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



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after performing their task on the Coast of Ceylon, and 

 to the promises of King Kaja Singa, by which his Majesty 

 in conformity with his letter of the 3rd of this month 

 had informed us that we should receive at Battecaloa 

 certain elephants which had been left there last year, owing 

 to the sudden departure of the late Lord Commissioner 

 Boreel, together with the letter from his Majesty to the 

 Lord General, 



it has been deemed advisable that the ships " Frederick Hen- 

 drick," "Wesel," " Snoecq," and "Grol" shall, on the 18th of 

 this month, set sail directly for Batavia under command of the 

 Lord Admiral Francois Caron ; we trusting that by that time 

 everything will be finished and ready ; 



and that on the 20th or 21st instant the ships ''Amsterdam," 

 " Haen," "Ackersloot," " Engel," and " Gracht " shall be des- 

 patched to Coromandel, in order to set sail from there, in 

 conformity with the orders of the Lord General, each to her 

 appointed destination ; 



with the understanding that the ship "Amsterdam" shall on 

 her way call at Battecaloa, and remain there until the last of 

 this month, in order to take on board the elephants aforesaid, 

 together with his Majesty's letter, after which date she shall 

 without any delay continue her voyage to Coromandel, 

 whether or not she have received from the king what he has 

 promised. 



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Furthermore, regard being had to the resolution dated 

 [ ] by which it had been resolved that the soldiers 

 sent hither from Batavia should be kept here ; 

 The said resolution is, after mature consideration, by these 

 presents confirmed, the more so since this garrison numbers 

 at present a great many sick and disabled men, 

 and to the end that at the discretion of the Council, and 

 when there shall be a fitting occasion, we shall be able to 

 despatch a considerable force sufficient, with the help of 

 -God, to drive the Portuguese out of the district round about 



