Cape Council of Policy
746
1684-06-20
Minute details
- Entry number
- 746
- Date
- 1684-06-20
- Year
- 1684
English translation
Having been presented in Council by the Lord Commander, how, for reasons fully explained in our resolution of 19 January of this year, it had once been deemed appropriate to interdict and prohibit by edict, under severe penalty, that no vineyard grower might sell any wine of the slightest quality to tenants or any other without the express written consent of the government, but seeing that since then the tenants of the Cape wines have had such a good deal of wear and tear in that well-desired area, that the Compa. for the moment, she is no longer able to satisfy her in this regard, and for that reason the tenants might subsequently complain and complain that she had not been permitted to seek her satisfaction from private vineyards. Therefore, based on the foregoing considerations, it has been deemed appropriate to allow the aforementioned Cape wine tenants to purchase Cape wines for their own use from now on. And so that they cannot pretend to be ignorant of this, bills will be issued everywhere in this regard.12
Thus resolved and arrested in the Castle of Good Hope, date above.
[Signed:] S. v. STEL.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] JAN BABTIST.
[Signed:] AND. THE MAN, Rt. and Sects.
Thus resolved and arrested in the Castle of Good Hope, date above.
[Signed:] S. v. STEL.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] JAN BABTIST.
[Signed:] AND. THE MAN, Rt. and Sects.
Original Dutch transcription
Door de Heer Commandeur in Raade voorgedraage zijnde hoe dat om reedenen bij onse resolutie van de 19 Januarij deses jaars in ‘t breede g’expliceert doenmaals was goet gevonden om bij placcaat op hooge penaliteijt te interdiceeren en verbieden dat geene wijngaardeniers eenige de minste wijnen sonder expres schriftelijck consent van de overigheijt aan de pachters of eenige andere mochte vercoopen, maar aangesien ‘t seedert dien tijt door de pachters van de Caapse wijnen soodaenigen sleet en vertier in dat wel gewilde nadt hebben gehadt, dat de Compa. voor present niet langer machtigh is haar daar meede te connen gerieven en dat uijt dien hooffde de pachters naederhandt soude connen doleeren en klachtigh vallen dat haar niet was gepermitteert geweest om haar gerieff bij de particuliere wijngaardeniers te soecken, weshalve naar voorgaande overweegingh is goet gevonden, de meer gecitteerde Caapse wijnpachters van nu af aan weder toe te staan om Caapse wijnen te mogen tot haar gerieff op coopen. En op dat deselve hier vangeenignorantie soude connen pretendeeren, zullen alomme desen aangaande biljetten werden g’affigeert.12
Aldus geresolveert en g’arresteert in ‘t Casteel d’ Goede Hoop, datum ut supra.
[Signed:] S. v. STEL.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] JAN BABTIST.
[Signed:] AND. DE MAN, Rt. en Sects.
Aldus geresolveert en g’arresteert in ‘t Casteel d’ Goede Hoop, datum ut supra.
[Signed:] S. v. STEL.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] JAN BABTIST.
[Signed:] AND. DE MAN, Rt. en Sects.