Report on the repair of the dams in Mullenawe, on Ceylon
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(a) Kolombo [= Colombo] 24 July 1789.Letter in Dutch from P Foenander to Willem Jacob van de Graaff, Governor of Ceylon. Reports in detail on the possibility and advisability of repairing certain irrigation dams at Molleriawe. (b) English translation of the preceding.
Reflections for the defence of Batavia and its trenches, and when threatened by an Enemy, to counter balance him with our force
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(a) Apparently a fragment of some more extended treatise, as it begins somewhat abruptly. It begins by outlining the essentials of a scheme of organization of the Batavian environs for defensive purposes, assigning various duties to various officials, from the Governor General downwards. Then ...
(a) The Dutch original of the following. (b) Four questions on Ceylon, viz (a) whether and how the island could be made self supporting in regards rice supply, (b) whether and how suitable timber for shipbuilding could be found there in sufficient quantity, especially on the eastern side of the...
(a) Extract from a Dutch account of the Castes amongst the Sinhalese, including a fairly full description of the several kinds of costume worn by them, with reference to regulations dated 15 September 1758 and 4 July 1759. In part this covers much the same ground as Mackenzie Private 78.1 but is...
Instructions for the Commissioners appointed to register the landed property in Colombo, Mature and Galle.
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Colombo, 15 November 1745 (a) Instructie voor de ge committeer de om zig daar va te reguleeren bij de nieuwe land beschryving in de Colombose en Maturese Dessavenyen mitsgaders in de Gale Corle. The original of the following, q.v., (b) Instructions for the Commissioners appointed to make a ne...
Tutocoreen [= Tuticorin], 11 April 1676. Account or narrative of usefull benefits which the Honble Company could derive by hiring or taking in rent the sea ports of Madure [= Madura] and a few adjacent villages of the Naik of Madure, and of the manner how this can be the best effectuated, and a...
Visit of Gerrit de Heere, Governor of Ceylon, to Tutocoreen [Tuticorin]
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Extract of a diary held by Mr Gerrit de Heere, Governor and Director of the Island of Ceylon &ca as well by himself, as by his order by the Secretary Gerrit van Tholl, regarding the most principal matter and occurrences in his journey to and visit on the Coast of Madura till Tutocoreen [Tuti...
Account of the Manner of Hunting & Catching Elephants on the Island of Ceylon
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Colombo, 5 April 1809. Account of the Manner of Hunting & Catching Elephants on the Island of Ceylon. In an Extract of a letter from Captain Colebrooke to a friend in England. A detailed description of the usual process, the elephants being driven into a keddah or corral (here spelt Kraal ...
Report on the affairs of the Dutch East India Company
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Bound under the title "Report on Dutch Indian Commerce". pp iii, 1-160: From the Consulations of the Directory of State September 1st 1803. Letter F. Secret Report of the Commission on East India Affairs to the State Directory of the Batavian Republic at the Hague 31st August 1803. Translated ...
Miscellaneous proceedings of the Batavian Government
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Malacca Miscellaneous, 8 October 1678. Containing a report of the resigning Ordinary Counsellor of Netherlands India, Governor and Director of the Town and Fort Malacca and Dependencies, the Honble Balthazar Bort; left by him on his departure for Batavia to his Successor, the Honorary Counsello...