[54] He died on December 15, 1691, on board the ship Drechterland on a voyage from Ceylon to Surat.

[55] Cured and dried fish.

[56] Pallars?

[57] See page [21] supra.

[58] The church was completed in 1706, during the administration of Commandeur Adam van der Duyn.

[59]Van geen oude schoenen te verwerpen, voor dat men met nieuwe voorsien is.

[60] Tanjore.

[61] This is unfortunately no longer forthcoming, having probably been destroyed or lost with the rest of the Jaffna records; and there is no copy in the Archives at Colombo. But an older report of Commandeur Blom dated 1690 will be translated for this series.

[62] Also lost.

[63] The figures are as given in the MS. It is difficult to reconcile these equivalents with the rate of 3 guilders to the rix-dollar. The denominations given under florins (guilders) are as follows:—16 abassis = 1 stiver; 20 stivers = 1 florin.