396 JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). [VOL. XVII 



Pieter Pacts, Gerrit Moutmaker, Paulus Doncq, Pieter Le- 

 moyrie, Jan van der Laen, Lambert Camholt, Albert 

 Hooghland, Secretary. 



Saturday, Ultimo, February, 1643. 



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The Lord President having convened the Council, has 

 represented to them and submitted to their judgment the 

 points set forth below : 



Whether since by resolution of the 23rd of this month 

 it had been fixed that the common table at the President's 

 house should be abolished and that the officers customarily 

 dining there should get monthly board-wages, 

 it would not be advisable and proper to lay down a fixed 

 tariff of prices for all the provisions stored in the warehouses, 

 to the intent that all the officers who shall want anything 

 may be duly informed of the price of the several articles ; 

 Secondly, whether it would not be good and proper to send 

 out to Batavia as soon as possible the yachts " Star "or u Rom- 

 merswael " now lying in this bay, with our advices touching 

 the state of affairs here ; 



Thirdly, what ought to be done with respect to the 

 lascorins, coolies, cinnamon peelers, and other " blacks " at 

 present in this town ; whether, as heretofore, 



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they shall each month have a certain quantity of rice 

 given out to them, or whether we shall let this matter rest 

 for the present. 



All which having been maturely weighed by the afore- 

 said Council, they have unanimously approved, resolved, 

 and concluded, in manner as hereunder following : 



As touching the first point : that, forasmuch as hitherto 

 little or nothing from the outside is offered for sale here, so 

 that officers will not be able to do without the provisions in 

 the Company's warehouses, the following tariff of prices 

 shall be fixed : 



