NO. 52. — 1901.] DUTCH MONUMENTAL REMAINS. 



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Translation. — This basin is presented by Rycloff van 

 Goens and Esther de Solemne, his wife, to the Colombo 

 Church, in memory of their daughter Esther Ceylonia van 

 Goens, who was the first to be baptized (lit., admitted to the 

 Holy Baptism) out of it. Born on the 14th June, and 

 baptized on the 17th June, 1668. 



Remarks. — See Plate 6, L.Z., Colombo. 



The words below the inscription give the weight of the 

 basin as being that of 206f rupees. 



54. 



Over the date 1749, above the entrance to Wolvendaal 

 Church, there are engraved, at the foot of a large represen- 

 tation of a cockle shell, the letters — 



J. V. S. V. G. 



These are the initials of Julius Valentyn Styn van 

 Gollenesse, Governor of Ceylon. He was a native of Grol, 

 and came out to the Indies by the ship " Stabrock." He was 

 Serjeant 1723, Vaandrig 1724, Lieutenant 1729, Kapitein 1730, 

 Gezaghebber, Bantam, 1732, Commandeur of Malabar 1733, 

 Governor of Ceylon 11th May, 1743— 6th March, 1751. He 

 died in Batavia 13th January, 1755, as Director-General of 

 the Dutch Indies. 



55. 



On the wall, over the organ loft, in Wolvendaal Church 

 there hang three hatchments, placed side by side. Those 

 on each side contain the impaled arms of Van der Graaff- 

 Van Angelbeek (Plates 33 and 34, L.Z.) and Van Angelbeek- 

 Lever (Plate 35, L.Z.). 



