The Spiering departed 5 January transporting 200 last rice from Tegal towards Banda. The Castricum followed 7 February with on board 9 exiles. The pantjalang Aru was lost (?) underway towards Aru loosing a cargo of 8300 lb nutmeg. Ordered was the building of 3 new pantjalangs at Rembang. The pantjalang Carnatica transporting towards Tioor 544 cans lamp-oil.
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. 463-464.
