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whereas Heer BorT sailed from here with the MNzeuwe 
Noordwyk on 16th ditto, after an administration of 4 years. 
On 22nd November, 1680, arrived. here from Batavia per 
Den Briel Heer COMELIS VAN QUAALBERG, who succeeded 
Heer PITS as the 8th Governor of this place on 23rd December, 
whilst the said Mr. Pits left here on 14th January, 1681, with 
the vessels de Veluwe and Kroonenburg as Commission- 
er for the Coast of Coromandel and Bengal to succeed 
Heer WILLEM KAREL HARTSING as Governor of those places. 
By aletter from the ‘seventeen gentlemen,” dated 30th Nov- 
ember, 1081, the said Heer VAN QUAALBERG was appointed 
Extraordinary Counsel of India on 2nd November, 1682. 
In the same year IBRAHIM SJAH, King of Johor, died and 
was succeeded by Sultan MOHAMMED SJAH II, who was the 
21st Malay and the 15th Muhammadan King, and the gth 
King of Johor, and who reigned there till 1699, z.e., 17 years. 
On 20th September, 1684, arrived here per the Szlversteyn 
Heer NICOLAAS SCHAGHEN, Extraordinary Counsel of India, 
who was introduced on 1st December by Heer VAN QUAALBERG 
as gth Governor, whilst the latter one sailed from here per the 
Fapan to Batavia on 6th ditto. Their Honours wrote on 3oth 
October, 1685, to Heer SCHAGHEN, that they had appointed him 
by decree of 23rd ditto Director of Bengal, and that they had 
elected as his substitute Heer FRANCOIS TAK, then Ambassa- 
dor and Commissioner to the Emperor of Java; but as the 
said gentleman would not arrive here before April next, he 
(SCHAGHEN) had to transmit the administration to the Secunde, 
Heer DIRK KOMANS, who was then introduced by Heer 
SCHAGHEN on 5th January, 1686, as Commander of this place, 
whilst Heer SCHAGHEN left for Bengal on 12th ditto per 
de Stryen. 
On tgth November arrived here from Batavia per the 
Hloogergeest Heer THOMAS SLICHER, Extraordinary Coun- 
sel of India, who was introduced by Heer KOMANS on 26th 
ditto as the roth Governor of Malacca. That worthy gentle- 
man, who held the Governorship of this place to the general 
satisfaction from 1686 to 1691, suffered badly from a sad disease, 
which made him commit suicide on 18th October by jumping 
