Cape Council of Policy
801
1686-09-11
Minute details
- Entry number
- 801
- Date
- 1686-09-11
- Year
- 1686
English translation
In the presence of all the members, except Sr. Van Breugel.
The Reverend Commender having read and heard the report of the two commissioners regarding their experiences with the Portuguese wreck and its condition, and noting the apparent possibility of recovering some goods and merchandise from it, and considering what he had been led to believe, on the part of some Portuguese officers and primarily by the Siamese ambassadors, regarding some chests loaded with gifts, standing near the confiscation room in the aforementioned wreck, and that the value of both items warranted serious consideration of everything, and the thought of finding a means to recover them was abandoned. Therefore, after careful deliberation, it was decided in Rade that, given the season and the fact that nothing of importance could easily be salvaged overland, the ship should be dispatched there as soon as possible with the necessary men and equipment, and that they should try to get through the deck and the hold by means of breakwaters or fire, and that everything that could be used should be taken along, with whatever linen and canvas had already been salvaged on land being brought back by ashes.
Furthermore, the Reverend Commender, having taken into account the security, ornamentation, and convenience of this city, and the inconvenience that might arise from the stables and cattle sheds, and also noting that, despite the scarcity of houses, these were nevertheless being used as stables, has decided to have the cattle moved with the former, in order to prevent in time the threatened disasters of fire, stench, and filth, and the danger to people from driving them in and out of streets and roads, and to prohibit horses, oxen, cows, bulls, sheep, or goats belonging to freemen from entering the city district under a penalty of five rixd. To this end, it has also been agreed that all wagons entering or leaving, loaded or unloaded, will keep their livestock in the harness and under the yoke, and will not be permitted to unharness them under a fine of five rixds., except where they are accustomed to keeping their livestock at the place where they are located. The freemen or their servants, without distinction, and the E. Comps. wagon drivers who arrive in violation of this rule will be liable for this fine.
And to promote everything that can contribute to the peace and prosperity of this Colony, and to avert dangers both at night and during the day, it has been decided, on the proposal of the Honourable Commissioner, that three rattlers be appointed, who, substituting for each other, will walk the streets and roads every hour at night, announcing the hours at every corner, accompanied by the preceding sound of their rattling, and will carefully monitor everything to ensure that everything proceeds in silence, peace, and quiet. They will be paid and remunerated from the amount that would accrue from the quota of freemen, each giving two shillings per month.
And finally, the sum. The commissioners having exhibited at the meeting, in a freshly paid blue sack, the musket recently recovered from the Portuguese wreck, was placed in the hands of the E. administrator, Andries de Man, to be inspected as soon as possible in the presence of the commissioners and the Secretary of this Committee, weighed, and locked up again, and under the E. Comps. seal, to be left in the custody of the municipal executive, E. administrator, until further notice.58
Thus arrested and decided in the Castle of Good Hope. Year and day as above.
[Signed:] S. v. STEL.
[Signed:] ANDS. DE MAN.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] J. v. KEULEN.
[Signed:] O. BERGH.
[Signed:] L. v. STEL.
[Signed:] CORNELIS PTZ LINNES.
[Signed:] J. H. BLUM.
[Signed:] My praesente J. G. DE GREVENBROEK, Secret.
The Reverend Commender having read and heard the report of the two commissioners regarding their experiences with the Portuguese wreck and its condition, and noting the apparent possibility of recovering some goods and merchandise from it, and considering what he had been led to believe, on the part of some Portuguese officers and primarily by the Siamese ambassadors, regarding some chests loaded with gifts, standing near the confiscation room in the aforementioned wreck, and that the value of both items warranted serious consideration of everything, and the thought of finding a means to recover them was abandoned. Therefore, after careful deliberation, it was decided in Rade that, given the season and the fact that nothing of importance could easily be salvaged overland, the ship should be dispatched there as soon as possible with the necessary men and equipment, and that they should try to get through the deck and the hold by means of breakwaters or fire, and that everything that could be used should be taken along, with whatever linen and canvas had already been salvaged on land being brought back by ashes.
Furthermore, the Reverend Commender, having taken into account the security, ornamentation, and convenience of this city, and the inconvenience that might arise from the stables and cattle sheds, and also noting that, despite the scarcity of houses, these were nevertheless being used as stables, has decided to have the cattle moved with the former, in order to prevent in time the threatened disasters of fire, stench, and filth, and the danger to people from driving them in and out of streets and roads, and to prohibit horses, oxen, cows, bulls, sheep, or goats belonging to freemen from entering the city district under a penalty of five rixd. To this end, it has also been agreed that all wagons entering or leaving, loaded or unloaded, will keep their livestock in the harness and under the yoke, and will not be permitted to unharness them under a fine of five rixds., except where they are accustomed to keeping their livestock at the place where they are located. The freemen or their servants, without distinction, and the E. Comps. wagon drivers who arrive in violation of this rule will be liable for this fine.
And to promote everything that can contribute to the peace and prosperity of this Colony, and to avert dangers both at night and during the day, it has been decided, on the proposal of the Honourable Commissioner, that three rattlers be appointed, who, substituting for each other, will walk the streets and roads every hour at night, announcing the hours at every corner, accompanied by the preceding sound of their rattling, and will carefully monitor everything to ensure that everything proceeds in silence, peace, and quiet. They will be paid and remunerated from the amount that would accrue from the quota of freemen, each giving two shillings per month.
And finally, the sum. The commissioners having exhibited at the meeting, in a freshly paid blue sack, the musket recently recovered from the Portuguese wreck, was placed in the hands of the E. administrator, Andries de Man, to be inspected as soon as possible in the presence of the commissioners and the Secretary of this Committee, weighed, and locked up again, and under the E. Comps. seal, to be left in the custody of the municipal executive, E. administrator, until further notice.58
Thus arrested and decided in the Castle of Good Hope. Year and day as above.
[Signed:] S. v. STEL.
[Signed:] ANDS. DE MAN.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] J. v. KEULEN.
[Signed:] O. BERGH.
[Signed:] L. v. STEL.
[Signed:] CORNELIS PTZ LINNES.
[Signed:] J. H. BLUM.
[Signed:] My praesente J. G. DE GREVENBROEK, Secret.
Original Dutch transcription
In tegenwoordigheid van alle de leden uijtgenomen sr. Van Breugel.
D’E.Heer Commendeur gelesen en gehoord hebbende ‘t rapport der twe gecommitteerdens, angaande hun wedervaren omtrent ‘t Portugiesche wrak en desselvs constitutie en gemerkt d’ apparentie die sig opdoed om enige goederen en koopmanschappen daar uijt te konnen bergen, en gelet op ‘t gene hem ter sijde van enige Portugiesche officieren en voornamentlijk door de Heeren Siamsche ambassadeurs nopende enige ingeladene kasten met geschencken, staande omtrent de constapelskamer in ‘t voors. wrak, was anvertrouwt en dat de waardij van ‘t eene en ‘t andere wel menteerde dat men serieuse reflexien op alles nam, en de gedagten liet gaan om middelen tot ‘t bergen van deselve uijt te vinden. Dierhalven is in Rade na rijpe deliberatie goedgevonden, nademaal ‘t saijsoen diend, en dat over land niets van importantie en met gemak kan geborgen werden, de chaloup op ‘t spoedigste met vereijschte man en gereedschap derwards af te vaardigen, en te sien door middel van breekijsers of van vuur door ‘t dek en ‘t ruijm te geraken en alles wat te stade komen kan, mede te nemen, sullende ‘t gene an land bereids van linnen en seildoek geborgen is, per as herwards gebragt werden.
Verders d’ E.Heer Commendeur gelet hebbende op de securiteit, cieraad en convenientie deser stede, en d’ ongemacken die uijt de stallen en vee-hocken souden mogen ontstaan, daarenboven siende dat, onangesien de schaarzheid van woonhuijsen, deselve egter tot stallen gebruijckt wierden, So is goedgevonden ‘t vee met den eersten te doen verplaatsen, om also de gedreigde onheilen van brand, stank en vuijligheid, en ‘t gevaar dat de menschen door ‘t in en uijtdrijven van ‘t selve op straten en wegen hebben te lopen, in tijds voor te komen en te verbieden geen paarden, ossen, koeijen, bullen, schapen of bocken den vrijluijden toebehorende in ‘t district van de stad onder poene van vijf Rixd. te laten lopen.
Ten dien einde is ook verstaan dat alle wagens die geladen of ongeladen binnen komen of uijtgaan, haar vee in den haam en onder ‘t jok sullen houden, en ‘t selve onder een boete van vijf Rixds. niet sullen vermogen uijt te spannen, dan alleenlijk ter plaatse daar gewoon zijn haar vee te houden; voor welke boete de vrijluijden of haar knegts, sonder onderscheid, en der E.Comps. wagenrijders die ‘t selve komen ‘t overtreden sullen anspreeklijk zijn.
En om alles, dat tot gerustheid en welvaard deser Colonie dienen kan, bij te brengen, en dat de gevaren so wel bij nagt als bij dag mogen verhoed werden, Is op de propositie van den E.Hr.Commendeur verstaan dat drie ratelmans sullen angesteld werden, die malkanderen vervangende, ‘s nagts alle uuren de straten en wegen sullen doorgaan en op alle hoeken van deselve d’ uuren uijtroepen, met voorgaande geluijd van haar ratel, en overal genauw toesien, op dat alles in stilte, rust en vrede mag toegaan, sullende betaald en gesalarieerd werden uijt de penn., die men bij quotisatie der vrij-luijden, gevende ieder huijsg. twe schell, per maand, sal ligten.
En eindelijk d’ opgemte. gecommitteerdens hebbende ter vergadering in een versegelde blauwe sack geexhibeerd den muscus, bij haar onlangs omtrent ‘t Portugiesche wrak geborgen, is deselve in handen van den E.administrateur Andries de Man gesteld, om so haast mogelijk ten overstaan van gecommitteerdens en des Secretaris deses Commendements nagesien, gewogen en wederom opgesloten en onder der E.Comps. cachet versegeld, in bewaringe tot nader ordre an den meergemte. E. administrateur gelaten te werden.58
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:] J. v. KEULEN.
[Signed:] O. BERGH.
[Signed:] L. v. STEL.
[Signed:] CORNELIS PTZ LINNES.
[Signed:] J. H. BLUM.
[Signed:] Me praesente J. G. DE GREVENBROEK, Secrt.
D’E.Heer Commendeur gelesen en gehoord hebbende ‘t rapport der twe gecommitteerdens, angaande hun wedervaren omtrent ‘t Portugiesche wrak en desselvs constitutie en gemerkt d’ apparentie die sig opdoed om enige goederen en koopmanschappen daar uijt te konnen bergen, en gelet op ‘t gene hem ter sijde van enige Portugiesche officieren en voornamentlijk door de Heeren Siamsche ambassadeurs nopende enige ingeladene kasten met geschencken, staande omtrent de constapelskamer in ‘t voors. wrak, was anvertrouwt en dat de waardij van ‘t eene en ‘t andere wel menteerde dat men serieuse reflexien op alles nam, en de gedagten liet gaan om middelen tot ‘t bergen van deselve uijt te vinden. Dierhalven is in Rade na rijpe deliberatie goedgevonden, nademaal ‘t saijsoen diend, en dat over land niets van importantie en met gemak kan geborgen werden, de chaloup op ‘t spoedigste met vereijschte man en gereedschap derwards af te vaardigen, en te sien door middel van breekijsers of van vuur door ‘t dek en ‘t ruijm te geraken en alles wat te stade komen kan, mede te nemen, sullende ‘t gene an land bereids van linnen en seildoek geborgen is, per as herwards gebragt werden.
Verders d’ E.Heer Commendeur gelet hebbende op de securiteit, cieraad en convenientie deser stede, en d’ ongemacken die uijt de stallen en vee-hocken souden mogen ontstaan, daarenboven siende dat, onangesien de schaarzheid van woonhuijsen, deselve egter tot stallen gebruijckt wierden, So is goedgevonden ‘t vee met den eersten te doen verplaatsen, om also de gedreigde onheilen van brand, stank en vuijligheid, en ‘t gevaar dat de menschen door ‘t in en uijtdrijven van ‘t selve op straten en wegen hebben te lopen, in tijds voor te komen en te verbieden geen paarden, ossen, koeijen, bullen, schapen of bocken den vrijluijden toebehorende in ‘t district van de stad onder poene van vijf Rixd. te laten lopen.
Ten dien einde is ook verstaan dat alle wagens die geladen of ongeladen binnen komen of uijtgaan, haar vee in den haam en onder ‘t jok sullen houden, en ‘t selve onder een boete van vijf Rixds. niet sullen vermogen uijt te spannen, dan alleenlijk ter plaatse daar gewoon zijn haar vee te houden; voor welke boete de vrijluijden of haar knegts, sonder onderscheid, en der E.Comps. wagenrijders die ‘t selve komen ‘t overtreden sullen anspreeklijk zijn.
En om alles, dat tot gerustheid en welvaard deser Colonie dienen kan, bij te brengen, en dat de gevaren so wel bij nagt als bij dag mogen verhoed werden, Is op de propositie van den E.Hr.Commendeur verstaan dat drie ratelmans sullen angesteld werden, die malkanderen vervangende, ‘s nagts alle uuren de straten en wegen sullen doorgaan en op alle hoeken van deselve d’ uuren uijtroepen, met voorgaande geluijd van haar ratel, en overal genauw toesien, op dat alles in stilte, rust en vrede mag toegaan, sullende betaald en gesalarieerd werden uijt de penn., die men bij quotisatie der vrij-luijden, gevende ieder huijsg. twe schell, per maand, sal ligten.
En eindelijk d’ opgemte. gecommitteerdens hebbende ter vergadering in een versegelde blauwe sack geexhibeerd den muscus, bij haar onlangs omtrent ‘t Portugiesche wrak geborgen, is deselve in handen van den E.administrateur Andries de Man gesteld, om so haast mogelijk ten overstaan van gecommitteerdens en des Secretaris deses Commendements nagesien, gewogen en wederom opgesloten en onder der E.Comps. cachet versegeld, in bewaringe tot nader ordre an den meergemte. E. administrateur gelaten te werden.58
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:] J. v. KEULEN.
[Signed:] O. BERGH.
[Signed:] L. v. STEL.
[Signed:] CORNELIS PTZ LINNES.
[Signed:] J. H. BLUM.
[Signed:] Me praesente J. G. DE GREVENBROEK, Secrt.