1 August 1778, at 9 o'clock in the morning, a report about the comparison of trade books was examined at a meeting of the council in Moluccas. Present were Governor and Director Paulus Jacob Valckenaer, incoming commanders Jacob Roeland Thomaszen and senior merchant Godfried Carel Meurs, captains Hop de Meike Joseph Stephanus, Gerardus Willem van Renesse, and Koene Koenes, Secretary Johan George van Raesveld, and Hendrik Ambrosius Johnzon. The report concerned the comparison of trade books from 1777/78. The meeting followed a written order from 10 April of that year. The appointed members, including a merchant and a tax collector, had gathered on Saturday 1 August 1778 at 9 o'clock in the morning for the council meeting.


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