Cape Council of Policy
670
1681-07-28
Minute details
- Entry number
- 670
- Date
- 1681-07-28
- Year
- 1681
English translation
The Council, having been summoned by the Commander of this residence on behalf of the merchant Jacob van Ackersdijck,14 his Eminence proposed and presented how the Ede Lords Majors in Patnia, in response to our petition submitted last year, have kindly excused the sending of Rinse and French wines there, as a result of which the Company's warehouses are completely destitute of all Dutch wines, and that moreover we have not the least to expect from it all year round, as a result of which the tenants of the aforementioned drinks have come to us with difficulty several times and in this regard come to tolerate and support them with a good foundation, so that the Company. that this does not satisfy their desire, they will no longer be bound by the said lease, as this has been expressly conditioned upon entering into it with the E. Company, whereby the Company, in addition to the profits it receives from the said drinks, will also remain frustrated (at least in part) of the rent, not only this year, but also in the future, since no one of these residents will want to accept the said lease in the coming year, which will diminish the Cape profits by no means, as from which the principal revenues must derive, yet on the other hand, taking into close consideration the matter contained in a general letter from the Ede. The Directors, at the meeting of the 17th, dated 23 January 15 of this year, wrote to the Commander and Councillor in loco, in which Their Highness Ede expressed its displeasure regarding the taking of provisions and other necessities from both the Indian cargoes and the other supplies of the passing ships, and that, having received complaints from India in this regard that some excesses have been committed, The Highness Ede expressly orders us not to take from the passing ships any less than what we cannot do without in the utmost distress. As also the Ede. Mr. The Governor General and the Honourable Lords of the Council of India, in their latest letters here, seem not to be at all satisfied about this, and that Their Highness would also like to see this declinated as much as possible, wherefore His Honour the Council is deliberating whether one orders the lighting of some patriotic drinks for the convenience of the tapsters, as well as some butter and olive oil, of which the latter have not the least in stock and have already suffered from a shortage for some time, could resolve. Whereupon, after previous mature deliberation, it was unanimously agreed to excuse the lifting of wines from the cargo for India entirely, but in the regulation of the oil and boat that we are so desperately in need of, not only for our own supplies, but also for the flujtie Baaren and the hoecker de Quartel, the first via Mauritius to Ceylon, the other by route16 to Batavia, which will have to be provisioned de novo before their departure, to communicate of which, it has been agreed to lift ashore from the remaining ship's supplies from Tidoor, 2 barrels of butter and six semi-finished olive oil in the confidence that her Highness Ede. The High Government of India will be pleased to regard this reparation of ours as unjust, especially since we are expected to supplement the provisions for the Cape with the first ships from the Amsterdam Chamber.
Thus done and resolved at the Castle of Good Hope, dated 11/04/2018.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] JACOB VAN ACKERDIJCK.
[Signed:] TOBIAS VLASVAT.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] Ms. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.
Thus done and resolved at the Castle of Good Hope, dated 11/04/2018.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] JACOB VAN ACKERDIJCK.
[Signed:] TOBIAS VLASVAT.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] Ms. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.
Original Dutch transcription
Door den Commandeur deser residentie den Raadt met assumptie van den coopman Jacob van Ackersdijck14 geconvoceert sijnde, is door sijn E. geproponeert en voorgedragen hoe dat d’ Ede. Heeren Maijores in ‘t Patnia op onsen voorleden jaarse gedane petitie na derwaarts ‘t senden van Rinse en France wijnen hebben gelieven te excuseeren, waar door ‘s Comps. magasijnen altans t’ eenemael van alle vaderlantse wijnen destituijt sijn, en dat wij daerenboven ‘t gantsche jaar niet ‘t minste daer van hebben te verwachten, waardoor de pachters van de gemelte drancken ons al verscheijde maalen waaren komen moeijelijck vallen en dienaangaande comen te doleeren en met goet fondament sustineenen, soo d’ Compe. haer daarmede na hun begeerte niet komt te gerieven, in de gemelte pacht niet langer gehouden te sijn, als sulcx voor ‘t aangaan van deselve met d’ E.Compe. expresselijck hebbende geconditioneert, waer door d’ Compe. behalven de voordeelen die sij op de gemelte drancken gaudeert, oock sal blijven gefrustreert (immers voor een gedeelte) van de pachtpenningen niet alleen dit jaar, maer oock selffs in toecomende, alsoo niemandt deser ingesetenen ‘t aanstaande jaer d’ gemelte pacht sal willen aannemen, dat d’ Caepse winsten niet weijnigh sal verminderen, alsoo daer uijt d’ principaelste revenuen moeten deriveren, dogh daer en tegen weder in naeuwe aenmerckinge genomen de materie vervath bij een generale missive door d’ Ede. Heeren Bewinthebberen ter vergaderinge van de 17e. onder dato 23 Januari15 deses jaars aan den Commandeur en Raadt in loco geschreven, waer bij haer Hoogh Ede, over ‘t lichten van provisien en andere benodichtheden soo uijt de Indische cargasoenen als den overigen voorraat van de passeerende schepen, haer ongenoegen comen te toonen, en dat d’ Hoogh Ede. dienaangaande clachten uijt India te vooren komen dat daarin eenige excessen gepleecht sijn, sulcx ons wel expresselijck ordonneeren niet anders uijt de passeerende schepen te lichten als ‘t geene wij niet als in de uijtterste verlegentheijt cunnen ontbeeren, Gelijck mede den Ede. Hr. Gouverneur Generaal en d’ E.E.Heeren Raden van India bij haer jonghste schrijvens na herwaarts daar over mede geensints ten besten schijnen vernoecht, en dat haar hoogh Ede. sulcx mede soo veel als immers doenlijck gaarne saagen gedeclineert, weshalven sijn E. den Raadt in deliberatie geeft off men tot het lichten van eenige vaderlantse drancken tot gerieff van de tappers mitsgaders eenige boter en olijvenolie van welcke laeste niet het alderminste in voorraat hebben en reets al eenigen tijt gebreck van hebben moeten lijden, soude konnen resolveeren. Waarop na voorgaande rijpe deliberatie eenhelligh is verstaan ‘t lichten van wijnen uijt ‘t cargasoen voor India in ‘t geheel te excuseeren, dogh in ‘t reguart van de olie en booter daer wij soo hooghnodigh om sijn verlegen, niet alleen tot eijgen mesnagie, maer oock om ‘t fluijtie Baaren en den hoecker de Quartel ‘t eerste over Mauritius na Ceijlon , ‘t ander ad roitture16 na Batavia gaende, dewelcke voor haer vertreck de novo sullen moeten geprovideert werden, daer van mede te deelen, is verstaan uijt den overigen scheepsvoorraet van Tidoor aen landt te lichten 2 vaaten boter en ses halffaamen olijvenolie in vertrouwen dat haar hoogh Ede. de Hooge Regeeringh van India deese onse verrightingh voor niet qualijck gedaan sullen gelieven aan te sien, te meer wanneer wij van de provisien voor d’ Caep die wij met de eerste schepen van de Camer Amsterdam hebben te verwachten ‘t gelichte comen te suppleren.
Aldus gedaan en geresolveent in ‘t Casteel d’ Goede Hoope, datum ut antea.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] JACOB VAN ACKERDIJCK.
[Signed:] TOBIAS VLASVAT.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] Ms. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.
Aldus gedaan en geresolveent in ‘t Casteel d’ Goede Hoope, datum ut antea.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] JACOB VAN ACKERDIJCK.
[Signed:] TOBIAS VLASVAT.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] Ms. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.