Cape Council of Policy
788
1686-06-08
Minute details
- Entry number
- 788
- Date
- 1686-06-08
- Year
- 1686
English translation
In the presence of all the members, except SS Van Keulen, Van Breugel, and Van der Stel.
The Reverend Commendatore in Rade announced how Jurgen and Christian Reijchard, one a navigator and the other a midshipman serving with the E.S.C.E., in the mountain work at Witteboomen under the command of the mountain scout Werlinghof,33 now modest, had requested him to be deployed elsewhere for the greater benefit of the E.S.C.E., and to be allowed to depart with the mountain master Gabriel Muller for the West Coast of Sumatra; with the pretense that they, in the aforementioned mine had reached a depth of sixteen fathoms at the Wittebomen, without the slightest indication of anything, and the groundwater was rapidly increasing, they deemed the entire work futile and only to the detriment and great expense of the European Company, and dangerous.
Having deliberated upon this, it was decided that the aforementioned mountain scout, Fred. Math. To summon van Werlinghof and to hear him about his activities and the state of his mining operations.34
Furthermore, having deliberated about the tobacco sent here by the Mauritius Company a few years ago, and having ascertained that it could still be sold or exchanged among the residents here, and much less so among the Hottentots, and because it was becoming worse and worse day by day, it was understood that it might ultimately come to complete ruin, and that one would ultimately be forced to dismiss him, much rather to distribute him sparingly among the Egyptian Company slaves.
Thus arrested and confined in the Castle of Good Hope, for the year and day as above.
[Signed:] S. v. STEL.
[Signed:] ANDS. THE MAN.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] O. BERGH.
[Signed:] L. v. STEL.
[Signed:] CORNELIS PTZ LINNES.
[Signed:] J. H. BLUM.
[Signed:] My praesente J. G. DE GREVENBROECK, Secret.
The Reverend Commendatore in Rade announced how Jurgen and Christian Reijchard, one a navigator and the other a midshipman serving with the E.S.C.E., in the mountain work at Witteboomen under the command of the mountain scout Werlinghof,33 now modest, had requested him to be deployed elsewhere for the greater benefit of the E.S.C.E., and to be allowed to depart with the mountain master Gabriel Muller for the West Coast of Sumatra; with the pretense that they, in the aforementioned mine had reached a depth of sixteen fathoms at the Wittebomen, without the slightest indication of anything, and the groundwater was rapidly increasing, they deemed the entire work futile and only to the detriment and great expense of the European Company, and dangerous.
Having deliberated upon this, it was decided that the aforementioned mountain scout, Fred. Math. To summon van Werlinghof and to hear him about his activities and the state of his mining operations.34
Furthermore, having deliberated about the tobacco sent here by the Mauritius Company a few years ago, and having ascertained that it could still be sold or exchanged among the residents here, and much less so among the Hottentots, and because it was becoming worse and worse day by day, it was understood that it might ultimately come to complete ruin, and that one would ultimately be forced to dismiss him, much rather to distribute him sparingly among the Egyptian Company slaves.
Thus arrested and confined in the Castle of Good Hope, for the year and day as above.
[Signed:] S. v. STEL.
[Signed:] ANDS. THE MAN.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] O. BERGH.
[Signed:] L. v. STEL.
[Signed:] CORNELIS PTZ LINNES.
[Signed:] J. H. BLUM.
[Signed:] My praesente J. G. DE GREVENBROECK, Secret.
Original Dutch transcription
In jegenwoordigheid van alle de leden, uijtgenomen ssrs. Van Keulen, Van Breugel en Van der Stel.
D’ E.Heer Commendeur in Rade bekend makende hoe Jurgen en Christian Reijchard, d’ eene ondersteiger en d’ andere adelborst in dienst der E.Comp., in ‘t berg-werk an de Witteboomen onder ‘t commando van den berghopman Werlinghof33 thans bescheiden, bij requeste hem versogt hadden, tot meerder nut van d’ E.Comp. elders geëmploijeerd te werden, en met den berg-meester Gabriel Muller na de West-cust van Sumatra te mogen vertrecken; met voorgeven sij in de voors. mijne an de Wittebomen tot op sesthien vademen diep, sonder de minste anwijsing van ertz waren gekomen, en ‘t grondwater hand over hand toenemende, sij ‘t geheele werk onnut en alleen tot nadeel en grote onkosten van d’ E.Comp. en gevaarlijk oordeelden.
Waar op gedelibereerd zijnde, is verstaan den voors. berg-hopman Fred. Math. van Werlinghof op t’ ontbieden en hem over ‘t point sijner verrigting, en den toestand sijns bergwerkx te horen.34
Verders gedelibereerd zijnde over den tabaq door ‘t Comptoir Mauritius voor enige jaren herwards gesonden, en angesien deselve nog bij d’ ingesetenen alhier, en veel weiniger bij de Hottentots verkogt of verruijld kan werden, en dewijl van dag tot dag erger en slegter werd, So is verstaan voor en alleer ganschelijk mogt komen te bederven, en dat men eindelijk genoodsaakt soude zijn hem weg te werpen, denselven veel liever an der E.Comps. slaven met spaarsame hand uijt te deelen.
Aldus gearresteerd en besloten in ‘t Casteel de Goede Hoop, jaar en dag als boven.
[Signed:] S. v. STEL.
[Signed:] ANDS. DE MAN.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] O. BERGH.
[Signed:] L. v. STEL.
[Signed:] CORNELIS PTZ LINNES.
[Signed:] J. H. BLUM.
[Signed:] Me praesente J. G. DE GREVENBROECK, Secrt.
D’ E.Heer Commendeur in Rade bekend makende hoe Jurgen en Christian Reijchard, d’ eene ondersteiger en d’ andere adelborst in dienst der E.Comp., in ‘t berg-werk an de Witteboomen onder ‘t commando van den berghopman Werlinghof33 thans bescheiden, bij requeste hem versogt hadden, tot meerder nut van d’ E.Comp. elders geëmploijeerd te werden, en met den berg-meester Gabriel Muller na de West-cust van Sumatra te mogen vertrecken; met voorgeven sij in de voors. mijne an de Wittebomen tot op sesthien vademen diep, sonder de minste anwijsing van ertz waren gekomen, en ‘t grondwater hand over hand toenemende, sij ‘t geheele werk onnut en alleen tot nadeel en grote onkosten van d’ E.Comp. en gevaarlijk oordeelden.
Waar op gedelibereerd zijnde, is verstaan den voors. berg-hopman Fred. Math. van Werlinghof op t’ ontbieden en hem over ‘t point sijner verrigting, en den toestand sijns bergwerkx te horen.34
Verders gedelibereerd zijnde over den tabaq door ‘t Comptoir Mauritius voor enige jaren herwards gesonden, en angesien deselve nog bij d’ ingesetenen alhier, en veel weiniger bij de Hottentots verkogt of verruijld kan werden, en dewijl van dag tot dag erger en slegter werd, So is verstaan voor en alleer ganschelijk mogt komen te bederven, en dat men eindelijk genoodsaakt soude zijn hem weg te werpen, denselven veel liever an der E.Comps. slaven met spaarsame hand uijt te deelen.
Aldus gearresteerd en besloten in ‘t Casteel de Goede Hoop, jaar en dag als boven.
[Signed:] S. v. STEL.
[Signed:] ANDS. DE MAN.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] O. BERGH.
[Signed:] L. v. STEL.
[Signed:] CORNELIS PTZ LINNES.
[Signed:] J. H. BLUM.
[Signed:] Me praesente J. G. DE GREVENBROECK, Secrt.