A market was to be temporarily rented out to the current regional leader of Samarang for 500 Dutch dollars per year. This was the same amount that had been offered to the deceased head regent in the previous year. The reason for not charging more was that the current leader should not pay more than his predecessor. Additionally, if the retirement home continued to receive fines assigned to it by letter dated 29 February 1776, and also received a fixed income of 500 dollars per year from this bazaar, it would be able to manage and survive.
According to the financial statement closed at the end of February, in the previous year 1776, if major repairs to the retirement home made in 1775 had not been paid off, the capital would have increased by 845 dollars and 16 cents through generous allocations of political and district council fines and other contributions.
A request was made that the authorities approve this arrangement concerning the bazaar in the city, at least until it was clear what results it would produce. Meanwhile, the proposed tax for the benefit of the retirement home should not be implemented. This tax would be half a dollar on every koyang of rice transported from this coast to the other coast. The arguments against this tax were:
According to the general military strength report of 14 April, the military strength on and along all of Java showed that there was actually a shortage of 52 common soldiers compared to the fixed requirement, and with that indeed 58 men at Samarang.
Five drummers and pipers would be sent to the main settlement as requested by the authorities. The surplus drummers and pipers were mentioned.
Thanks were expressed on behalf of the employees who had been granted benefits and otherwise favored by the authorities, including someone named Dijkman, for whom a command was given at Balemborang.


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 3497, 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, 1778. Zevenentwintigste boek: Batavia's ingekomen brievenboek, deel VII: Java's Oostkust
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