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  • Petrus Albertus van der Parra served as Governor General alongside the Council members of the Dutch East India Company in the Dutch East Indies.
  • A letter dated 2 March was received, along with secret correspondence and attachments from Java's east coast covering the period from 5 April to 25 August 1773.
  • The writer expressed gratitude for approval of his actions during his journey to Surabaya and regarding matters concerning Palembang and other affairs.
  • The regents of Demak were granted permission to cut wood for the Company in their own forests, with an obligation to deliver 1,000 beams annually to Kudus.
  • In 1774 and the following year, they also had to deliver the 1,000 beams that were still owed for 1771 and 1772 at Kaliwungu.
  • Cutting wood for anyone other than the Company was forbidden, with penalties of fines for regents and imprisonment for common people who violated this rule or damaged the forests.
  • The ruler of Madura paid the 60 oijangs of copper coins he owed for 1772 in cash at 50 rijksdaalders per oijang.
  • Thanks were expressed on behalf of the regents of Japara, Sumenep, Pamekasan, Surabaya, Lamongan, and Malang, as well as the Paccalongang officials, for favorable decisions made regarding proposals in their favor.
  • The first regent of Japara received the honorary title of adipati along with an increase in his share and additional villages.
  • He and his colleague received a reduction of 1,000 beams and an increase in buffalo payments for the remaining beams they still had to deliver annually, along with other granted remissions.
  • The Paccalongang officials would soon have 1,000 patjas returned to them that had been taken from them against specific orders.
  • The regents of Surabaya were specifically told they could expect no more reductions and had to ensure their reduced delivery quota of 1,000 was met in the current and following years.

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Copp:s opgab=e vant de ten tongse negorijen en volkeren-
1
_„ _„ „ „ bradjakan s- negorijen en volkerent
_„ _„o „ „ Sabrangse en Djambers- ingorijen
Cheribon
¶ meteto
Bantam
V.
Aan zijn Hoog Edelheijd
Den Hoog Edelen gestr: Groot Achtb: Heer
Petrus Albertus van der Parra
Gouverneur Generaal
nevens
De wel Edele Heeren Raaden van Ne„
„derlandsch Jndie
Hoog Edele Gestr:e Groot Achtb: Heer
wel Edele Heeren
Mij terere wel geworden sijnde uwen Hoog Edelheeden al„
toos seer gerespecteerde aparte Missive van den 2: maart jongstleeden
Secreete Brieven en Byjlagens
ontvangen van Iavas. oostkust
zedert den 5: April tot
den 25: Augustus 1773. —
betuijge
660

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National Archives / Archives South Holland, archive number 1.04.02, Inventaris van het archief van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC), 1602-1795 (1811), inventory number 3389, Heren Zeventien en kamer Amsterdam, INGEKOMEN STUKKEN UIT INDIË, Overgekomen brieven en papieren, Overgekomen brieven en papieren uit Indië aan de Heren XVII en de kamer Amsterdam, Overgekomen brieven en papieren uit Indië aan de Heren XVII en de kamer Amsterdam, 1774. Vijfentwintigste boek: Batavia's ingekomen brievenboek (secreet): secrete stukken uit Makassar, Malakka, Ambon, Banda, Ternate, Sumatra's Westkust, Java's Oostkust, Japan



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