NO. 53. — 1902.] GALLE DUTCH RECORDS. 



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Rice to be sold for f pieces-of-eight per 40 pounds. 

 Meat and bacon, one or the other, for ^ piece-of-eight per 

 pound. 



Dutch butter, \ piece-of-eight per pound. 

 Bengal or coast ditto, 4 stivers per pound. 

 Wine, for f pieces-of-eight per pewter-measure. 1 

 Black sugar, for 4 pieces-of-eight per picol. 2 

 Java beans, for f pieces-of-eight per parra. 3 



MS.fol. 35. 



Batavia arrack, for J pieces-of-eight per pewter-measure. 



Padi, -J- piece-of-eight per parra or 40 pounds. 



Dutch vinegar, J piece-of-eight per pewter-measure. 



China ware and iron pans, sent hither from Tayoan, one 

 per cent, above the price paid for them by the Company. 



And, although the aforesaid officers have reason to be 

 satisfied with the board-wages allowed them at this place, as 

 at other places in India, still the Lord President, Avith the 

 sanction of their Worships the Governor-General and the 

 Council of India, has further allowed to each of those who 

 have a seat in the Council, as he allows by these presents, 24 

 cocoanut trees, and to the others, as Lieutenants, Ensigns, 

 Undermerchants, Comforters of the sick, and the Surgeon, 10 

 ditto ; in order to draw from these oil for the lamps, sury 4 

 for baking rice-cakes or apas, and other necessaries ; all this 

 with a view to the circumstance that, as aforesaid, nothing 

 is as yet brought in for sale here from the outside, and all 

 these are things which are quite indispensable in house- 

 keeping ; 



MS.fol. 36. 



Furthermore, the Council has resolved that as soon as 

 possible, outside the town but close by, a bazaar shall be 



1 Probably the same as a kan - a litre. 



2 A picol was somewhat more than 130 lb. 



3 A parra was equal to 40 lb. 



4 Toddy, used as yeast. 



