An item reported that the Dutch steamship Zr. Ms. Madura (1) left the roads of Batavia on 12 January. On board was the commissary for the Celebes affairs vice president of the Council of the Indies Perez.(2)
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1. Paddle steamship 4th class, call sign GQNH, iron-built, laid down at the shipyard of the Ned. Stoomboot Mij. Fijenoord, Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1855 with yard number 52, launched in 1856, trials 17-23 August 1856, disassembled to the Dutch East Indies and assembled at Surabaya, participated in the Boni-expedition in the Dutch East Indies on 19 February 1859, stricken 1875, building costs ƒ 380.000,00, dimension 51,36 (between perpendiculars) x 9,45-14,83 (over paddle wheels) x 1,85 metres, displacement 425 tons, horsepower maximum 100 hp, an armament of 3 guns 1-30pd, 2-12pd carronades) and a crew numbering 50 men.
2. Pierre Jean Baptiste de Perez (1 December 1803, Den Bosch, Netherlands-1859 roads of Badjoe, Celebes). The third expedition against Boni, Celebes.
