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A JuccinB Nifiory of the Rife, Progrefs , and Book I 
keen adjufted in the Indies , and at Home, to the Satif- 
Action both of the Company and of the Government, as 
lhall be fhewn hereafter. At prefent, it is our Bufinefs to 
fhew, after giving fo copious an Account of the Growth 
and Grandeur of this Company, how its Affairs are con- 
ducted, and what Form of Government it is, that has 
been abie, not only to render a Body of Merchants for- 
midable to the greateft Monarchs in the Eaft , but to ac- 
quire them Dominions very little inferior to any of thefe 
Monarchs, and Revenues, Armies and Fleets, fuperior 
to moft of them ; this is a Thing fo admirable in itfelf, 
and demonftrates fo clearly, what it is in the Power of an 
extenfive and well regulated Commerce to do, that I flatter 
myfelf my Reader will pay a very ftrict Attention to the 
following Account of it. 
1 6. Their whole Bufinefs in India is divided into Go- 
vernments and Directions, after the following Manner : 
I. Batavia is the chief and capital, where refide the Go- 
vernor-General, and Council ordinary of India, to whom 
alfo the Governments and Directions are fubordinate, fend- 
ing their Accounts to them, the Ballance whereof is en- 
tered into the Accounts-General of India, kept there •, be- 
iitles which, there are feveral Places immediately under 
the Government and Direction of the Governor and Coun- 
cil of Batavia , viz. Japan a Chief-fhip, Tonquin a Chief- 
Ihip, Macajfar a Commandant, Siam a Chief-fhip Ban- 
tam a FaCtory, Japara a Factory, Jambee a Chief-fhip, 
Pallambam a Chief-fhip, Arrakan a Chief-fhip. II. Am- 
boyna a Government, under which are feveral Iflands, 
where they pay a yearly Penfion to the Inhabitants, not 
to buffer Cloves or other Spices to grow. III. Banda is a 
Government, and under it are feveral Iflands, to the Na- 
tives of which they likewile pay Money yearly to deftroy 
the Spice. IV. Eernate is a Government. V. Malacca 
is a Government. VI. Zelon, or Ceylon , is a Government, 
where they have many Factories, and all their Accounts 
are fent to Columbo , the principal Place. VII. Cochin is a 
Government, and under it lies all the Malabar Coaft. 
VIII. Policat is a Government, under which are the Coafts 
of Corromandel and Pegu. IX. Bengal is a Direction, and 
under it, all the Factories in that Bay : Hughly is the Chief 
from whence they fend their Accounts to Batavia. X. Su- 
rat, another Direction, under which are many Factories. 
XL Perfia a Direction, the chief Refidence Gombroon , 
and under it are Ifpahan and Bajfora . XII. Cape of Good- 
Pope a Government, and under it, the Mauritius, orlfland 
of Prince Maurice. 
To underftand this perfectly, it mult be obferved, that 
Governments are when the Places are their own. Directions 
when they are under a foreign prince, and have no Garri- 
fbns. Batavia excepted, no Government, Direction or 
Command, hath Precedence of Place ; but the Perfons 
in thofe Places, and all other Degrees and Qualities take 
Place according to their Seniority in Handing. 
This Account fufficiently explains the general Scheme 
of their Government, from whence we lhall defcend into 
Particulars, that it may appear, with how much Wifdom, 
Juftice and Prudence, all things are regulated by this Com- 
pany, to prevent either Corruption or Confufion, which 
.though it is very probable they may not abfolutely do, 
yet it is very certain, they muft do it in a great Meafurej 
.for otherwise the Company’s Affairs muft have fallen long 
5.ago into a very diftraCted State, whereas, we fee them at 
this Day, in as good a Condition as ever. 
This I conceive to be efpecially owing to that Nicety 
of Judgment fhewn in adjufting all their Sallaries, and Al- 
lowances for Diet, to the feveral Qualities and Degrees of 
their Servants, fo that none has either fo little as to be 
.pinched by Neceffity, nor any fo much as to fet them 
.above the Performance of their Duty, which is, generally 
jpeaking, the Ruin of fuch Governments as purfue a con- 
trary Condnft ; for the more eafy underftanding of this 
Point, we lhall take their inferior Officers flrft, and fo aft 
cend gradually to the Governor-General of the Indies. 
T he under-affiftant, S.criver or Writer, is the loweft Degree, 
and is chiefly fupplie.d with Soldiers, taken out of the Guards, 
from nine to fourteen Guilders per menfem. Next is the 
Affiftant at twenty Guilders per menfem Salary, and four 
dollars Diet, After him the upper- affiftant Book- 
keeper, or Secretary, from twenty-eight to thirty-fix Guil- 
ders per menfm Salary, and four Rix-dollars Diet In 
the fourth Place, the Under-copeman, from thirty- fix to 
forty-five Guilders per menfem Salary, and eight Rix-dob 
Jars uiet. Then the Copeman from fifty to fixty-five 
Guilders per menfem Salary, and eight Rix-dollars Diet. 
Next to him, Upper-copeman, from eighty to one hun- 
dred and twenty Guilders per menfem Salary, and twelve 
Rix-do[!ars Diet : Some from the leffer Chambers are lent 
out at feventy-two Guilders per menfem Salary. 
At Batavia and Zelon , where Provifions are dear, they 
hc.ve thirteen Rix-dollars Diet. In the feventh Rank a 
Commandore has one hundred and fifty Guilders ter men 
fem Salary, and twenty Rix-dollars Diet ; ComnLdTc 
a new Title, fomewhat lefts than Commandore. The 
eighth, Director, has two hundred Guilders per menfem Sal- 
lary, and thirty Rix-dollars Diet. The Governor has the 
fame, as alfo a Member of the extraordinary Council of 
India. A Member ordinary of the Council of India at 
Batavia, each of them, three hundred and fifty Guilders 
per menfem Salary, and one hundred Rix-dollars Diet; 
and iaftly, the Governor-General of Batavia has one thou- 
fand two hundred Guilders per menfem Salary ,• and two 
hundred Rix-dollars Diet, and every Time he goes to the 
Fleet, one thoufand five hundred' Rix-dollars Gratuity 
which has been ufually done upon a Fleet’s Departure for 
Europe: But this General has nut taken it for fome 
Years paft. 
. All Perfons in the Service, whether Merchants, Divines, 
civil Magiftrates, Soldiers or Seamen, are ranked in their 
Degrees, and take their Places accordingly. The General 
is allowed Wine, and all other Liquors and Provifions out 
of the Company’s Warehoufe, without Limitation. AH 
others, down to the Affiftants, are allowed monthly Liquors 
Spice, Oil, Wood, Rice, Vinegar, Candles, &c. according 
to their Quality, very large. The Upper-copeman’s Al- 
lowance is twenty Canadars of Spanijb Wine per menfem 
befides Mum, White- wine, and other Liquors ; twenty- 
four Pounds of Wax for Candles, Corn for Poultry, Rice 
for Slaves, &c. fo that the Diet-money allowed them, is 
only for frefh Provifions. 
Soldiers are ranked in the fame Manner, viz. firft a 
common Soldier, or private Centinel, is from nine to 
fourteen Guilders per menfem , as the Under-affiftant. Next, 
Serjeant’s Pay and Diet as the Affiftant. Then Enfign’s 
Pay and Diet as the Under-copeman. After him Lieute- 
nant's Pay and Diet as the Copeman. The fifth Captain’s 
Pay and Diet as the Upper-copeman ; and the fixth Major’s 
Pay and Diet as the Commandore. Military Perfons give 
place to the Civil of the fame Rank, viz. a Commandore 
precedes a Major, and Upper-copeman a Captain, and a 
Copeman a Lieutenant ; but a Major precedes an Upper- 
copeman, a Captain a Copeman, and a Lieutenant an 
Under-copeman. There are three Majors in India, one 
at Batavia , one at Ceylon , and one at Amboyna , or Ban- 
da. They affill the Governor in military Affairs, and 
have the Command over all other Officers and Soldiers, 
but have no proper Company of their own. There are 
not Captains over every Company, but one ever two, 
three, four or five Companies ; every Company has Lieu- 
tenants and Enfigns, and they often make provifional Offi- 
cers, who, upon fome Merit in Service, do attain to the 
Pay of fuch Places. 
Seamen are ranked in the fame Manner, viz. firft a 
common Seaman, from nine to fourteen Guilders per men- 
fem, as a common Soldier; next third Mate, Gunner, 
Boatfwain and Steerman, from eighteen to twenty-four 
Guilders per menfem, and the Affiftant-carpenter’s Wages 
from forty to fifty Guilders per menfem. The Under-fteer- 
man, or fecond Mate, from twenty-four to thirty-fix 
Guilders per menfem, as the Upper-affiftant. After them, 
Upper-fteerman or Chief- mate, from fifty to fixty Guil- 
ders per menfem , in the Under-copeman’s Rank, The 
fifth are Skippers, from fixty to one hundred Guilders per 
menfem, in the Copeman’s Rank ; and the fixth. Commo- 
dores from one hundred to one hundred and fifty Guilders per 
menfem , befides which, they have the Ship’s Allowance 
for Provifion, and when in Batavia, they have Road- mo- 
ney paid them every Month for freffi Provifions and 
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