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 118 SOME PARTICULARS OF THE VOYAGE

lutions ; and for which hereby are requested and commis- sioned : from the Chamber Amsterdam, Messrs. Hooft, Geelvinck, Fabritius, and Velsen ; from the Chamber Zee- landt, Messrs. Boddart and Schorer ; and from the other Chambers, those who shall be commissioned by them ; with the addition of Mr. van Spanbrock from the principal par- ticipators.

APPE>D1X ir.

Saturday, December 10th, 1695,

Touching the report of the Commissioners, who, in compli- ance with the Commissarial resolution of the 8th c, have given due attention to the subject of the search and inquiry after the ship De Ridderschaj) van Hollcmclt, and to the inquiry to be connected therewith, viz., as to the nature of the South Land, and of the islands of St. Paul and Amster- dam, and matters connected therewith, together with the sending of an expedition thither for the purpose of the inquiry ; — on deliberation and in conformity with the ad- vice of the above-mentioned Commissioners, it has been resolved and found good: — that the said voyage shall be undertaken not from Batavia, as has been heretofore thought good, and in favour of which this Assembly had given in- structions in its missive to the General and Council from the 10th of last month, and which is hereby altered in so far — but from the Cape of Good Hope, and in the beginning of October next ; that for this purpose the Chamber Amsterdam shall equip and get ready for sea by March next, a suitable frigate, 110-112 feet long, to be built by the said Chamber, and which is to have the name of Geelvinclx,, together wdth two sailing galiots, under the command of and accompa- nied by the skipper Willem de Vlamingh, provided with such necessaries as shall be thought proper.