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Roelant de Carpentier brought ashore 8 baskets of clean tapestries and 4 baskets of carpet-like fabrics from the goods of the deceased skipper Hendrick Volckmans. These goods would soon be confiscated. From then on, strict watch would be kept on private trade during the unloading of ships. The authorities trusted that no complaints about this matter would reach the company directors. The official order regarding this issue would be renewed both locally and at the trading posts.

Regarding the strict command that company employees at the trading posts should hand over to the company any personal funds they did not need for their household, orders would be sent out accordingly. This would be burdensome for several people who did not engage in private trade harmful to the company, but who sought to earn better interest than in Batavia due to shortage of company capital. However, what the directors decided on this matter would have to be followed.

An important force was sent out on 3 August and 6 September under the supreme command of the honorable extraordinary councilor Rijckot van Goens, to the coast of India and Goa. They prayed fervently to God to bless the company's and the directors' desired goal with his abundant blessing.

From the attached translation of the letter from the Nabab, the directors would see that his highness still requested that his skipper (Nachoda) in Macassar be transported from there with the company's ships. The Nachoda had written to his master that he had been refused passage on a company ship, as Mirsiadelly had confirmed. However, the Nabab realized that the skipper himself was unwilling to come over to settle accounts. As long as he stayed there, his highness's request would not stop. If they absolutely refused his highness and declined to write to the directors on his behalf, he would be more inclined to outfit a ship again to send to Macassar. Therefore they humbly requested the directors not to take offense at their frequent writing about this matter.

Upon the arrival of the yacht Muijden, they would first be able to find out how it happened that pieces were missing from various packages, in order to hold accountable those who had been responsible for the packing. Carpentier was truly so careful that he did not take his eyes off the packers until the package was sealed, so they could not understand how it could happen that nevertheless in one package (marked by him) 10 pieces of carpet-like fabrics were missing.

The small vessel Tayouan, which had not yet been able to reach this harbor, would be ordered to try to reach the bay of Smeldien by sailing out to sea. However, if it could not reach there due to storms and contrary currents, it should then steer toward Ceylon.

1. An original letter from Governor Isaac van Thijs and the council at Macassar, dated 10 October 1696
2. A request for supplies needed in the government for the year 1697
3. An original general muster roll of Company servants at Macassar dated end of June 1696
4. A roll of qualified persons dated 5 October 1696
5. A brief strength report of employees in the government dated end of June 1696
6. A list of persons still on the payroll books dated 5 October 1696
7. A name roll of deceased Company servants between 26 August 1695 and 20 September 1696
8. A list of ships and other Company property at end of June 1696 under this government, with their sailing crews and equipment
9. A request from reverend Gerardus Heij and bookkeeper Iacob Kuijk van Mierop at Castle Rotterdam in Macassar dated 10 October 1691, signed by Isaac Marmer Leets

On August 2, 1712, Mister van der Burg had received 99 rijksdaalders, leaving 101 rijksdaalders still owed. Of this debt, Captain Lauwt had to pay 98 rijksdaalders and the chief Langoegoe 3 rijksdaalders.

On Friday, the writer saw that the kings did not want to pay anything to the Dutch East India Company. He also had to wait a long time for Captain Lauwt, who had already been away for 3 months. The writer thought that when Lauwt returned, he would bring enough coret (a type of cloth or trade goods) to pay off his debt to the Company. To avoid wasting more time, the writer had Company goods brought to shore to see if he could obtain any coret in the meantime.

On Saturday, the chief Balonk from Attingola came to visit the writer. After some unimportant conversations, he said goodbye and returned to his place of residence.

On Sunday, the kings of Gorontale came with some leaders and coret, but they could not agree on the price. They wanted 7 to 8 shillings per catty, while the writer could only offer 5 to 6 shillings. The leaders left with their coret.

On Monday, some small boats came from the bay of Tomimij, reporting that they had seen a group of Makassarese and Buginese people. They believed these people would meet Captain Lauwt.

On Tuesday, the old king came to the writer and also told him about the Makassarese. He asked the writer to send a guard to make them leave. The writer said the king had enough people to send there himself and that he had enough orders from the Company to follow.

• Little or no supplies from Macassar would reach Malacca and other areas
• The King of Macassar would not be able to send promised assistance to Quimela Lousoe against the Dutch
• Ships from Macassar and Malay vessels normally trading with Malacca and Amboina would be trapped in Macassar
• The regions of Malacca, Amboina, and Ceram would suffer from lack of supplies from Macassar
• The King of Macassar, who was in alliance with the Portuguese and Spanish and was being influenced to become Roman Catholic, would not grow stronger in power, authority, trade, and commerce
• Ships from Macassar returning from Amboina, Banda, and other western places would fall into Dutch hands near Macassar, as would vessels from Java and Portuguese ships from Macao and Malacca
• The Spanish and Portuguese would lose their main trading place in the archipelago, where they were building such influence that ships from Macao, the Indian Coast, and Coromandel could come there without calling at Malacca
• The military assistance that Mattaram was requesting from Macassar (encouraged by the Portuguese) would disappear, and Mattaram would realize that help from Macassar and the Portuguese would come late or never, since the Dutch were attacking both the Portuguese and the people from Macassar in their own territories

This document is a register of letters and documents received in Batavia concerning the Amboina region. These documents were sent back to the homeland on the first return ships. The register covers the period from 27 April 1683 to 2 November 1683.

The register contains the following items:

• A letter from the acting commander Jeremias van Vliet and the council, sent via the ship N. Noortwijck from Amboina to the authorities in Batavia, dated 16 October 1682.
• Documents related to the mission of Robbertus Padtbrugge in Banda, received on 8 June via the ship Zijp in Amboina.
• A letter from Governor and Commissioner Robbertus Padtbrugge and the council in Amboina to the authorities in Batavia, dated 24 May 1683.
• A report from R. Padtbrugge about his assigned mission, dated 23 May 1683.
• A complaint from the orphan masters of Banda to Commissioner Padtbrugge and the council.
• Notes by Jeremias van Vliet and other appointed officials regarding a statement about a certain party, received in 1683.
• Instructions for the senior merchant Van Doorden, prepared by Commissioner Padtbrugge and the council for his journey to Heffin, dated 11 February 1683.
• A report by Van Vliet upon his return from Heffin, submitted to the Commissioner and council, dated 12 March 1681 (likely 1683).
• A report by Captain Cromhuysen regarding complaints about the people of Pattij, submitted on 27 March 1683.
• A translated letter from the old king of Bantam to the king and nobles of Makassar and the Moluccas, as well as the head man of Ceram, calling for rebellion against the Dutch East India Company, dated 3 March 1683.
• A translated letter from a certain Dai Boelaken, an envoy from Bone, to the Governor in Amboina, about the war against the people of Tamoocko.
• Instructions for Captain Jodocus Cromhuysen, skipper Jan van der Walle, and other commanders of the military force sent from Amboina and Banda, concerning the ship captain Joumat who was reportedly sent by the old sultan of Bantam with 3 vessels and letters to eastern peoples to encourage them to fight for the Muslim religion, dated 25 January 1683.

• Birth registrations of twins could be written in one single record, but if a second or third child was reported after the first registration had already been made, a new separate record would be created for that birth.
• The word "age" (ouderdom) after the word "names" should be considered as forgotten in this article.
• By resolution of 25 February 1836 number 4, it was declared that the councils of justice would only make remarks about the first or baptismal names of children if it appeared that people were acting against the spirit of article 75 of the regulation, which was to prevent family names being given as first names. There was especially no reason to prevent parents from giving their own recognized first names used in the Netherlands to their children.
• By decree of the Commissioner General dated 23 September 1829 number 25 (law gazette number 93), question 10, it was explained that although leaving children as foundlings was less common in the Dutch East Indies, when such cases occurred, every found newborn child, regardless of whether it was a Christian, Jewish or native child, had to be registered according to article 80 and following of the regulation. The word "foundling" was therefore used in a general sense in the regulation. (Note: In this article, article 59 was incorrectly cited; it should be article 66.)
• By decree of the Commissioner General dated 23 September 1829 number 25 (law gazette number 93), question 12, it was determined that there should always be 3 marriage banns.
• By decree of the Commissioner General dated 23 September 1829 number 25 (law gazette number 93), question 14, it was determined that the registers of marriage announcements and banns, like other civil registry records, should be deposited with the councils of justice. (Note: The citation of articles 85 and 86 was incorrect; it should be articles 41 and 42.)
• By resolution of 9 August 1831 number 4 (law gazette number 44), it was determined that the power to grant exemption from article 111 of the civil registry regulation, in cases where this could happen without carelessness or fear of harmful consequences, was granted to the governors of the Moluccan islands and of Macassar, and to the residents of the west coast of Sumatra, Palembang, Banka, Riouw, Ternate, Banda, Menado, Timor and the west and southeast coast of Borneo.
• By resolution of 9 August 1830 number 10 (law gazette number 34), it was determined that, changing article 115 of the regulation, residents would have the authority, when requested on urgent and well-founded reasons, to allow 2 marriage banns on the same day, and in very special cases 3 banns, provided this always happened on a Sunday and the marriage was not performed before the third day afterwards, according to articles 110 and 116 of the regulation.
• By decree of the Commissioner General dated 26 September 1828 number 13, it was determined that no marriages could be performed before proof from the civil registry official was shown that the banns had been properly announced.
• By decree of the Commissioner General dated 23 September 1829 number 25 (law gazette number 93), question 13, it was determined that marriages had to be performed at the main place of residence of one of the future spouses, before the civil registry official who was located there and where the announcement and banns had taken place.
• By decree of the Commissioner General dated 23 September 1829 number 25 (law gazette number 93), question 17, it was determined that the burial permit referred to in article 139 would only be issued free of charge to poor people.
• By resolution of 30 August