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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). [YOL. XVII. 



Pieter Boreel, 1 Councillor Extraordinary of India, Com- 

 missioner for the Portuguese regions and the principal 

 establishments of the same, for the purpose of giving notice 

 there of the ten years' truce concluded between the Crown of 

 Portugal and the Commonwealth of the Netherlands, and 

 also in order to inspect and visit for the greater benefit of the 

 Company those places where the said Company has fortresses, 

 factories, and settlements, 



with the ships " Banda," " Delfshaven," " Leeuwerick," and 

 " Pauw," sailing in company under his flag ; 



Therefore His Excellency aforesaid has convened the Lord 

 President of this town and fortress, together with the 

 Council attached to him ; 



and after reading out the missive addressed by the Governor- 

 General to the Lord President, together with the general 

 commission and powers of the said Lord Commissioner ; 

 did, by virtue of his instructions and the missive afore- 

 mentioned, mention the following points touching what had 

 best be done in this place for the greater profit and service 

 of the Company : 



First, to devise the best means and order for transhipping 

 the goods destined for Suratta, now on board the ship "Banda" 

 and the yacht " Delfshaven," into the ships " Pauw " and 

 " Leeuwerick," and for despatching the latter as soon as 

 possible, seeing that they have no time to lose ; 



Secondly, as to the suggestion of the merchant Laurens 

 M.S.fol 21. 



de Maerschalck, now residing at Battecaloa, whether it would 

 not be advisable to invest him with powers and instructions 



1 One Pieter Boreel sought refuge in England in 1567 and died at 

 Norwich in 1568. His descendants afterwards returned to Holland and 

 rose high in the service of the States-General. The grandson of this Pieter 

 Boreel was knighted by King James I. and created a baronet by Charles I • 

 The present baronet Sir William Boreel, a Dutchman by birth and domicile ' 

 is a lineal descendant. 



