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handelgeest bij den Heer van der Eb, reeds zoo diep ingeworteld en heeft voor hem zoo veel succes gehadt dat het ten eenenmale te betwijfelen is of hij, onder de bepaling van geen handel te mogen drijven, zelfs de eerste functien bij het
Koloniaal bestuur wel zou aannemen. Het is niet te min, niet te ontkennen, dat zijn verblijf ter Kuste hem eenige ervaring heeft gegeven, waarvan, voornamelijk uit oorzaak van het nu bij naar geheel nieuw zamenstel der regering en administratie ter Kuste, altoos aanvankelijk partij zal moeten worden getrokken.
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much profit that it is doubtful that he would accept the position of governor of this colony if it were under the condition of giving up his personal trade. Nevertheless, it cannot be denied that his service on the Coast has given him some experience, which should be made of use now the colony's government has been completely replaced.
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This civil servant is by approximation 25 years old and is of good behaviour, but has few mental capacities and even less education to be regarded as useful for matters of importance in public service. Moreover, the tradesman's spirit has taken such root in Mr Van der Eb and the trade has made him so
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Ambtenaar is, naar gissing, ongeveer 25 jaren oud, en van een goed gedrag; maar bezit weinig geest vermogens en minder nog genoegzame aangeleerde kennis om voor zaaken van eenig belang, den publieken dienst betreffende, meer dan middelmatig bruikbaar te kunnen worden geacht. Bovendien is de
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Van der Eb was requested by the Dutch government to compile a compendium of local laws and customs, a task which he delegated to a subordinate. The compendium was eventually submitted to the
Ministry of Colonies in 1851. This work, which was subsequently published in 1931 in the
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Verveer's report was not entirely positive, Van der Eb was installed as Governor of the Dutch Gold Coast by royal decree on 11 March 1840. He was licensed to conduct private trade in 1842 and quickly became the head agent for the
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Hendrik van der Eb and Marianne Jacoba Lessueur. On 5 October 1833, he was installed as assistant, with the military rank of second lieutenant, to the Dutch Gold Coast. After Acting Commander
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Van der Eb was granted leave for six months in 1846, and left the Gold Coast on 9 July. His leave was eventually extended until 31 March 1847, and he arrived back on the Gold Coast on 10 July of the said year.
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to lifelong banishment in the East or West Indies for "serious calumnies and diatribes against the Dutch
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visited the Gold Coast to avenge the Ahanta and to reform the government of the colony, he wrote the following about Van der Eb:
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