[14] This is the pure Arabic word, from which the word Shroff in our local vocabulary is derived.
[16] Accountants, Tamil.
[17] A variation in spelling of chicos. See p. [21].
[18] Commandeur Floris Blom died at Jaffna on July 3, 1694, and is buried inside the church.
[19] Kernels of the palmyra nut.
[20] An irrigation headman in the Northern and Southern Province.
[21] Probably from kaiya, a party of workman doing work without wages for common advantage.
[22] A corruption of the Tamil word pattankatti. The word is applied to certain natives in authority at the pearl fisheries.
[23] Acts of appointment.