Between
14 April 1777 and earlier dates, officials examined goods stored at
Banjoewangie and
Djember in 1776. After comparing reports from
Surabaya employees with the account books, and following the order from
19 November of the previous year, they discovered that the reported surplus of goods was not real. The committee had compared the
Bancallang inventory report twice - once separately and once as part of the general
Surabaya report, which already included
Bancallang goods since that post fell under
Surabaya. Because of this double counting, the authorities withdrew their order to confiscate the supposed surplus goods for the benefit of the Company. However, they instructed employees in the eastern region to keep separate accounts for
Bancallang in the
Surabaya books to prevent similar mistakes.
Further examination of ammunition and weapons at
Banjoewangie and
Djember on
late August 1776 showed that differences between inventory reports and the books were only due to incorrect descriptions of caliber for some items and wrong names for other goods. The only actual shortage was 40 pieces of round ammunition of ½ pound, which had been fired at the Contongers in 1771 and 1772. The authorities approved corrections to record goods under their proper names in future inventories and ordered the missing 40 pieces of ½ pound round ammunition to be written off against the
Balemboang Expedition account.
Orders were given to send empty gunpowder barrels back to
Batavia at every opportunity, following the resolution of
27 August 1776.
Regarding financial matters, officials still awaited the accounting for reduced income and capital advance related to 100 defective 2½ inch swivel guns brought from
Paccalongang to the main location on the ship
Vlissingen in the previous year, to be charged to resident
Bruistens. Meanwhile, the
Surabaya employees paid compensation of 408 guilders and 2 stuivers for 31,733⅓ pounds of rice, calculated as 1 7/15 percent of the 6 1/1 percent dust found in 500 koyangs of rice loaded onto the ship
Kroonenburg for
Batavia in 1776, which resident
van Hogendorp from
Rembang also handled.