[VOC. Amboina. Fort Victoria] Postponed deed of transport for a piece of land,

bought by the "Inlander van den negozij Latuhalat met name Abraham Likahina 'ila" from "den meede inlander van gem. dorp genaamt Arnoldus Willem Lekalompessie" on 1 October 1788, manuscript on a plano sheet, 32.5 x 40 cm, issued, signed and sealed with red wax seals by Aeneas Mackay and Godhelp Reis "beide leeden inc (?) den agtbaaren Raad van Justiitie dezes Cateels", also signed by the secretary Frederik Willem Progers van Guericke, dated "Amboina ter Ordinaire Raadkamer van Justitie den 1 Junij Ao. 1795", with the certified VOC tax blindstamp at the top

Upper margin lacks some portions (probably nibbled by tropical insects), affecting the signature of the person certifying the tax stamp; folds and waterst. Highly interesting deed of transport, because of the fact that both buyer and seller were indigenous to Ambon. The buyer indicated to Mackay and Reis that all that time (between 1788 and 1795) he had not had the money to pay for a deed legally documenting his purchase. The piece of land itself had cost him "vijf en twintig rds 48 sw." Apparently, the original indication of the location of the land ("gelegen in gemeld gehugt"), was considered insufficient, so a very precise addition was made in the left-hand margin: "Aan de regterhand met het erf van Patijmara Manahûti'an, aan de linkerhand met het erf van Gimalaha Latûmieten en van agteren sluitende met het het erf van Hopihûwad Maûlanij." Only one year after this deed was issued, the British took over Ambon. Added: (2) Similar notarial document in poor condition, issued by the English East India Company at Fort Victoria on 8 August 1814. Just five days later, on 13 August, Ambon was restored to the Dutch by virtue of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of that year. (total 2)