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provisions and other necessaries, chiefly rice, with which 

 we were very scantily provided in the town of Galle; 



[Which yachts being still in sight of Galle, at the arrival 

 of the fleet of His Excellency the Commissioner, signals 

 were made to them, on which they are straighways returned : 



And though through the arrival of the Lord Commissioner 

 we have received considerable supplies, still owing to the 

 increase of the garrison, scarcity is likely soon to set in 

 again] ; 



Whether it would therefore not be advisable again to 

 send out the yacht u Limmen " on the same errand ; 



Upon which it has been resolved that the said yacht 

 " Limmen " shall set sail for the place mentioned in company 

 with the ships "Pauw" and," Leeuwerick," and try to get 

 there whatever can be got for Point de Galle, especially rice, 

 even to an amount of 80 or more lasts, seeing that such pro- 

 vision is urgently needed, in order to enable us to keep here 

 certain coolies and lascorins from the circumjacent country, 

 to whom it might be distributed ; 



Everything mentioned tending to the service of the 

 Company, and the well-being of this town and garrison. 



Thus done and resolved in the town of Sta. Cruz de Gale, 

 datum ut supra. P. Boreel, Jan Thysen, Marten Vinck, 

 Pieter Pacts, Gerrit Moutmaker, Paulus Doncq, Pieter 

 Lemoyne, Jan van der Laen, Lambert Camholt, Albert 

 Hooghland, Secretary. 



Monday, February 23, 1643. 



MS.fol. 24. 



On this day the Honourable Commissioner has convened 

 the Council and submitted to the consideration of his 

 Councillors present the points hereunder following : 



First, to appoint a fit time for the installation of the 

 Captains Paulus Doncq and Jan Symonsz van der Laen ; 



