Cape Council of Policy
766
1685-10-30
Minute details
- Entry number
- 766
- Date
- 1685-10-30
- Year
- 1685
English translation
Hendrick Mulder,105 tenant of the Company's corn mill here, appearing at the meeting and having demonstrated to the Council how, due to the last unusually strong south-east wind, the wooden gutter leading the water into the mill had entirely become dislocated and largely broken, and furthermore, the mill being made unsuitable for grinding grain due to a lack of water, requested repair of the aforementioned gutter, or that a rebate or reduction of his rent money might be agreed to him for the months of November and December, during which time he still had the collected mill from the European Company on lease; whereupon the excessive expenses for the aforementioned were deliberated upon and taken into serious consideration. repairs were necessary, and in particular the dilapidated state of the mill itself, and that in addition the new mill behind the Company's house, erected for the convenience of its servants and the freemen, was already ready and in operation, it was understood and resolved that the excess expenses would be allocated to the aforementioned. repairs required (which all seem to have cost well over ƒ100) to manage, and to grant the tenant's request for a reduction in his rent for the months of November and December to relieve his burden, from now on all grains will be ground and broken for everyone's convenience at the said new mill, for which purpose the messenger will be obliged, in accordance with old custom, to have the miller find the grain to be ground by the free burghers at one o'clock in the afternoon at the said mill to weigh it, and to receive the Comps. right for this, in order to make a faithful account of it, to be presented to the cashier in the Comps. cassa with a written order at the expiration of each month.
Thus done and arrested in the Castle of Good Hope, date above.
[Signed:] ANDS. DE MAN.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] A. V. BREUGEL.
[Signed:] L. v. STEL.
[Signed:] CORNLS. LINNES.
[Signed:] J. H. BLUM.
Thus done and arrested in the Castle of Good Hope, date above.
[Signed:] ANDS. DE MAN.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] A. V. BREUGEL.
[Signed:] L. v. STEL.
[Signed:] CORNLS. LINNES.
[Signed:] J. H. BLUM.
Original Dutch transcription
Hendrick Mulder,105 pachter van ‘s Comp. coornmoolen alhier, ter vergadering verscheijnende ende den Raed geremonstreert hebbende hoe door den laatsten ongemeen stercken Z. Oosten wint de houtgoot het water in de molen leijdende, t’ enemael is ontramponeert ende voor een groot deel verbroken geworden, ende vervolgens de molen tot ‘t malen van granen door gebreck van water onbequaem gemaeckt sijnde, versochte reparatie van de voors. watergoot, off wel dat aen hem mogte werden geaccordeert rabat off affslag van sijne pachtpenningen voor de maenden November en December, welcken tijd hij de verz. molen van d’ E.Comp. nog in pacht was hebbende; waer op gedelibereert ende in serieuse consideratie genomen sijnde de excessive oncosten tot de voors. reparatie nodig, ende wel specialijck de bouwvalligheijt van de molen selfs, ende dat boven dien de nieuwe molen achter ‘s Comp. thuijn tot gerieff van hare dienaren en de vrijborgers opgereght, albereijts in gereetheijt ende aen de gang gebracht was, is verstaan ende geresolveert de overtollige oncosten tot de voors. reparatie gerequireert (die naer allen scheijn ver over de ƒ100 souden comen te monteren) te menageren, ende aen den pachter sijn versoeck van afslag in sijne pachtpenningen voor de maenden November en December tot sijne ontlasting te accorderen, sullende voortaen alle granen tot een jeders gerieff gemalen ende gebroken werden op gemelte nieuwe molen, ten welcken eijnde den bode gehouden sal sijn sig naer ouder gewoonte ‘s namiddags ten een uren praecis in gemelte molen te laten vinden door den molenaer het te malen graen der vrijburgers te doen wegen, en ‘s Comps. gerechtigheijt daar van te ontfangen, omme daar van te doen getrouwe reeckeningh om met ‘t expireeren van ijder maant met schriftelijcke ordonnantie aan den cassier in ‘s Comps. cassa gestelt te werden.
Aldus gedaan en g’arresteert in ‘t Casteel de Goede Hoop, datum ut supra.
[Signed:] ANDS. DE MAN.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] A. V. BREUGEL.
[Signed:] L. v. STEL.
[Signed:] CORNLS. LINNES.
[Signed:] J. H. BLUM.
Aldus gedaan en g’arresteert in ‘t Casteel de Goede Hoop, datum ut supra.
[Signed:] ANDS. DE MAN.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] A. V. BREUGEL.
[Signed:] L. v. STEL.
[Signed:] CORNLS. LINNES.
[Signed:] J. H. BLUM.