Cape Council of Policy
672
1681-08-14
Minute details
- Entry number
- 672
- Date
- 1681-08-14
- Year
- 1681
English translation
The Hr. Commander having demonstrated at the meeting how we had recently been sent off with the fluijtie Baaren, among other things a quantity of provisions and merchandise in the Fatherland for this residence, also a quantity of 50 barrels of haentjesbier, according to the fatherland invoice for this residence, consequently also landed here and in 's Comps. warehouse, and noting that on our petition filed last year to the fatherland only 20 barrels of such beer had been requisitioned, we initially thought that this had been done deliberately by Her Highness Ede in the Fatherland, in view of Her Highness Ede's apology for sending the Rinse and France wine requisitioned from here, as well as other native beers, and for that reason we had allocated to ourselves, in lieu of those drinks, a similar quantity of barrels of haentiesbier to serve as a supplement. However, upon closer consideration, it is noted that such a large quantity of that beer could not properly be consumed in situ for a considerable period of time, causing it to spoil, become sour, and otherwise become of inferior quality. Therefore, after the preceding deliberation, it is a sound understanding of the aforementioned 50 barrels of Haentjiesbier, with 20 stuccos to be sent to Batavia at the first convenient opportunity, notwithstanding that, due to extraordinary lack of patience, 11 stuccos were consumed on the entire batch with refills.
Thus done and resolved in the Castle of Good Hope, date 18.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] TOBIAS VLASVAT.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] A. DE MAN, Rt. and Secrts.
[Signed:] Ms. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.
Thus done and resolved in the Castle of Good Hope, date 18.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] TOBIAS VLASVAT.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] A. DE MAN, Rt. and Secrts.
[Signed:] Ms. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.
Original Dutch transcription
D’ Hr. Commandeur ter vergaderinge gedemonstreert hebbende hoe dat ons onlangs met ‘t fluijtie Baaren , onder meerder quantiteijt provisien en coopmanschappen in ‘t Patria voor dese residentie daerin afgescheept, oock mede is geweest een quantiteijt van 50 vaaten haentjesbier, volgens de vaderlandtse factuer voor deese residentie daerin affgescheept, gevolghlijck oock alhier aan landt en in ‘s Comps. magasijn ingeslagen, en aangemerckt op onse voorleeden jaerse gedaane petitie na ‘t vaderlant maer eenlijck 20 vaaten soodanigh bier gevordert waaren, soo hebben wij echter ter eerster instantie gedacht, sulcx bij haer Hoogh Ede, in ‘t Patria met voordacht geschiet te sijn, ten opsichte haer Hoogh Ede het senden van de van hier gevorderde Rinse en France wijn, mitsgaders andere vaderlantse bieren hadden gelieven te excuseeren, en om die redenen ons in plaats van die drancken een soodanige quantiteijt vaten haentiesbier hadden toegeschickt om tot supplement te dienen. Dogh bij herdenckingh in naeuwer consideratie genoomen, dat een soo grootten quantiteijt van dat bier niet wel als in een geruijmen tijt in loco gebeneficeert soude connen werden, waer door dan ‘t selve bederff, suer worden en andersints onderwaerdigh is, Soo is naer voorgaende deliberatie een helligh verstaen van de voorne. 50 vaten haentjiesbier, met de eerste bequame gelegentheijt 20 stucx na Batavia te senden, onaangesien dat door extraordinarie wannigheijt op de geheele parthij 11 stx. met opvullen sijn geconsumeert.
Aldus gedaan en geresolveert in ‘t Casteel d’ Goede Hoope, datum ut antea.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] TOBIAS VLASVAT.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] A. DE MAN, Rt. en Secrts.
[Signed:] Ms. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.
Aldus gedaan en geresolveert in ‘t Casteel d’ Goede Hoope, datum ut antea.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] TOBIAS VLASVAT.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] A. DE MAN, Rt. en Secrts.
[Signed:] Ms. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.