An item dated Batavia 2 December reported the arrival on 20 November at Batavia of the Dutch merchant ship den Elshout (1) master Rijken coming from Japan . On board were as passengers .A. Bik, J.P.Borst, A.J.J. de Wolff and J.C.D. Delprat. The ship left on 2 November Decima leaving the so-called chief and the other civil servant in well circumstances.
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1. The site http://www.zeemansleed/ mentioned a bark den Elshout wood build (and coppered) in 1844 at the yard of the Gebr. Pot at Elshout for W. Bakker Bzn., at