No. 63. 1910.] DUTCH MONUMENTAL REMAINS. ' 63 
FOURTH SUPPLEMENTARY PAPER ON 
THE MONUMENTAL REMAINS OF THE DUTCH EAST 
INDIA COMPANY IN CEYLON.* 
ByP. H. deVos, 
Barrister-at-Law, and Member of the Society of Dutch Literature, 
cfcc, of Ley den. 
Recent excavations on the site of the " Groote Kerk,"t 
Church street, Galle, have resulted in the discovery of two 
Dutch tombstones, sketches of which, kindly made for me by 
Mr. D. W. Goonawardena, of the Police Court of Galle, are 
submitted with this Paper. These tombstones have been laid 
down on the floor of the Dutch Reformed Church, Galle. 
1. 
See Plate I. 
Translation. — ^Here lies buried Juff. Maria Magdalena van 
der Hey den, wife of the Hon. Carel Bolner,J Commandeur of 
the City and Lands of Galle and Matara. Died on January 12, 
1697. 
Remarks. — Carel Bolner was a native of Dantzic. Ha was 
an Assistent, 1670 (Colombo), Koopman and Pakhuismeester , 
1686 (Colombo) , Koopman and Administrateur , 1688 (Colombo), 
Commandeur, 1693-1704 (Galle), Governor of Malacca, May 
10, 1704-1707. Maria Magdalena van der Hey den, born in 
Hoorn, was his second wife, he having married her in Colombo 
on February 1, 1682. He married thirdly, in Colombo, on 
March 5, 1702, Susanna van Schayck,$ baptized in Colombo 
May 5, 1661, daughter of Andries van Schayck of Utrecht 
and Abigail Ketelaer of Ter Goes. She died in Malacca on 
* Journal, vol. XV., N"o. 49, p. 213; vol. XVIL, No. 52, p. 12; 
vol. XVIII., No. 54, p. 51 ; vol. XVIII. , No. 56, p. 393. 
t Journal, vol. XV., No. 49, p. 267. 
:|: 50 Navorscher 238, 54 Navorscher 175. 
§ Ceylon Observer, May 9, 1906. Journal, Straits Branch, Royal 
Asiatic Society, No. 34, July, 1900, p. 20. 
