COMPOSITION OF THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF THE CHAMBERS OF THE VOC IN 1700
Chambers
Directors
Amsterdam
20 ordinary directors, of whom after 1648
1 from Haarlem and 1 from Leiden;5 extraordinary directors:
Utrecht (1613), Gelderland (1613) Friesland (1614), Dordrecht
(1614) and Gouda (1665).
Zeeland
12 ordinary directors, of whom 9 from Middelburg,
2 from Vlissingen and 1 from Veere;
1 extraordinary director: Stad en Lande (1647).
N.B.: Delft/Rotterdam 1 ordinary director
representing the Ridderschap of Holland. This director took
alternate place in one of the two chambers, according to where
a place fell vacant as the result of a death. He thus occupied
one of the 7 ordinary places
Hoorn
7 ordinary directors.
Enkhuizen
7 ordinary directors.
N.B.: Hoorn/Enkhuizen 1 ordinary director
representing the Ridderschap of Holland (changing chamber
every three years); 1 extraordinary director representing
Alkmaar. This director had an alternate place in one of the
two chambers, according to where a place fell vacant as the
result of a death. He therefore occupied one of the ordinary
places.
Source: Femme Gaastra, Bewind en beleid bij de voc.
De financiële en commerciële politiek van de bewindhebbers,
1672-1702; (Zutphen 1989) 32.