With the Doornik, Opperdoes and Tienhoven were stores with a total value of fl. 218.571 transport towards this location. Ships were sent from this location ordered to patrol for ‘strange’ ships, daily arrived vessels from Atjeh in the river of Singkel for trading, while men at Baros wasn’t able to do anything against it. The pantjalang Goram force one of the vessels to strand on a cliff. The stores of the robbed British brigantine were valued 106 rijksdaalders. The 18 Moorish sailors of this ship were handed over to the captain of the Marlborough. To prevent smuggling, she wasn’t allow to stay longer than 3 days at Padang. A hold up vessel at Ulakan didn’t had any forbidden stores on board. The Tienhoven transported 637 3/8 taël or 836½ ounce gold, of which 536 3/8 at Singkel and 80 taël at Airhadji was bought. The Herstelling arrived at Singel with 64 of the crew of 121 men sick.
Source
J. van Goor. Generale Missiven van Gouverneurs-Generaal en Raden aan Heren XVII der Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie. Deel IX: 1727-1737. The Hague, 1988, p. 36-37.
