Catalogue of the Archives of the Dutch Central Government of Coastal Ceylon, 1640-1796 M.W. Jurriaanse Department of National Archives of Sri Lanka, Colombo ©1943 This inventory is written in English. 3 CONTENTS FONDS SPECIFICATIONS CONTEXT AND STRUCTURE .................................................... 13 Context ................................................................................................................. 15 Biographical History .......................................................................................... 15 The establishment of Dutch power in Ceylon .................................................. 15 The development of the administration. .......................................................... 18 The Governor. ......................................................................................... 22 The Council. ............................................................................................ 23 The "Hoofdadministrateur" and officers connected with his department. ....... 25 The Colombo Dessave. ............................................................................. 26 The Secretary. ......................................................................................... 28 The history of the archives. ................................................................................. 29 Context and Structure .......................................................................................... 37 The catalogue. ................................................................................................... 37 DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBORDINATE COMPONENTS ..................................................... 41 The Governor in Council. ........................................................................................ 42 Council minutes. ............................................................................................... 42 Ordinary minutes 1640-1796 ......................................................................... 42 Before the capture of Colombo, at Galle. .................................................... 42 In the fortress at Negombo. ....................................................................... 43 After the capture of Colombo, at Colombo. ................................................ 43 Draft ordinary minutes. 1713-1796. ................................................................ 52 Annexes to the ordinary minutes. 1742-1795. .................................................. 59 Indexes to the ordinary minutes. 1747 - 1792. .................................................. 61 Circulated minutes. 1783 -1796. ..................................................................... 63 Minutes on the "visitateurs" reports. 1786 -1794. ............................................. 63 Minutes of the "binnenlandsche departement". 1786-1794. ............................... 63 Draft minutes of the "binnenlandsche departement". 1786 - 1794. ..................... 63 Annexes to the minutes of the "binnenlandsche departement". 1790 - 1794. ....... 64 Minutes of the "militaire departement". 1790 - 1794. ....................................... 64 Draft minutes of the "militaire departement". 1790 - 1794. ............................... 64 Annexes to the minutes of the "militaire departement". 1790 - 1793. ................. 65 Secret minutes. 1665- 1796. ........................................................................... 65 Draft secret minutes. 1740 - 1795. .................................................................. 66 Annexes to the secret minutes. 1744- 1796. ..................................................... 67 Correspondence. ................................................................................................ 68 Ordinary. ..................................................................................................... 68 Patria and the Cape of Good Hope. ............................................................ 68 Inward. 1721 - 1795. ........................................................................... 68 Outward. 1712 - 1795. ......................................................................... 71 Batavia. ................................................................................................... 73 Inward. 1712 - 1795. ........................................................................... 73 Duplicates and annexes. 1741 - 1795. .................................................... 77 Outward. 1722 - 1795. ......................................................................... 79 Jaffna and Mannar. ................................................................................... 82 Inward. 1757 - 1795. ........................................................................... 83 Annexes. 1769 - 1794. ......................................................................... 84 Copies of council minutes of Jaffna and Mannar forwarded to Colombo. 1758 4 - 1795. ............................................................................................... 85 Outward. 1757 - 1795. ......................................................................... 86 Galle. ...................................................................................................... 87 Inward. 1744 - 1795. ........................................................................... 87 Annexes. 1745 - 1795. ......................................................................... 90 Copies of Galle council minutes, forwarded to Colombo. 1750- 1795. ...... 92 Outward. 1741 - 1793. ......................................................................... 93 Tuticorin. ................................................................................................ 95 Inward. 1760 - 1795. ........................................................................... 95 Annexes. 1760 - 1795. ......................................................................... 97 Copies of Tuticorin council minutes, forwarded to Colombo. 1774- 1795. 98 Outward. 1760 - 1795. ......................................................................... 99 Trincomalee and Batticaloa. .................................................................... 100 Inward. 1759 - 1794. ......................................................................... 100 Annexes. 1760 - 1794. ....................................................................... 101 Copies of council minutes from Trincomalee and Batticaloa, forwarded to Colombo. 1774 - 1794. ...................................................................... 103 Outward. 1760 - 1795. ....................................................................... 103 Mullaittivu. ........................................................................................... 105 Inward. 1786 - 1795. ......................................................................... 105 Outward. 1785 - 1795. ....................................................................... 105 The Colombo Outposts. .......................................................................... 106 Inward. 1759 - 1794. ......................................................................... 106 Outward. 1761 - 1794. ....................................................................... 108 Kalpitiya. .............................................................................................. 109 Inward. 1759 - 1795. ......................................................................... 109 Colombo outposts and the Outstations. ..................................................... 111 Outward. Circulars only. 1764 - 1794. ................................................. 111 The Malabar Coast. ................................................................................ 112 Inward. 1746 - 1795. ......................................................................... 113 Duplicates. 1718 - 1792. .................................................................... 114 Copies of the council minutes at Cochin, forwarded to Colombo 1663 - 1666 ......................................................................................................... 115 Outward. 1721 - 1792. ....................................................................... 115 Coromandel. .......................................................................................... 117 Inward. 1749 - 1793. ......................................................................... 119 Annexes. 1752 - 1793. ....................................................................... 120 Outward. 1685 - 1795. ....................................................................... 121 Company's agencies in Surat, Bengal, Malacca, Persia, Padang, Siam, and Canton. ................................................................................................. 123 Inward. 1749 - 1792. ......................................................................... 125 Duplicates of letters and annexes from Surat and Bengal. 1752 - 1794. .. 126 Outward. 1751 - 1792. ....................................................................... 127 The Maldive Islands. .............................................................................. 129 Inward. 1713 - 1834. ......................................................................... 129 Outward. 1744- 1784. ........................................................................ 129 Inward and outward. 1732- 1794. ....................................................... 130 Foreign powers and