck buijten eenige twijfel dat wij deselve dit jaar nogh soude sijn verwachtende, waar door d’ gemelte Baptist een gants jaar tot laste van d’ E.Compa. soude overblijven, Soo is verstaen hem te doen aenseggen dat hem alhier geen gagie sal werden afgeschreven en dat de voldoeninge van dien aen de Edle. Heeren Bewinthebberen sal werden gerenvoijeert, waar van haar Edles. met d’ retourvloot sal werden kennis gegeven.
Aldus geresolveert in ‘t Casteel de Goehoop dato ut antra.260
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] H. CRUDOP.
[Signed:] TOBIAS VLASVAT.