Catalogue of the Archives of the Dutch Central Government
of Coastal Ceylon,
1640-1796
Reports and other documents relating to agriculture
and land- settlement, and to irrigation.
2797 | "Oorkonde" by the members of the court of justice at
Colombo Edmond van Sterrevelt and Joan Fauconnier regarding a field near Pas
Naklegam.
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2798-2799 | Reports to governor Pijl by the special
commissioners regarding the settlement of land in the Colombo dessavony. Four
reports with annexes.
2798 | Original.
Damaged.
1. Report on the complaints of the inhabitants of the
Kalutara district by the dessave Floris Blom and the commissioners captain Adam
Slecht and Gregorius da Costa. With 2 annexes. 1686 August 21.The annexes have
marginal notes on the decisions.
2. Report on the complaints about the alienation of the
paraveni
[1] and the badawedilla
[2] by the inhabitants of the district between Pas
Naklegam and the "Pannebakkery", by the Colombo dessave Floris Blom and the
commissioners Adam Slecht and Carel Bolner, on a special order of the high
commissioner Hendrik Adriaan van Reede. With annexes. 1686 October 13. 3. Proposals regarding land settlement in connection with
report no. 1 above, by the dessave Floris Blom to the high commissioner van
Reede in Negapatam; with the decisions of the High Commissioner thereon. 1687
November 23.The document signed by Floris Blom is dated Negapatam 1687
September 22, and has been signed by the full Council. The apostille of the
High Commissioner is a certified copy.
4. Report by the commissioners Carel Bolner and Adam
Slecht on the land settlement of the district between "Pas Naklegam" and the
big mango tree on the way to Ambattele, resulting from the reports at nos. 1
and 2 above, with marginal decisions of the Council of May 5. 1691 April 28.
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2799 | Copy of no. 2798.
Papers missing.
The document no. 1 in no. 2798 above is missing in this
volume. Contains also an extract from the council minutes of 1691 March 8.
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2800 | Various documents on land matters in the Jaffna,
peninsula.
These documents were presumably collected during the tour
of governor de Heere in the Jaffna peninsula.
1. Report by the commissioners Toorzee, Isaacqz, Bolscho and
Schouten appointed to examine the work of the native surveyors for the new
Jaffna tombo, submitted to the Governor. With amplification and plans. 1698
August 9 and 18 respectively.
2. Passport by the Governor for a "chaloup " owned by a
subject of the king of Kandy. Sealed. 1697 February 28.
3. Documents regarding the goods left by the Brahman
Timmersa. 1607.
4. List of allotments of land sold from the tank Kachchay
when governor de Heere was in Nallur on 1693 September 3, and a register of the
deeds handed over to the new owners on the following day.
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2801 | Report by the special commissioners Joannes
Stafforts, Abraham Emans and Don Diogo on the coconut gardens which had been
cultivated on the Company's soil in Matara with or without the Company's
consent. With annexed rolls.
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2803 | Report by the special commissioners Emans, van Gent,
Brengman and van der Brugghen on the allotment of land situated in Nirveli,
Chirupiddi and Valalai in the "commandement" of Jaffna. With annexed deeds.
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2804 | Diary of the special commissioners Daniel Overbeek,
Gerardus Kersse and Noel Anthony Lebeck, who were appointed for the farming out
of lands in the Matara dessavony.
Papers missing. Damaged.
The diary is a record of the proceedings of their sessions.
It was discussed in the Council on 1739 October 26, no. 77.
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2805 | Extract from the roll of the "landraad " at Gale of
, relating to the
compilation of the tombo and the register of paraveni, with the marginal
decisions of the Governor thereon dated 1746 February 5.
The approval of the Council in Colombo was on 1746 February
8, no. 98.
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2806 | Statement showing the condition of the pepper
cultivation in the Galle korale and in the Matara dessavony, compiled for
governor Stein van Gollenesse by Johannes Theodorus Strehl.
Contains also a list of "sapan-boomen"
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2807 | Report of the commissioners appointed to inquire
into the unlicensed chena cultivation in the Galle korale, with connected
papers.
High jungle land cultivated at intervals.
Damaged by damp. Papers missing.
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2808 | Reports of the "commissarissen van den areek" to the
Governor.
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2809 | Reports from the dessave and landraad at Matara to
governor Falck regarding the illegitimate planting of cinnamon in the Matara
dessavony, submitted in reply to the order of the Governor of 1777 November 22.
With annexes.
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2810 - 2816 | Documents sent to the government in
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Many of the undermentioned documents were sent to the
government by Mrs. C.R. Nagel on 9th May 1838, as the result of a government
circular of 10th April of that year, issued with a view to recovering Dutch
documents in the possession of private individuals
[4]. 2810 | Extracts from documents on irrigation works in the
Northern province.
Damaged by damp.
These extracts are partly from diaries of governor van
Imhoff to the Eastern and Northern provinces, the originals of which seem to
have been lost.
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2811 | Extracts from correspondence regarding the
construction of the waterworks at Mantai and the Giant's tank.
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2812 | Reports submitted to the Governor on the progress
of the earth-cutting operations at Gangodawila.
1745 March - 1747 February. |
This scheme apparently originated with governor van
Imhoff
[5]. It was discussed in Council on 1743 June 24, 1745
July 19 and 29. The reports are by J.D. Kerkhoven, C.P. Keller and Mauritz
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2813 | Reports on the restoration of Giant's tank and
Mantai.
The reports are by P. Foenander, J. Wahlberg and Thomas
Nagel.
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2814 | Lists of tanks which have been repaired from 1790
- 1794 according to reports by provincial Mudaliyars.
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2815 | Register of the landowners in the various
districts of the Vanni, showing their respective liabilities in the matter of
repairs to tanks.
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2816 | Some drawings relating to tanks.
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