With the Huis the Marquette, Boot, Adriana, Noordwaddinxveen and Sijbecarspel arrived at Batavia letters dated 19 and 20 January, 13 February, 25 and 27 March, 29 May and 22 June. It was suggested that areka was to be transport any longer with ships of the company towards Surat or Bengal, but better could be sold with the same profit to the Moorish merchants. The Schuitwijk was ordered to transport 240 last rice towards Ceylon. The demand of 1000 last was to be solved by the so-called retourschepen. These ships, namely the Huis te Marquette, Adrichem, St. Laurens and Reijersbroek had an under layer of saltpetre, sugar and sapan wood. A fifth ship wasn’t needed due to the small amount of textiles bought at Tuticorin, the common dryness and the sickness among the labourers, which peeled off the cinnamon. It was suggested that ships not longer would depart directly from Bengal towards the Netherlands, but to use old (half worn out) ships as transport towards Galle and there to load new ships. At Batavia wasn’t men really pleased with this suggestion, men couldn’t see any profits just disadvantages. The crews of the former mentioned retourschepen, sailing via Ceylon, were increased with 10-13 Buginezen. The cargo was valued fl. 441.968. A small retourschip was to sent towards Mocca for the personnel.
Source
J. van Goor. Generale Missiven van Gouverneurs-Generaal en Raden aan Heren XVII der Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie. Deel X: 1737-1743. The Hague, 2004, p. 67-68.
Source
J. van Goor. Generale Missiven van Gouverneurs-Generaal en Raden aan Heren XVII der Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie. Deel X: 1737-1743. The Hague, 2004, p. 67-68.
