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to be ceded to the British and the monopoly on the South Moluccas and Banda Islands trade had to be abolished under British pressure. Corruption has only been referred to obliquely. These matters are dealt with in other studies.34 All in all no great stir was caused when in the year of the great political revolution in the Republic (1795) the VOC came to an end. The combination in one business of the functions of governor, merchant and shipper had seen its day.
Table 42: Average invoice value per ship (in fl 1,000)
Batavia Coromandel
1610-20 161 106 1620-30 215 151 1630-40 261
1640-50 275
1650-60 260
1660-70 257
1670-80 280
1680-90 316 368 1690-1700 268
1700-10 290
1710-20 268
1720-30 274
1730-40 214
1740-50 234
1750-60 235
1760-70 225
1770-80 139 791 1780-90 100 828 1790-95 139
1610-1700 263 232 1700-1795 222 794 1610-1795 235 457
Ceylon Bengal China
437
150 212 171
332 481 358 636 296
267
265 274 189 352 300 177 660 548 314 668 556 370 691 710 299 866 611 239 826 798 242 662
292 395
266 679 620 271 658 620
other regions
weighted average
34 See De Korte, De jaarlijkse financiƫle verantwoording, Steur, Herstel of ondergang, and Lequin, Het personeel.
159 291 216 395 289 275 260 247 261 328 295 291 267 624 273 222 341 312 362 386 340 264 204
360 269 482 295 371 287