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archive access 1.04.02, inventory number 3497, page 71

A letter was sent to Jeremias van Riemsdijk, Governor General, and the Council members of the Dutch East Indies on April 25, 1777. The writers confirmed their earlier letter from the 14th of that month. They reported that the ship De Jonge Hellingman had been loaded at their location with the following cargo:

• 350 coyangs of rice
• 100 picols of kapok
• 1,060.5 pounds of wax
• 201 pounds of cardamom
• 100 pounds of coriander seeds
• 25 pounds of cubeb pepper
• 27,057 pounds of sugared tamarind

According to the invoice, the total value was 17,011 guilders, 4 stuivers, and 8 penningen. The ship was now making its return journey to the main settlement. The writers offered a report on the delivered cargo along with a record showing that some goods had been under-reported or over-reported by the authorities by 27 guilders and 18 stuivers in Indian money. They requested that this amount be credited to the salary accounts. They thanked the recipients for the goods and supplies and asked for the remaining items from their annual request. They particularly needed nails for shipbuilding for the Company in Rembang. Resident Willem van Hogendorp had requested these nails for boats under construction and lighters and smaller vessels for the main settlement, totaling 131,227 pounds of various types of nails. From the most recent delivery from Batavia, they had only been able to supply 30,181 pounds of thin nails and other types, leaving the requested thick nails unfulfilled.