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



431 



Hendrick van Helten of Wesel, arrived in India in 1640 

 in the ship " Middelburch " as a soldier, on a monthly pay of 

 8 guilders, is, by these presents, at his request, admitted to a 

 new three years' engagement in the capacity of Adelborst on a 

 pay of 13 guilders monthly, the increase of pay to begin this 

 day, and the new engagement on expiry of the old one. 



Thus done and resolved in the town of Galle, datum ut 

 supra. Jan Thysen, Marten Vinck, Gerrit Moutmaker, Gerrit 

 Maeyer, Albert Hooghland, Secretary, 



Monday, June 29, 1643. 



MS.fol. 79. 



Whereas last year Raja Singa, at our request and 

 considering that for a long time before we had maintained 

 with rice at the Honourable Company's expense his lascorins 

 and other subjects of his, residing in this town, —had for- 

 warded to us a large quantity of paddy and other necessaries 

 for the purpose both of assisting us therein and of feeding 

 our own garrison ; 



and had moreover informed us that he should have sent us 

 still more, if he had not been in want of shiproom or other 

 vessels for the transport of the same : 



Therefore the Lord President, having convened his 

 Council, has submitted to them the question, 

 whether, since it is now the favourable season, it would not be 

 advisable to send to Battecaloa some vessel, whether belong- 

 ing to the Company or hired, in order to request and induce 

 the said king to let us have some more necessaries, as rice, 

 paddy, &c, for this garrison ; 



which having been weighed by the Council, and it having 

 been considered, that since throughout India the war 

 between us and the Portuguese is kept going on on his 

 account only, His Majesty is likely to show some more zeal 

 than before, and take the said matter to heart, the more so 

 if he be informed that we have again during some months 

 provided his subjects with rice, 



