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• 2 metal cannons of ½ pound
• 4 iron cannons of ½ pound
• 6 metal swivel guns
• 2 copper blunderbusses
• 4 iron blunderbusses
• 16 rifles of various sorts
• 3 Balinese rifles

The executors were ordered to carry out the orders. Nothing further needed to be noted about pirates, except what had already been mentioned. The profits from goods recovered from a certain shipwreck were distributed according to the orders on 22 December 1777, which gave great satisfaction, and proper thanks were expressed. The Surabaya officials were informed about matters concerning Surabaya, and they were ordered to carry out the orders. The originally agreed lease period for that district was to remain in effect for the benefit of the Company. The regent named Sumanap was ordered not only to make the tenant pay back the income that he had wrongfully taken, but also to pay a fine of 1,000 Spanish reals for the benefit of the Deacons' Poor Relief and the Almshouse.

During this year, no foreign Europeans were reported along Java except for the English two-masted bark The Naneij at Japara, which had been mentioned in the submission of 3 June. Regarding pirates and raids, nothing more needed to be said beyond what had been noted earlier in response to the letter extract from Patria dated 30 October 1776. Concerning the salvaged goods from the vessel or wreck that ran aground between Touban and Passum, which was believed to have belonged to pirates (last mentioned in the submission of the end of August), it was reported that after the Council of Justice declared the goods forfeited, the net proceeds (after deducting all costs) amounted to 1,946 rixdollars and 24 stuivers. Following the instructions given in the letter of 10 June, the money was divided as follows: one-third to the finder, one-third to the prosecutor, and one-third transferred to the Company's treasury in favor of the account for patrol vessels. However, this was all done with the condition that restitution would be made if rightful owners ever appeared. They hoped this would be approved.

The goods captured during the conquest of the island of Noessa and sent by the Surabaya officials consisted of:

• 1 iron cannon of 8 pounds
• 4 metal cannons of ½ pound
• 2 metal cannons of ½ pound
• 16 metal swivel guns, of which 10 were unusable
• 3 iron small mortars, unusable
• 3 cannonballs of various types
• 30 round shot of various types
• 3 copper blunderbusses, of which 1 was unusable
• 5 pieces (text incomplete)

• On 22 December 1777, certain goods were to be returned in Batavia.
• Writings about goods from privateering vessels were received and approved.
• The spent gunpowder amounted to 46 guilders 9 stuivers 8 penningen. The rest from the estate of the curator of that tax, totaling 105 guilders, was charged to the main office for collection by the guardians there, who administered the estate of the deceased commander Pieter Luzac.
• Various items from previous books were written off, and the authorities were asked to allow new privateering activities.
• Ammunition, weapons, equipment and other goods from Semarang were consumed, wasted, lost or damaged by privateers fighting pirates along the coast from Lossarie to Touban, as shown by various declarations and an attached statement from the business transferor Ambrosius Pieter Tulleken van Hogenhouck.
• The total amount in money was 1,250 guilders 10 stuivers 8 penningen.
• Regarding domains, leases and tolls, the revenues from Madura, the recognition payments from Oeloedjami, Panaroekan and Besoekie, the tjatjas and calangers money, and the lease payments up to the end of Grissee and elsewhere had all been received and properly accounted for.
• Ian Tjingko was appointed as head of the Chinese at Grissee and was left in that position until the end of the current lease period, holding both the harbor offices at Grissee and the rice lease there and at Sidaijoe, which his deceased predecessor had held.
• The circular order of 1 July last stated that double toll had to be charged and paid on Chinese goods not brought from Batavia. This order was sent everywhere and recommended to the lease holders at all offices for their observance.
• The tax collector was also instructed to ensure that bird's nests delivered for recognition income were drier than those recently brought to Batavia on the ship Beemstervaart.
• The regent of Sumanap, Pangerang Notto Coessomo, was corrected for his disobedient behavior regarding the recommended transfer of the salt village Pinger-pappas to the captain of the Chinese at Sourabaija, Hang Boeijko, on 22 December 1787.

• 22 December 1770: The officials renewed orders through a circular letter dated 1 December and recommended their execution in the same way as was introduced and done in Semarang. To achieve this, they sent model copies of accounts and journal entries from the books of this main office.
• For the eastern corner (Oosthoek), they added specially designed models showing how the regents, who were required to deliver products for free, should be charged in the books annually in January and then relieved month by month for what they delivered. This way, they could always see in the books what each regent had fulfilled of his obligation and what he still owed. This applied not only to the monthly remaining balance records.
• The pay books from the eastern corner for the year 1770/1771, which had been missing from their earlier submission of 3 November and therefore not sent to the main office, were later received in Semarang. These would follow at the first opportunity in the coming spring.
• In the meantime, these books and those from other offices were reviewed by commissioners: merchant and fiscal Nicolaas Alexander van Leliveld and junior merchant and second warehouse master Androsius Pieter Tulleken van Hogenhouck.
• 22 December 1777: When the books were reviewed and compared against the trade books, no errors of importance were found. However, in the eastern corner, the pay books showed 1,447 rijksdaalders and 5 stuivers more charged than what was written off in the trade books for pay.
• Although this difference favored the Company, they did not want to burden needy servants with unjust charges. Therefore, they ordered the officials in Surabaya to investigate and provide clarification about where this difference came from and whether it was their fault.
• They awaited with humble request the findings of the trade books from this coast for 1774/1775 and following book years.
• Regarding the findings from 1772/1773, they mentioned a compensation that had been approved in the margin notes for what was written off at the Company's expense in Surabaya for fireworks on the occasion of the first birthday of the illustrious hereditary prince and stadtholder.

• Regarding Japara: clarification was needed about the accounts of the Regents who, according to the books as of the end of August, still owed ƒ2,272:18:8 each, or ƒ4,545:17:- total, for rice deliveries. However, Resident Willem van der Beke reported in his monthly outstanding accounts that they had already fulfilled their rice quota before the books closed and owed nothing more.
• Regarding Rembang: the current Resident Willem Adriaan Palm was authorized to settle 1,225 beams in the current books as previous year's income. The forest chiefs appeared to owe these 1,225 beams more in the books as of the end of August than they actually did according to the outstanding accounts. The previous Resident Willem van Hogendorp had explained in writing before leaving for Batavia that the forest people had indeed delivered these 1,225 beams and they had been used for ships under construction and on the building slips, but they were incorrectly not credited to them nor recorded as ship expenses.

• On 22 December 1777, the authorities continued discussing matters related to wood and forest management.
• The Regent of Coedus had successfully encouraged a man to take up timber cutting work, which was unusual and difficult for the local people. The authorities believed this proved that local inhabitants could be persuaded to do many things when treated with kindness and gentle guidance.
• Following the plan for forest conservation made according to the resolution of 14 April, arrangements had been made for the supply of wood.
• From the local council treasury, 30 pairs of buffaloes were purchased for the Regents of Samarang, Caliwoengo, and Candal together, and 50 pairs of buffaloes for the Regent of Coedus.
• The Regent Radeen Tommongong wirja Diningrat showed great willingness and agreed to supply 500 timber beams per year from the forests of Japara and Joana near his regency.
• He also promised to deliver 12 picols of cotton yarn per year, in addition to his existing obligation of 10 picols of his best indigo, or as much as the crop and production of this dye in the villages specifically designated for this purpose would yield.
• He signed a formal contract for these obligations, and a copy was offered to the High Authorities.
• The Regent of Toubang, Tommongong Pourbo Nagara, made a reasonable request for a reduction in his rice quota. He explained that because 13 forests with their villages in his district had been set aside exclusively for the Company, he would lose the rice that the inhabitants would have supplied.
• It was becoming increasingly difficult for him to meet his quota of 100 koyangs of rice each year, as little rice was grown in Toubang itself and the supply from Djiepang and other lands of the princes was now less than in previous times.
• He was often forced to buy rice in the eastern region and elsewhere to meet his obligations, as had happened that year.
• The authorities suggested that his rice quota could be reduced from 100 to 60 or 70 koyangs, subject to approval by the High Authorities.
• According to the resolution of 14 April, the forest heads of Rembang would be released from delivering 300 to 400 timber beams, provided they returned the buffalo payments they had already received.

• Send these considerations along with extracts from earlier letters from Japara dated 22 September and 14 November to the High Lords
• Grant van der Beke's request that his well-founded considerations be properly recorded for his protection

1. Their observation that in matters where more than just their master had an interest, people often used the excuse that the native population was averse to changes
2. That insofar as his objections had not already been addressed by their resolution of 14 April of that year (which had been approved by the High Lords), these objections could very easily be resolved with good supervision and willing, unselfish management if everyone did as the first signatory had done in the year 1776 to promote indigo manufacturing in Japara, when even the regents raised objections against relocating the factory and van der Beke requested support to order those regents to stop making difficulties and to designate the villages he had selected for planting fields where rice and other crops grew with the indigo plant, and additionally to order the village heads to command the common people

• 22 December 1777: All people who had come to the area were informed about the new arrangements and rules for the preservation of the forests, the purchase of wood, and the delivery of wood to the Company. These rules were to be followed from now on according to the intentions of the high authorities. The rules were explained and accepted by everyone, and each person was given clear written instructions in both Javanese and Dutch.
• Following a circular letter from 20 July, the Residents of the wood-supplying stations in Japara, Tagal, Rembang, Joana, and Palcalongang were given further instructions on 1 December about what they needed to do to achieve the goal.
• Copies of all instructions, the circular letter, and a model showing how the Regents should keep books recording the money they received for wood bundles and the credit for the beams they delivered were offered to the high authorities.
• The authorities were asked to approve all these documents and the management approach. It was also requested that those on Java who needed to cooperate should be strongly ordered to set aside their own interests and ensure that the high commands were followed properly, without the orders being disregarded, misinterpreted, or made ineffective through excuses.
• The senior merchant, second in command of Java, and Resident Willem van der Beke at Japara had promised in response to the first circular letter of 20 July that he would appear in November to share his experienced opinions, as stated in his letter of 22 September.
• However, in a letter dated 14 November, Van der Beke excused himself from appearing in person. In that same letter, he stated that more difficulties would arise in the full execution of the new orders regarding the management of wood cutting than the theory at first glance seemed to indicate.

• December 22, 1878: Various types of wood could be handed over, including crane wood (80-85 units), mast supports (70-80 units), mill axles (22-24 units), and beams of different sizes.
• There were a total of 1,069 beams available, of which 406 beams measuring 25-26 or 22-24 feet long and 10-15 inches thick could be handed over at the shipping price. The remaining beams were either too heavy to saw or too light and thin to be used for mill planks.
• December 22, 1794: The resident of Japara was assigned to assess and appraise the sawmill at Japara with its sugar factory, but he reported that this could not be done.
• The assessment report was prepared by merchant Nicolaas Alexander Leliveld, junior merchant Ambrosius Pieter Tulleken van Hogenhouck, and Lieutenant Engineer Fredrik Sustmann.
• The property included a blacksmith's workshop, a stone residential house, 2 wooden houses, 3 large and 2 small sheds, along with necessary mill and blacksmith tools. Everything was found to be solid, strong, and in good condition.
• The entire facility was valued at 14,000 Rijksdaalders. It was noted that this machinery would remain worth this amount if well maintained.
• Each year, the resident received 2,000 beams from the wood supply at shipping price, and Japara was supplied with mill planks. The miller had enough beams to also saw planks, ribs, slats, and more for private customers.
• Resident Willem van der Bake was instructed to deliver 3,000 baskets of powdered sugar by May, as requested in letters from July 31 and October 6, to the Japara sugar manufacturers.

• He had asked to take over 750 to 800 pieces of timber from the backlog of the wood quota at the shipping price
• He had asked to have the Japara sawmill appraised and set at a fixed price so his successor could take it over in due time

• A young person from 6 to 10 years old had to plant 1 tree
• A youth from 11 to 20 years old had to plant 2 trees
• An adult man from 21 to 30 years old had to plant 3 trees

• 100 corgies (bundles) of Javanese cloth
• 3,869 pounds of indigo (first quality)
• 891.25 bird nests
• 457.5 to 215 picols (a unit of weight) of cotton yarn in various qualities
• 1,060.5 pounds of wax
• 37,688 cans of coconut oil
• 1,550 cans of palm oil
• 25 pounds of cassia
• 100 pounds of cubebs (a type of pepper)
• 12,500 pounds of coriander
• 1 capers pantjallang (a type of vessel) for the contingent of Lassum
• 7 large pantjallangs
• 2 lighters (flat-bottomed boats)
• 14 barges
• 8 ship's boats
• A good quantity of heavy and light woodwork in various types

• Sumatra's West Coast: 5,852 guilders, 6 stuivers
• Cape of Good Hope: 115 guilders, 18 stuivers
• Malacca: 16,997 guilders, 9 stuivers
• Batavia: 36,034 guilders, 17 stuivers, 8 penningen
• Ceylon: 15,075 guilders
• Cheribon: 301 guilders, 3 stuivers, 8 penningen
• Amboina: 19,795 guilders, 19 stuivers (by calculation)
• Banda: 48,371 guilders, 18 stuivers, 8 penningen (by calculation)

On 22 December 1788, a request was made for a complete payment of a demand. Specifically, they asked for whole and half ducats to be provided at the first opportunity, as their remaining supply was small and they would soon need to send some to Sourabaija. They also requested permission to accept cash that they would need in the Company's treasury through bills of exchange, to be paid in Batavia or converted into assignments to the 17 Lords in the homeland. The Governor particularly requested favorable approval for this last option.

The collection of products in this year had succeeded well and was so favorable that not only were the quotas of this year completed, along with arrears from previous years (except for a few beams which would be discussed later), but also all requests except those for heavy wood could have been completely fulfilled if they had ships or vessels to transport more than what was actually shipped. This would be shown in the answered demands, which would follow at the next opportunity once the necessary information from all offices had arrived after the departure of the eastern ships to Batavia. It would also be shown in the annual clear statement of everything delivered in the still ongoing year 1777 by the respective Regents and Chiefs in fulfillment of their obligations, what remained, and what still had to come in in 1778. They would provide this to the Lords once the ships for Amboina and Banda were loaded and dispatched.

They submitted a memorandum of the products that in this year were transported from Java to and for Batavia, Ceylon, Malacca, Cape of Good Hope, Sumatra's west coast, and Cheribon, and were currently ready to ship to Amboina and Banda. The products consisted of:

• 6,549 2/51 coyangs of rice
• 14 green cadjang
• 194 1/17 320 loads of salt
• 104,057 pounds of sugared tamarind
• 1,600 round pepper
• 11,000 long pepper
• 8,651 tail pepper
• 1,063 cardamom
• 100

• 1 set or case with mathematical instruments
• 1 set of elephant paper
• 6 books of fine drawing pencils
• 12 pieces of common drawing pencils
• 12 pieces of fine drawing brushes in assorted sizes
• 36 pieces of fine blending brushes
• 36 pieces
• 1/8 pound of carmine
• 1/8 pound of ultramarine
• 1/2 pound of Florentine red lacquer
• 1/2 pound of blue lacquer
• 1 pound of Berlin blue
• 1/2 pound of prepared indigo
• 2 pounds of vermilion
• Assorted drill bits - 185
• 100 assorted files
• 100 sweet files - 72
• 4 pieces of cutting irons with their pins
• Various quantities of additional items ranging from 1 to 100 pieces
• 6 pieces
• 70 pieces
• 10 pieces
• 3 pounds of remnants
• 2 pounds of red lead
• 2 pounds of burnt umber
• 4 pounds of king's yellow
• 1/8 pound of white gum arabic
• 1/2 pound of gum gutti

• 1 gunsmith
• 5 hospital visitors
• 1 blacksmith
• 1 chest maker
• 1 coppersmith

• November 1777: A list of leftover goods and supplies was recorded, including various types of wine (Dutch, French, Sack wine, and Cape wine).
• Military equipment included 60 muskets, rifles, pistols, swords with copper handles, 348 rapiers or side arms, spontoons (spear-like weapons), grenade bags, carbine straps, cartridge pouches, 2 trumpets, and cutlasses.
• Spices and provisions listed: nutmeg (7½ pounds), cloves (88¼ pounds), mace (47½ pounds), cinnamon (50 pounds), wheat (new) (50 pounds), rice (74½ pounds), arrack (23½ pounds), and opium (50 pounds).
• The document mentioned 70 barrels that would be supplied gradually to avoid overwhelming storage space, with a request made for half-barrels for subordinate offices and for shipping in small local vessels.
• 22 December 1777: Additional supplies were requested.
• 22 December 1778: Further continuation of spices and provisions listed, including olives, oil, dead oil, beer in barrels, Dutch butter, wax candles, and brandy gin.
• Writing supplies included: large format paper, small imperial paper, blue lined paper, pen shafts, penknives, penknife sharpening stones, pencil and red chalk, sealing wax, seal thread, cipher stamps, ink materials, and parchment.
• Church and school books requested: 1 Bible in folio, 25 Psalm books in octavo (new version), booklets, arithmetic books, 40 small catechisms, 20 question books by Helmbrock, letter arts primers, ABC booklets, and 40 arithmetic slates.
• Various quantities of reams, bundles, and pieces of paper and other materials were listed with specific measurements in pounds.
• Office or paper scissors: 2 pieces requested.
• Liquids measured in half barrels and casks, including 4 half barrels and 40 casks of one type, and 8 casks of another.
• Two cellars were mentioned in the inventory.
• The document ended noting 14 remaining items still outstanding as of the last day of the period.

• Various types of rope and cable in different thicknesses
• 2 iron anchors
• Lead lines and tarred lines
• Sailcloth including Dutch and Flemish linen
• Old sails
• Blocks and pulleys
• Sail needles and thread
• Old rope

• 3,807 flints for carbines and pistols
• 50 pounds of thin gunpowder
• Carbines
• Grenadier muskets with bayonets
• 300 sword belts
• 100 rebuilt scabbards from the homeland

• Various chemicals: sal ammoniac, amaril, and borax (12 pounds each)
• 40 oars
• Cartridge paper
• Brussels sand
• Chamois leather
• Drum carrying straps and drum lines
• Wire (iron and copper)
• Drum hoops
• 200 copper drums

The requests include supplies for a vessel called the Pantjallang, which was based in Samarang. This ship needed new rigging and sails to replace equipment that had become unusable during an expedition against Noessa. The supplies included:

• Various types of rope and cable in different thicknesses
• 2 iron anchors
• Lead lines and tarred lines
• Sailcloth including Dutch and Flemish linen
• Old sails
• Blocks and pulleys
• Sail needles and thread
• Old rope

Materials for shipbuilding in Rembang were also requested, including tar, pitch, and other supplies totaling 25 barrels.

Military supplies were requested for the garrison and dragoons (mounted soldiers), including:

• 3,807 flints for carbines and pistols
• 50 pounds of thin gunpowder
• Carbines
• Grenadier muskets with bayonets
• 300 sword belts
• 100 rebuilt scabbards from the homeland

Other items included:

• Various chemicals: sal ammoniac, amaril, and borax (12 pounds each)
• 40 oars
• Cartridge paper
• Brussels sand
• Chamois leather
• Drum carrying straps and drum lines
• Wire (iron and copper)
• Drum hoops
• 200 copper drums

December 22, 1777

This document was a list of ship equipment and supplies being requested. The items included:

• Cable ropes of various diameters (8, 9, 10, and 12)
• Anchor ropes of various diameters (6, 7, 8, 9, and 10)
• Anchor cables
• Ropes of 7 diameters
• Rigging of 5, 6, and 7
• Horse lines
• Iron cables
• Dutch wheels
• Marl lines
• Lead lines
• Lines in general
• Housings
• Lordings
• Old ropes (in bundles)
• Copper night house lamps
• Ship lighters
• Blocks with 2 to 3 pulleys

The document noted that the heaviest types of ropes were requested for the use of vessels that were in need of them when they arrived on this coast. An example given was the bark called the Arendt that came that year.

Various quantities were listed with measurements in pieces, bundles, and strings. Some items were marked as excused (not provided). The quantities ranged from 1 piece to 100 pieces for different items, and from 25 to 50 bundles for rope materials.

On 22 December 1777, an inventory was taken of ammunition and equipment supplies showing what was requested, what was actually in stock, and what remained as shortages.

Ammunition Items

• Gunpowder stored in leather bags, small barrels, and cartridge paper, along with needles and copper containers
• Various types of cannonballs including round shot of 24 pounds and long shot of 12 pounds
• Different sizes of grenades (hand grenades and mortar grenades of 8, 4, 3, and 2 pounds)
• Metal hand mortars of 12 pounds
• Metal mortars of 6 and 4 pounds
• Musket bullets totaling 3,955 and 2,627 pieces
• Empty bombs of various sizes (6, 12, 8, 4, 3, and 2 pounds) with quantities ranging from 75 to 4,487 pieces
• Powder horns, slow matches, and powder lanterns

Equipment Items

• Heavy anchors, throw anchors, and iron drags
• Iron cannons of 12, 8, and 4 pounds
• Iron cannon balls of 7/8 pound (340 requested, 2,530 in stock)
• Iron scrap

Ship Equipment

• Various types of canvas including Dutch canvas, Bengal canvas, and Flemish linen
• Old sails of sizes 6 and 7
• Cable ropes of different sizes (5, 2, 4, 3, and 1 pounds)
• Gray cloth measured in rolls
• Steel cannon beams (59 requested, 68 in stock, 25 remaining)
• Iron gun carriages of 7/8 pound

The document noted that some items received recently had not been used yet and were needed for storing rice in the warehouses. Throughout the inventory, several items were marked as excused, meaning they were not counted or their shortage was acceptable.

• This document was a supply request dated 22 December 1777, with inventory records from November 1777.
• The inventory listed various types of nails (spijkers) in different sizes measured in inches (duim), ranging from 10 inches down to 5 inches, including thick (dikke) and thin (dunne) varieties, both double and single types.
• Large quantities of nails were recorded, with amounts ranging from 1,800 to 30,000 pounds, totaling 53,299 pounds in stock and 165,000 pounds requested.
• Other materials included Dutch steel, hoop iron (boep ijzer), plate iron, lead (both flat and tin), Bankas tin, and various paints.
• The supplies were requested for several purposes:
  • Construction of lodges in Touracarta and Djokjocarta for the princes
  • The Company's own household needs
  • The Rembang shipyard for building large barks and sloops
  • Sloops for the governments of Ternaten and Ceylon
• Additional supplies listed included paint materials such as blue (Beulijns Blauw), Spanish green, vermilion, glass panes, paint brushes (both double and single), packing thread, packing needles, and paper.
• The document also recorded requests for lanterns (3 to 6 pieces), calibrated measuring sticks (2 pieces), stamped paper, and various types of passes and seals.
• Different types of passes were specified: 700 pieces of printed passes (500 pieces type A, 250 pieces type B), 100 pieces of Batavian printed passes (type D), and 5,150 pieces of printed land seals worth 8 rixdollars.
• The inventory included references to stock remaining from the year ending November 1776 in Samarang.

• 22 December 1777: Various goods were listed and requested for Samarang (Semarang).
• Flag cloths in different types were recorded: 99½ pieces, 9 pieces, 16 pieces, 240 pieces, totaling 242 pieces, including 80 pieces red and 80 pieces blue.
• Multiple packages were listed with various piece counts: 100, 110, 1, 2 pieces in two packages; 77, 49, 12, 2 pieces in two packages; 1,157, 949, 2,192, 1,000 pieces (1,000 pieces total); 408, 457, 500 pieces (500 pieces blue).
• Nanking linen (Chinese linen) was recorded: 21, 56, 78, 100 pieces (100 pieces total).
• White blankets, cotton cloths (sourahs), large and small ones, long Bengali cloths, and Chinese or Nanking linen were listed.
• Various types of cloth (laken) in different colors and qualities:
  • Red fine cloth: 1 piece
  • Ordinary or coarse: 4, 19⅞, 59, 18, 4 pieces (4 pieces total)
  • Gold yellow fine: 40½, 38 pieces (excused)
  • White fine: 48, 24½, 63¼ pieces (1 piece)
  • Purple or violet: 68, 48½ pieces (1 piece)
  • Light green fine: 82, 38¼, 6⅛ pieces (1 piece)
  • Blue fine: 132, 122¼, 39¼ pieces (1 piece)
  • Blue ordinary type: 9⅘, 48½, 38 pieces (1 piece)
  • Red rassen: 27¾, 34 pieces (2 pieces)
  • Blue rassen: 65, 82½ pieces (1 piece)
• Soldier hats: 108, 154, 100, 200 pieces (200 pieces total).
• Soft leather: 58, 4, 8, 41½, 8, 6 sheets (6 sheets).
• Goods for gifts included:
  • Green velvet: 1 piece
  • Crimson red: 34 pieces
  • Purple: 32, 30 pieces (excused)
  • Black bodices with gold and silver stripes: 2 pieces
  • Allagiassen (a type of cloth): 6 pieces (20 pieces)
  • Silk cloths (pathoolen) of 12 astas (extra large): 2, 20 pieces
  • Silk of 10 astas: 4, 100 pieces (100 pieces)
  • Silk of unspecified size: 100 pieces (100 pieces)
  • Red, yellow, green, white and blue cloths: 40 pieces (40 pieces)
• Additional silk cloths of 7 astas: 100 pieces (100 pieces).
• Silk cloths of 6 astas: 100 pieces.
• Fine Moorish fabrics (moerissen supra), fine hamans, and extra fine kassas with gold heads: 20 pieces (20 pieces).
• Fine kassas of second type: 20 pieces (20 pieces).
• Rose water was mentioned but not quantified.
• Plain double silks (armosijnen) and merchant goods were listed.
• Japanese copper bars of various sizes (2 inches, 1

Cunier de Klerk, who was Governor General, and the Council of the Dutch East India Company in Netherlands India received a request on December 22, 1777.

The request concerned goods and supplies needed for Java's northeast coast for the year 1778. Since the yearly general request from Batavia was not yet known, it was difficult to determine exactly how much money would be needed. Therefore, the officials asked to follow the same pattern as in recent years regarding money and financial matters.

In 1777, they had received from the main office:

• 47,333 guilders and 16 stuivers in silver coins
• 2,728 guilders in gold ducats
• 24,982 guilders and 18 stuivers in whole and half copper coins
• 5,492 guilders and 8 stuivers in bills of exchange that were paid in Batavia and converted to assignments on the Gentlemen Seventeen in the Netherlands

The total received and drawn in 1777 was 140,535 guilders and 42 stuivers.

The remaining amounts in Samarang at the end of November were:

• 9,062 guilders and 33 stuivers in silver money
• 112 guilders, 46 stuivers and 8 penningen in whole copper coins
• 3,229 guilders and 8 stuivers in half copper coins
• 29,427 guilders and 14 stuivers in copper coins for all the subordinate offices

The general total for all of Java was 41,832 guilders, 5 stuivers and 8 penningen.

On December 22, 1738 (likely meant to be 1777), they provisionally requested 70,000 guilders in the following types of coins:

• 20,000 guilders in new milled Dutch gold ducats
• 25,000 guilders in new whole and half silver ducatons
• 5,000 guilders in new shillings (provided they were brand new and not already in circulation)
• 20,000 guilders in whole and half copper coins

They also requested permission to accept additional money needed in 1778 in good silver coins into the Company's treasury, and to issue bills of exchange for it to be paid at the main office or converted into assignments on the Gentlemen Seventeen in the fatherland. The governor specifically requested favorable permission for this last option.

The document then listed various types of cloth and textiles that remained in Samarang at the end of November 1777, including different grades of guineas, bimilipatnams, palicols, titucorijns, sadraspatnams, handkerchiefs, moorissen, ginghams, chelassen, baftas, and sailcloth in various colors and qualities.

• One sloop for Ternate, 75 feet long
• One sloop for Ceylon
• Two boats for Macassar, each with 6 oars