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• 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

On 22 December 1777, officials reported on several financial and political matters. They noted that 335,560 guilders and 15 stuivers were neither included among the ordinary expenses of the government nor listed under profits, and this amount also did not include converted copper coins and local currency.

Regarding the Banjumas Regent, the emperor took action after being informed through proper channels about the unauthorized mission of Banjumas Regent Tumenggung Juda Nagara to the Bantam court. The emperor sent his officials to summon the regent directly to the court. Since his arrival in Surakarta, the regent had been imprisoned in poor conditions with only bread and water and no visitors. The emperor had not yet indicated what punishment or correction he intended to impose.

Financial accounts from 1771 to the end of August 1777 showed that the burden amounted to a certain sum, while profits on this coast during the same period totaled 215,954 guilders and 6 stuivers in Dutch currency.

The letters and gifts to the rulers were delivered directly. Members of the delegation who had traveled overland from Bantam directly home against orders had not yet been discovered or traced.

The letters and gifts from the authorities to the emperor and the Sultan were sent directly to the courts. Regarding the responses, the authorities decided that the two rulers would be temporarily excused from the customary delegation to pay homage to the current Governor General. The Panembahan of Madura and the Company's coastal regents were also excused from traveling to Batavia for this purpose. However, by April, the Panembahan and the mentioned regents were required to pay proper homage in Semarang. They had already been invited to do so in April of the coming year 1778.

The document also mentioned something about ships that had been considered for distribution.

• 9,837 pounds of grade A (first quality)
• 8,067 pounds of grade B (second quality)
• 13,197 pounds of grade C (third quality)
• 13,717 pounds of grade D (fourth quality)
• 12,399 pounds of grade E (mixed quality)
• Total: 57,217 pounds

22 December 1737: An exception was made to a ban. The authorities wanted to receive satisfactory reasons for this decision. They also wanted information about a ruling concerning 4 large boats (chialoupen), each 75 to 80 feet long. The construction of these boats had been allowed for the captain of the Chinese community in Rembang. These boats were exempted from paying the recently introduced 10 percent tax on all ships that private individuals had built on the coast. The authorities questioned whether a similar exemption also applied to a ship of 100 to 110 feet.

That year, 3,869 pounds of a product were collected and sent to Batavia. This was 664 pounds more than in 1776. Everything was of first quality.

The Semarang officials kept a close watch everywhere along Java against all kinds of smuggling. The export of cardamom had been strictly forbidden by an order of 17 September 1774. However, since local people only cultivated as much cardamom as they needed for medicine, and the rest had to be searched for in forests and wilderness areas, that year they could only obtain and send to Batavia 1,063 pounds. This cost the suppliers more than the company's set price of 30 guilders per 100 pounds. The authorities approved the serious effort to stop smuggling in this product through strict vigilance. Regarding the increase of the purchase price of cardamom to 30 guilders per 100 pounds, they referred to the outgoing demand for return goods.

Regarding the condition of the indigo plant and cotton trees: the authorities referred to what was noted in response to an earlier letter of 29 September 1775. They noted this should have been accepted in Batavia. The plants had suffered greatly from heavy rains. However, it was good news that although by 22 December 1778 complaints about quality had been received.

• Boatswain Helmkampff was condemned to be beheaded
• Sailors Ruedolph, Siegers, Weerman, and Nicolaas were condemned to be flogged at the shipyard and then banished for 5 years