Volume 1

Materials towards a statistical account of the town and island of Bombay in three volumes.

  • Bombay Presidency
Date:
1893-1894
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Credit: Materials towards a statistical account of the town and island of Bombay in three volumes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    History* Transfer to Company, 1668. Schemes for Bombay, 1668. [Historical I 30 BOMBAY TOWN ness he would go himself in person. But the Company’s affairs; ! Avere so pressing, large advices from the Company and many * things to speak to ancl a ship speedily to he laden for England,, ; that it was not possible for him to leave Surat. He therefore pro- i pounded Mr. John Goodier, next in Commission and quality, and. i by his intimacy with the Deputy Governor Gary, and the influence * : he hath upon the affections of the other officers, gained in a visita- • ! tion of that island, were very much to conduce to their peaceable‘ | surrender and our quiet possession of the place. Mr. Goodier' ! readily accepted the proposal, declaring his willingness to serve^ ) the Company upon all occasions. As neither Mr. Aungier, by ; reason of his employment in the warehouses, many of which beingj i full of goods housed by him to be laden on the first ship, and by > the absence of Mr. Goodier receiving into his charge the accounts,, i nor Mr. Gray Avho was required for despatch of advices to then Company could be spared. Captain Young and Mr. Streinshami ] Master, being all that remained of the persons nominated in Com- -: mission Avere joined Avith Mr. Goodier. Mr. Tho. Cotes haAungf i accepted the Company’s service and being Avell acquainted Avith alU , the officers and soldiers upon the island, and Avith the customs of: ’ the people and privileges of the place, AAms added to the other three,, i all four to make a Council, Mr. Goodier to reside chief, and con- - | vene the rest upon all occasions that shall require consultation. ^ It Avas further determined, for more expedition in the unloading; j of the ship, that she might be prepared to receive on board the afore- -1 said deputed persons and voyage Avith them to Bombay, that the; Constantinople Merchant should remove from her anchoring at the?^ riAmr’s mouth and proceed into SAvally Hole to unload.^ Four days later (7th September 1668) the Surat Council heldl ! their first consultation on the improvement of their IMasters’ neAv i possession of Bombay and recorded the following note: It being the Honourable Company’s desire in a clause of theirri| letter of the 27th March last (1668) now received (1st Septemberr'i 1668) by the Constantinople Merchant, that Ave contriAm the best Avay r‘| for the making Bombay a port for the exportation and importationi, of goods and persons to and from Persia, Mokha, and other parts ; Andf for tho effecting of this that Ave employ at present the Chesnut pink:! and get some other vessel to be there that merchants may be encour--i aged to come thither, and further that AAm advise them Avhat shipping, AAull be fitting for the encouraging this affair, and they avuII sendl, them us. We deliberately considering thereon, do find many rea-- sons inducing us to build them shipping in this country, AAdiere timber, i iron AYork, carpenters, and many other materials are very jeheap, the3i: building far more substantial than in England, and more proper*' for these parts, in regard they will require no sheathing, nor caulk--il ing more than the decks, and by the industry of these people fromii* what they have learned from our nation, as handsomely built as ourr;i English vessels, and yet further for the draAAung merchants to theel! port,Avho maybe encouraged when they see us building shipping there, 1 Surat Fact. Diary 1 of 1660 -1696, 143 ■ 144. Forrest’s Home Series, I. 224 ■ 225.