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arrived here on 21st November, whilst Heer DE VLAMING left 
for Batavia vié@ Andragiri on 15th December next per the 
de Ryp. It was during the administration of the said Heer 
PAIJART in 1651 that the Malays of Kedah and Perak murder- 
ed nine Netherlanders. The said gentleman held the ad- 
ministration of this place for 16 years (something very rare ) 
and was succeeded on rst November, 1662, by Heer JOHAN VAN 
RIEBEEK (who arrived here on 18th October per the S/o¢ 
floningen as 5th Governor), but with the titles of Commander 
and President only, whilst Heer PAIJART, after having intro- 
duced the said gentleman as such, sailed for Batavia on 8th ditto 
per the same vessel. 
On 22nd September, 1665, arrived here Heer BALTHASAR 
BorT per the Meliskerke. Having been here before for 
several years in the service of the Company, he was introduced 
on 16th October by Heer VAN RIEBECK as the 6th Commander 
and President, whereupon VAN RIEBECK sailed for Batavia 
on that very night after an administration of about 3 years. 
On the 6th August, 1668, their Honours wrote to Heer BORT, 
that the “seventeen gentlemen’’(?) had appointed him to be a 
Governor and granted him this new title. 
In 1669 the expenditure of this Government amounted to 
rix dollars 201,443 with a clear profit of rix dollars 56,926. 
On 4th February, 1670, their Honours wrote again that the 
“seventeen gentlemen” had made his Honour a member of the 
Extraordinary Council of India with a new agreement of 5 
years. 
ABDULDJALIL SJAH II, King of Johor, died in 1671 and was 
succeeded by Sultan IBRAHIM SJAH, as the 20th Malay and 
the 14th Muhammadan King and the 8th King of Johor. He 
reigned I1 years, viz., from 1671 to 1682. 
On 14th May, 1678, Heer BorT received a letter, mentioning 
him that the “seventeen gentlemen” had made him Ordinary 
Counsel of India. 
On 30th April, 1679, arrived here Heer JACOB JORISSOON 
Pits, Extraordinary Counsel of India, who was introduced by 
Heer BORT on roth October as the 7th Governor of this place, 
(1) The Directors of the Company, 
