Cape Council of Policy
666
1680-12-30
Minute details
- Entry number
- 666
- Date
- 1680-12-30
- Year
- 1680
English translation
The Lord Commander, having presented and summarized at the meeting the material contained in the letter written to the Cape by the Honorable Gentlemen Majors dated November 21, 1679, 285, regarding what we would have to bear regarding all European nations upon arrival here, in which letter he expressly commands that all familiarity and association of such prospective friends with this and that of the residents here is in no way pleasing to them, which cannot also lead the service of the E.Comp. Also that one will be suspected that everything that is provided to them will not be done as in the utmost care and with the most frugal hand, since everything that is here must be brought here at very great expense and kept for our own convenience286, without other nations participating in it, dictating that one must also keep them out of or outside the castle, since their intention generally tends there to spy and inspect everything, with the further addition that their Edln. understand that here in their good opinion this must be accomplished, and noting that this morning in a very miserable situation here in the harbour a certain English ship appeared, coming from Mocha, after all appearances having arrived here in order to be allowed to refresh themselves and fetch water, so it was found good in the Fatherland, in the satisfaction of their High Honor, to comply with their orders in all respects, and understand the common. An English captain appearing on land, to be politely received by one of the members of the Council, and, if requested, to agree to buy some refreshments from the citizens and to fetch water freely, provided that he is also informed that, for himself personally, or any of his subordinate officers or common people, they must refrain not only from remaining outside the castle, but also from approaching or passing the castle from outside. Furthermore, he must ensure that no one of his party is found on land in the evening or at night, but that they are to give orders that they are transported ashore before sunset, or that, if we find otherwise, we are obliged. It would be inappropriate to show sensitivity to this, and to make the arrival of these entirely unpleasant guests even more unpleasant, we were also arrested by the bailiff to insinuate that no one should sell this English man's sheep for less than ƒ18 each, valuing the vegetables and herbs after the advice at an excessive price, at a cost of 25 Rx., which was found to have been done to the contrary.
The lease term for the lands in Hottentoot Holland having expired at the end of the following January, and to re-lease it the following November, notes had been minted everywhere, but it should be considered that the contract entered into with the remaining tenant contains several conditions that are not at all as advantageous in the regulations of the E. Comp. as those that should have been included in order to allow the E. Comp. to derive considerably more profit from it, therefore the average contract was further summarized and reviewed in Rade, after some deliberation it was agreed upon and it was understood that no one who would be able to take it on rent or lease again would be kept in place of forty head of slaughterable sheep289 out of the hundred or so sheep that he borrowed from the E.Comp. enjoy, each year, to give 60 pieces of two-year-old wethers, the animals that were loaned to her in case of accident or death at the E. Comp. to be reimbursed instead of ƒ12 to ƒ24, the newest grains that are available in the E.Comp. will be delivered at a civil price, namely the bushel of wheat previously amounted to ƒ12, now not to exceed ƒ9, the bushel of barley previously amounted to ƒ290 and now not to exceed ƒ4.5, and the bushel of oats to ƒ3. However, the company remains obligated, as before, to contribute annually, for the permit of these lands to the General Dutch East India Company, 60 bushels of wheat, 20 tons of rye, and 20 tons of barley, as appears in more detail below the inserted condition:
Conditions and terms on which the General Dutch East India Company Mr. Simon van der Stel, Commander at Cabo de Boa Esperance, together with the Council, intends to lease and lease out to the Council for a period of three consecutive years the lands of the Company and the subsequent appropriations dependent thereon in Hottentoot Holland, commencing at the end of January 1681 and ending at the beginning of February 1684.
First, to lend the tenants 40 ps. worth of working animals for the management of the agriculture and their subsequent appropriations from the Company, provided that the loss or death of the same is covered by a 24 guilders guarantee.
Similarly, their people For maintenance expenses, 10 ps. are allowed, which will remain in their possession in case of accident, otherwise refundable against the aforementioned amount.
They will also receive, for their assistance, as many thousands annually in loan as they need, provided that the usual payment is made to the E.Comp. for this purpose. Namely, all building tools that are in need of repair before they are repaired will be kept there for their use, provided that they are returned in the same value upon expiration of the lease.
A new plowshare in stock to keep their people out of trouble is also agreed upon, provided payment is made.
With 4 to 6 suitable guns for their defense and to ward off vermin, enemies, etc., and they will be supported on loan with as much grain as they need for that year.
Each German servant will also receive 50 lb. of rice per month, provided they are paid for.
In the early hours, they will not be denied a German to quickly crush the grain, provided that the same can be spared from the E.C.O., provided they are paid for.
They were allowed to have a small boat made, for which they would be given planks at their own expense, along with a permit to fish, as much as the E.C.O. comes at a cost, and that with regard to the Company's slaves, the E. Company will accept the surplus fish at the appropriate price.
But what involves crossing the Berghrevier, due to the coarse shooting, much less any exchange with the Hottentoes, should not be considered on expense.
They were allowed two loads of salt, so as to salt above-average fish, and their own provisions, like other freemen, to take from the salt pans.
They were also permitted to break as much land as they could control.
It was not considered a Company. sheep are permitted to be kept here, and of every 100 ewes, they will have to deliver 60 two-year-old wethers for the annual enjoyment of the flock, and the entire number will be refunded, provided that any animal supplies and occasional supplies demanded from there for our use are also paid.
Finally, for the annual enjoyment of the land, livestock, tools, and grains, we will pay to the E.Comp. 60 bushels of wheat, 20 bushels of barley, 20 bushels of rye, totaling 100 bushels, and that these are good and sound grains, or if it is found upon delivery that the aforementioned If grain is not available, it will be cleaned at the tenant's expense. They will also be responsible for ensuring that the Company's livestock is properly preserved under cover.
If the tenants are required to properly stock the land, they are required to remove the grain from the corners and livestock enclosures with their own crew, without the European Company having to assist them in the slightest.
The tenant is free to sell their excess grain, once the European Company has paid its dues, to anyone they wish, though the common If tenants are willing to leave their grains they have received to the E. Comp., the E. Comp. will be obligated to accept them at the following price: ƒ9 for the pound of wheat, ƒ4.5 for the pound of barley, ƒ4.5 for the pound of oats.
Four slaves will be granted to the tenants in loan during the lease term, namely…294
And the aforementioned contracts continue to require proof and reliquary of everything received, and upon expiration of the lease term, the received amount will be returned in forma probante. To resume the lease of lands in Rade, citizen Tobias Marquart appeared. He, having read the aforementioned conditions and following previous debates, had accepted the lease of the common lands in Hottenoot Holland for a period of three consecutive years, finding this considerably more profitable for the European Company than keeping 18 or 20 Europeans and, in addition, a group of slaves, as had previously happened.
The free miller and tenant of the Company's water corn mill, Jan Dirckse de Beer,295, appeared at the meeting and requested that he return to the lease of the common for the coming year. The corn mill was to be allowed to continue, and it should be noted that no one of these residents understands this trade, and that upon public leasing, the current miller could legally set the E. Comp. to accept no more than he desired, even if it were half as much. It was therefore decided to allow him to continue the lease for the coming year, 1681, provided that instead of the current ƒ300, he will be required to pay ƒ330 to the E. Comp. in the year he also accepted it.
Thus done and resolved in 't Casteel d' Goede Hoope, date ut antea.
The lease term for the lands in Hottentoot Holland having expired at the end of the following January, and to re-lease it the following November, notes had been minted everywhere, but it should be considered that the contract entered into with the remaining tenant contains several conditions that are not at all as advantageous in the regulations of the E. Comp. as those that should have been included in order to allow the E. Comp. to derive considerably more profit from it, therefore the average contract was further summarized and reviewed in Rade, after some deliberation it was agreed upon and it was understood that no one who would be able to take it on rent or lease again would be kept in place of forty head of slaughterable sheep289 out of the hundred or so sheep that he borrowed from the E.Comp. enjoy, each year, to give 60 pieces of two-year-old wethers, the animals that were loaned to her in case of accident or death at the E. Comp. to be reimbursed instead of ƒ12 to ƒ24, the newest grains that are available in the E.Comp. will be delivered at a civil price, namely the bushel of wheat previously amounted to ƒ12, now not to exceed ƒ9, the bushel of barley previously amounted to ƒ290 and now not to exceed ƒ4.5, and the bushel of oats to ƒ3. However, the company remains obligated, as before, to contribute annually, for the permit of these lands to the General Dutch East India Company, 60 bushels of wheat, 20 tons of rye, and 20 tons of barley, as appears in more detail below the inserted condition:
Conditions and terms on which the General Dutch East India Company Mr. Simon van der Stel, Commander at Cabo de Boa Esperance, together with the Council, intends to lease and lease out to the Council for a period of three consecutive years the lands of the Company and the subsequent appropriations dependent thereon in Hottentoot Holland, commencing at the end of January 1681 and ending at the beginning of February 1684.
First, to lend the tenants 40 ps. worth of working animals for the management of the agriculture and their subsequent appropriations from the Company, provided that the loss or death of the same is covered by a 24 guilders guarantee.
Similarly, their people For maintenance expenses, 10 ps. are allowed, which will remain in their possession in case of accident, otherwise refundable against the aforementioned amount.
They will also receive, for their assistance, as many thousands annually in loan as they need, provided that the usual payment is made to the E.Comp. for this purpose. Namely, all building tools that are in need of repair before they are repaired will be kept there for their use, provided that they are returned in the same value upon expiration of the lease.
A new plowshare in stock to keep their people out of trouble is also agreed upon, provided payment is made.
With 4 to 6 suitable guns for their defense and to ward off vermin, enemies, etc., and they will be supported on loan with as much grain as they need for that year.
Each German servant will also receive 50 lb. of rice per month, provided they are paid for.
In the early hours, they will not be denied a German to quickly crush the grain, provided that the same can be spared from the E.C.O., provided they are paid for.
They were allowed to have a small boat made, for which they would be given planks at their own expense, along with a permit to fish, as much as the E.C.O. comes at a cost, and that with regard to the Company's slaves, the E. Company will accept the surplus fish at the appropriate price.
But what involves crossing the Berghrevier, due to the coarse shooting, much less any exchange with the Hottentoes, should not be considered on expense.
They were allowed two loads of salt, so as to salt above-average fish, and their own provisions, like other freemen, to take from the salt pans.
They were also permitted to break as much land as they could control.
It was not considered a Company. sheep are permitted to be kept here, and of every 100 ewes, they will have to deliver 60 two-year-old wethers for the annual enjoyment of the flock, and the entire number will be refunded, provided that any animal supplies and occasional supplies demanded from there for our use are also paid.
Finally, for the annual enjoyment of the land, livestock, tools, and grains, we will pay to the E.Comp. 60 bushels of wheat, 20 bushels of barley, 20 bushels of rye, totaling 100 bushels, and that these are good and sound grains, or if it is found upon delivery that the aforementioned If grain is not available, it will be cleaned at the tenant's expense. They will also be responsible for ensuring that the Company's livestock is properly preserved under cover.
If the tenants are required to properly stock the land, they are required to remove the grain from the corners and livestock enclosures with their own crew, without the European Company having to assist them in the slightest.
The tenant is free to sell their excess grain, once the European Company has paid its dues, to anyone they wish, though the common If tenants are willing to leave their grains they have received to the E. Comp., the E. Comp. will be obligated to accept them at the following price: ƒ9 for the pound of wheat, ƒ4.5 for the pound of barley, ƒ4.5 for the pound of oats.
Four slaves will be granted to the tenants in loan during the lease term, namely…294
And the aforementioned contracts continue to require proof and reliquary of everything received, and upon expiration of the lease term, the received amount will be returned in forma probante. To resume the lease of lands in Rade, citizen Tobias Marquart appeared. He, having read the aforementioned conditions and following previous debates, had accepted the lease of the common lands in Hottenoot Holland for a period of three consecutive years, finding this considerably more profitable for the European Company than keeping 18 or 20 Europeans and, in addition, a group of slaves, as had previously happened.
The free miller and tenant of the Company's water corn mill, Jan Dirckse de Beer,295, appeared at the meeting and requested that he return to the lease of the common for the coming year. The corn mill was to be allowed to continue, and it should be noted that no one of these residents understands this trade, and that upon public leasing, the current miller could legally set the E. Comp. to accept no more than he desired, even if it were half as much. It was therefore decided to allow him to continue the lease for the coming year, 1681, provided that instead of the current ƒ300, he will be required to pay ƒ330 to the E. Comp. in the year he also accepted it.
Thus done and resolved in 't Casteel d' Goede Hoope, date ut antea.
Original Dutch transcription
De Heer Commandeur ter vergaderinck vertoont en geresumeert hebbende de materie vervat bij de brieff door de Ed. Heeren Majores onder dato 21 November 1679285 na de Caap geschreven, hoedanigh ons omtrent alle Europiaense Natie bij aenkomst alhier soude hebben te dragen, bij welcke missive wel uijtdruckelijck sijn beveelend’ dat haer alle familiariteijt en ommeganck van sodanige aenkomende vrinde met dese en gene van de ingesetene alhier in geenderhande manier behagelijckx is, die ook den dienst van de E.Comp. niet kan leijden. Ook dat men verdacht sal wesen dat alle het geene aen haer wert verstreckt niet en sal mogen geschiden als in de uijterste noot en met de spaersaemste handt, also al het geene dat alhier is, met seer grote koste moet herwaerts werden gebracht en voor ons eijgen gerieft286 gehouden, sonder dat andere natie daer van sullen participeeren, dicteerende weijders dat men haer mede sal moeten houden uijt of buijten het casteel, also haer intentie doorgaens daar heen tendeert om alles te spioneeren en af te sien, met verdere bijvoeginck dat haer Edln. verstaen dat hier in haer goede meeninck sal moete werden volbracht, en gemerckt dese morgen in een seer miserabile standt alhier ter rede is verscheenen seeker Engels scheepje, comende uijt Mocha , na alle aparentie hier aengekomen sijnde om alhier te mogen verversen en water haelen, soo is in voldoeninck van haer Hoog Ede. in ‘t Patria haer beveelen in alle deelen na te comen, goet gevonden ende verstaen den gem. Engelse capiteijn bij aen land verscheijninck, door ijmand van de leden uijt de Raat beleefdelijck te laten ontfangen, misgaders hem, wanneer daer om komt te versoeken, te accordeeren bij de borgers eenige verversinck te copen en vrijelijck water halen, mits dat hem daer nevens sal werden aengeseght dat hij voor sijn persoon in ‘t particulier of ijmandt van sijn minder onderhebbende officieren of gemeene volck hun sullen hebben te onthouden niet alleen buijten het casteel te blijven, maer ook selfs ‘t casteel van buijten niet te genaken of voor bij te passeeren, ook daer nevens sorgh te dragen dat niemandt van de sijne ‘s avondts of ‘s nachts aen landt werdt bevonden, maer die ordre te stellen dat voor sonnenonderganck hun na boort transporteeren of dat wij andersints bij contrarie vindinck genootsaeckt soude wesen ons daer over gevoeligh te toonen, en om dese gansch onaengename gasten hun aenkomst alhier des te onsmakelijker te maeken, so is mede g’ arresteert door de gerechtsbode dese ingeseteenen(sic)te doen insinueeren dat niemandt aen dese Engels man287 sijn schapen minder sal mogen verkopen als tegen ƒ18 stuck, taxeerende de groente en moeskruijden na advenandt tot een excessieve preijs op poene van 25 Rx., die bevonden werden contrarie gedaen te hebben.
De huurtijt van de landerijen in Hottentoots Hollandt met het eijndige van de maendt Januarij aenstaende g’expireert sijnde, en om ‘t selve weder de nove te verpachten alomme biljetten aengeslagen sijnde, maer geconsidereert dat het contrackt met de nogh presente huerder aengegaen verscheijde conditie vervat die in ‘t reguart van de E.Comp. geensints so voordeeligh sijn alsdie288 wel hadde behooren gestelt te werden om de E.Comp. daer door vrij wat meerder profijt te doen hebben, derhalven ‘t gem. contrackt in Rade nader geresumeert en oversien sijnde, is na genome deliberatie goet gevonden ende verstaen dat die geen die ‘t selve weder in huur of pacht sal comen aen te neemen, gehoude sal wesen in plaets van veertigh stux slachtbare schapen289 van de ijder hondert moerschapen die sij in leeninck van de E.Comp. genieten, jaerlijckx te geven 60 stuckx twejarige hamels, de beesten die haer in leeninck werden vergunt bij verongelucken of sterven aen de E. Comp. te vergoede in plaets van ƒ12 tot ƒ24, de jonckste granen die sij aen de E.Comp. sullen komen te leveren mede op een civile prijs gestelt, als namentlijck ‘t mudde taruw voor desen tot ƒ12 nu niet hoger als ƒ9, ‘t mudde garst voorheen tot ƒ…290 en nu niet meerder als tot ƒ4 1/2 en ‘t mudde haver tot ƒ3, blijvende echter gehouden gelijck als voor heen daer en boven voor de vergunninck van die landerijen aen de E. Comp. jaerlijckx op te brengen 60 mudde taruw, 20 do. rogge en 20 do. garst, gelijck als breder blijckt hier onder g’insereerde voorwaerde:
Conditien en voorwaerde waerop wegens de generale Nederlantse Oostindise Comp. d’ Heer Simon van der Stel, Commandeur aen Cabo de Boa Esperance, misgaders den Raat van meeninge sijn te verhuren en in leeninck over te laten voor den tijt van 3 achter een volgende jaren ‘s Comp. landerijen en vordere ommeslagh daer aen dependeerende in Hottentoots Hollandt , ingaende ultimo Januarij 1681 en eijndigende primo Februarij 1684.
Eerstelijck de huerders tot bestier van lantbouw en hare verdere ommeslagh van de E.Comp. in leeningk te geven 40 ps. werckbeesten, mits dat voor ‘t verlies of afsterven der selver stuck voor tegens ƒ24 gehoude sijn te verhoeden.
Insgelijckx werdt haerluijden tot montkost &. toegestaen 10 ps. koijen welcke gehoude blijven bij verongelucken als anders te restitueeren tegens de somme voors.
Sullende de selve mede tot haerder adsistentie genieten soo veel Duijtsen jaerlijckx in leeninck als van node hebben mits de ordinarij betalinck aen de E.Comp. daer voor wert gedaen namentijck als gebruijkelijck alle het bouwgereetschap dat onbequaem is alvorens gerepareert sijnde, sullende aldaer tot haer gebruijck houden, mits dat het selve bij expiratie van huur wederom in gelijke valeur moet werden gerestitueert.
Een niewe ploegschaer in voorraet om haer lieden uijt verlegentheijt te houden, is mede, mits betalinck, haerluyden g’accordeert.
Met 4 @ 6 bequame roers tot harer defensie en ‘t afweeren van ‘t ongediert, vijanden &., en sullen werden onderstut ter leen met soveel saetkoorn als nodigh hebben voor dit jaer.
So ook mede ijder Duijtse knecht ‘s maendts met 50 lb. rijst mits betalinck.
Haerluijden sal mede in den oughsttijt een Duijtsen om ‘t graen in der ijl onder de voet te krijgen, niet geweijgert werden, so de selve van de E.Comp. alsdan maer kunnen werden gemist, mits betalinck.
Een schuijtje werdt haer luijden toegestaen te laten maeken, waer toe haer planken sullen werde[n] gegeven t’ haren kosten, neffens een segen om te vissen, so veel die de E.Comp. komt te kosten, en dat ten opsichten van ‘s Comp. slaven, sullende de E. Comp. de vis die overigh hebben, aennemen ten prijse daer toe staende.
Maer wat over de Berghrevier te gaen belanckt, wegens ‘t grof wilt schiten, veel min eenige ruijlinck met de Hottentoos, daerom magh niet gedach[t] werden op poene daer op beraemt of nogh te beramen.
Twe vrachten sout, so het insouten van boven gem. vis en haer luijder montkost werd haer toegestaen, als andere vrijluijde, van de soutpannen te halen.
Werdende hun mede gepermitteert so veel landt te291 breken als immers kunnen beheersen.
Werdt niet als Comp. schapen gedooght alhier te mogen aenhouden en sullen van de 100 ooijen 60 twejarige hamels voor ‘t genot van de aenteel ‘s jaers hebben te leveren en den geheele nomber te292 restitueeren, mits ook ‘t geene van beestiael & nu en dan van daer tot ons gebruijck geeijst wert, te laten volgen.
Eijndelijck sullen jaerlijck voor ‘t genot van ‘t landt, beesten, gereetschapen & aen de E.Comp. betalen aen granen 60 mudde taruw, 20 do. garst, 20 do. rogge, sijnde 100 mudde, en dat goede en deughtsame granen, of ‘t bij leverantie gevonde293 werdende dat de voorn. granen niet leverbaer sijn, sullen de selve ten koste van de huerder schoon gemaeckt werden, ook sullen sij sorgh moeten dragen dat ‘s Comp. vee in haer bewarinck onder dack behoorlijck gepreserveert werden.
Ingevallen de huerders om mist benodight sijn om ‘t landt na behooren daer mede te voorsien, sullen sij gehoude sijn de mist uijt de hoecken en beestecoralen met haer eijgen volck te halen, sonder dat de E.Comp. haer in ‘t minste daer in sal behoeven te adsisteeren.
Staende de huerder vrij haer g ‘oughste granen, wanneer de E.Comp. haer impost hebben voldaen, te verkopen aen die geene die ‘t haer gelieft, dogh de gem. huerders genegen sijnde haer g oughste granen aen de E.Comp. over te laten, sal de E.Comp. gehoude sijn de selve aen te neemen ten prijse als volght, te weten: ‘t mudde taruw ƒ9, ‘t do. garst ƒ4 1/2, ‘t do. haver ƒ3.
Sullende aen de huurders ter leen gedurende de huurtijt werden verleent 4 stuckx slaven als namentlijck …294
En blijven voors. contracten van alles ‘t welck ontfangen hebben, gehoude bewijsreeke. en reliqua te doen, wederom bij expiratie van huurtijt ‘t ontvangene te restitueere in forma probante.
Omme welke landerijen weder in huur aen te nemen in Rade is verscheene den borger Tobias Marquart die de voorgaende conditien sijn voor gelesen en naer voorgaende debatten de gem. landerijen in Hottentoots Hollandt voor de tijt van 3 achter een volgende jaren in huur heeft aengenomen, sijnde sulckx vrij wat profitabelder voor de E.Comp. als tot de culture van dien 18 @ 20 Europianen en daer en boven nogh een partij slaven te houden, gelijck voorheen is geschiet.
Den vrij molenaer en pachter van ‘s Comp. water coornmolen, Jan Dirckse de Beer,295 ter vergaderinck binne gestaen en versoght hebbende dat hij voor ‘t aenstaende jaer in die pacht van de gem. coor[n]molen mocht blijve[n] continueeren en gemerckt niemandt deser ingeseetene sigh op dat ambacht is verstaende, en dat bij publike verpachtingh van dien, den presente molenaer de E.Comp. daer in soude konne wette stellen om de selve als dan niet hoger aen te nemen als selfs begeerde, als was ‘t selfs de helft minder, so is goet gevonden hem voor ‘t aenstaende jaer 1681 in de pacht te laten continueeren, mits dat in plaets van ƒ300, nu gehouden sal wesen daer voor in ‘t jaer aen d’ E. Comp. te betalen ƒ330, dat ook heeft aengenomen.
Aldus gedaan en geresolveert in ‘t Casteel d’ Goede Hoope, datum ut antea.
De huurtijt van de landerijen in Hottentoots Hollandt met het eijndige van de maendt Januarij aenstaende g’expireert sijnde, en om ‘t selve weder de nove te verpachten alomme biljetten aengeslagen sijnde, maer geconsidereert dat het contrackt met de nogh presente huerder aengegaen verscheijde conditie vervat die in ‘t reguart van de E.Comp. geensints so voordeeligh sijn alsdie288 wel hadde behooren gestelt te werden om de E.Comp. daer door vrij wat meerder profijt te doen hebben, derhalven ‘t gem. contrackt in Rade nader geresumeert en oversien sijnde, is na genome deliberatie goet gevonden ende verstaen dat die geen die ‘t selve weder in huur of pacht sal comen aen te neemen, gehoude sal wesen in plaets van veertigh stux slachtbare schapen289 van de ijder hondert moerschapen die sij in leeninck van de E.Comp. genieten, jaerlijckx te geven 60 stuckx twejarige hamels, de beesten die haer in leeninck werden vergunt bij verongelucken of sterven aen de E. Comp. te vergoede in plaets van ƒ12 tot ƒ24, de jonckste granen die sij aen de E.Comp. sullen komen te leveren mede op een civile prijs gestelt, als namentlijck ‘t mudde taruw voor desen tot ƒ12 nu niet hoger als ƒ9, ‘t mudde garst voorheen tot ƒ…290 en nu niet meerder als tot ƒ4 1/2 en ‘t mudde haver tot ƒ3, blijvende echter gehouden gelijck als voor heen daer en boven voor de vergunninck van die landerijen aen de E. Comp. jaerlijckx op te brengen 60 mudde taruw, 20 do. rogge en 20 do. garst, gelijck als breder blijckt hier onder g’insereerde voorwaerde:
Conditien en voorwaerde waerop wegens de generale Nederlantse Oostindise Comp. d’ Heer Simon van der Stel, Commandeur aen Cabo de Boa Esperance, misgaders den Raat van meeninge sijn te verhuren en in leeninck over te laten voor den tijt van 3 achter een volgende jaren ‘s Comp. landerijen en vordere ommeslagh daer aen dependeerende in Hottentoots Hollandt , ingaende ultimo Januarij 1681 en eijndigende primo Februarij 1684.
Eerstelijck de huerders tot bestier van lantbouw en hare verdere ommeslagh van de E.Comp. in leeningk te geven 40 ps. werckbeesten, mits dat voor ‘t verlies of afsterven der selver stuck voor tegens ƒ24 gehoude sijn te verhoeden.
Insgelijckx werdt haerluijden tot montkost &. toegestaen 10 ps. koijen welcke gehoude blijven bij verongelucken als anders te restitueeren tegens de somme voors.
Sullende de selve mede tot haerder adsistentie genieten soo veel Duijtsen jaerlijckx in leeninck als van node hebben mits de ordinarij betalinck aen de E.Comp. daer voor wert gedaen namentijck als gebruijkelijck alle het bouwgereetschap dat onbequaem is alvorens gerepareert sijnde, sullende aldaer tot haer gebruijck houden, mits dat het selve bij expiratie van huur wederom in gelijke valeur moet werden gerestitueert.
Een niewe ploegschaer in voorraet om haer lieden uijt verlegentheijt te houden, is mede, mits betalinck, haerluyden g’accordeert.
Met 4 @ 6 bequame roers tot harer defensie en ‘t afweeren van ‘t ongediert, vijanden &., en sullen werden onderstut ter leen met soveel saetkoorn als nodigh hebben voor dit jaer.
So ook mede ijder Duijtse knecht ‘s maendts met 50 lb. rijst mits betalinck.
Haerluijden sal mede in den oughsttijt een Duijtsen om ‘t graen in der ijl onder de voet te krijgen, niet geweijgert werden, so de selve van de E.Comp. alsdan maer kunnen werden gemist, mits betalinck.
Een schuijtje werdt haer luijden toegestaen te laten maeken, waer toe haer planken sullen werde[n] gegeven t’ haren kosten, neffens een segen om te vissen, so veel die de E.Comp. komt te kosten, en dat ten opsichten van ‘s Comp. slaven, sullende de E. Comp. de vis die overigh hebben, aennemen ten prijse daer toe staende.
Maer wat over de Berghrevier te gaen belanckt, wegens ‘t grof wilt schiten, veel min eenige ruijlinck met de Hottentoos, daerom magh niet gedach[t] werden op poene daer op beraemt of nogh te beramen.
Twe vrachten sout, so het insouten van boven gem. vis en haer luijder montkost werd haer toegestaen, als andere vrijluijde, van de soutpannen te halen.
Werdende hun mede gepermitteert so veel landt te291 breken als immers kunnen beheersen.
Werdt niet als Comp. schapen gedooght alhier te mogen aenhouden en sullen van de 100 ooijen 60 twejarige hamels voor ‘t genot van de aenteel ‘s jaers hebben te leveren en den geheele nomber te292 restitueeren, mits ook ‘t geene van beestiael & nu en dan van daer tot ons gebruijck geeijst wert, te laten volgen.
Eijndelijck sullen jaerlijck voor ‘t genot van ‘t landt, beesten, gereetschapen & aen de E.Comp. betalen aen granen 60 mudde taruw, 20 do. garst, 20 do. rogge, sijnde 100 mudde, en dat goede en deughtsame granen, of ‘t bij leverantie gevonde293 werdende dat de voorn. granen niet leverbaer sijn, sullen de selve ten koste van de huerder schoon gemaeckt werden, ook sullen sij sorgh moeten dragen dat ‘s Comp. vee in haer bewarinck onder dack behoorlijck gepreserveert werden.
Ingevallen de huerders om mist benodight sijn om ‘t landt na behooren daer mede te voorsien, sullen sij gehoude sijn de mist uijt de hoecken en beestecoralen met haer eijgen volck te halen, sonder dat de E.Comp. haer in ‘t minste daer in sal behoeven te adsisteeren.
Staende de huerder vrij haer g ‘oughste granen, wanneer de E.Comp. haer impost hebben voldaen, te verkopen aen die geene die ‘t haer gelieft, dogh de gem. huerders genegen sijnde haer g oughste granen aen de E.Comp. over te laten, sal de E.Comp. gehoude sijn de selve aen te neemen ten prijse als volght, te weten: ‘t mudde taruw ƒ9, ‘t do. garst ƒ4 1/2, ‘t do. haver ƒ3.
Sullende aen de huurders ter leen gedurende de huurtijt werden verleent 4 stuckx slaven als namentlijck …294
En blijven voors. contracten van alles ‘t welck ontfangen hebben, gehoude bewijsreeke. en reliqua te doen, wederom bij expiratie van huurtijt ‘t ontvangene te restitueere in forma probante.
Omme welke landerijen weder in huur aen te nemen in Rade is verscheene den borger Tobias Marquart die de voorgaende conditien sijn voor gelesen en naer voorgaende debatten de gem. landerijen in Hottentoots Hollandt voor de tijt van 3 achter een volgende jaren in huur heeft aengenomen, sijnde sulckx vrij wat profitabelder voor de E.Comp. als tot de culture van dien 18 @ 20 Europianen en daer en boven nogh een partij slaven te houden, gelijck voorheen is geschiet.
Den vrij molenaer en pachter van ‘s Comp. water coornmolen, Jan Dirckse de Beer,295 ter vergaderinck binne gestaen en versoght hebbende dat hij voor ‘t aenstaende jaer in die pacht van de gem. coor[n]molen mocht blijve[n] continueeren en gemerckt niemandt deser ingeseetene sigh op dat ambacht is verstaende, en dat bij publike verpachtingh van dien, den presente molenaer de E.Comp. daer in soude konne wette stellen om de selve als dan niet hoger aen te nemen als selfs begeerde, als was ‘t selfs de helft minder, so is goet gevonden hem voor ‘t aenstaende jaer 1681 in de pacht te laten continueeren, mits dat in plaets van ƒ300, nu gehouden sal wesen daer voor in ‘t jaer aen d’ E. Comp. te betalen ƒ330, dat ook heeft aengenomen.
Aldus gedaan en geresolveert in ‘t Casteel d’ Goede Hoope, datum ut antea.