Surat keterangan berjual rumah kedai [7 Rabbi’ulawal 1331]

Digital images of a certificate issued by Wakel keradjaan Lingga for the transaction of a shop and contents and stock from a Chinese person named Cia Mui Sun (Tjia Moei Soen) to Cap Perniagaan Strit Khairiyah Kompeni in Kampung Darat Daik. Scribe: Wakel Keradjaan Lingga; Date: 7 Rabbi’ulawal 1331.

Notes: Written on double folio, stamped paper worth 1 ½ G, with the embossed stamp in the left-hand top corner. The letter was issued after the sultanate was abolished which is visible by the name of the Resident of Riouw on top o the certificate replacing the sultan who was always mentioned in earlier certificates. Still the certificate was issued and stamped by Wakel Keradjaan Lingga. The certificate on p. 1 has writing in jawi, while on the back we find info in Chinese characters about the unsold house owned by Cia Mui Sun (Tjia Moei Soen). The info in Chinese characters has a small square stamp in red ink. Watermark: NEDERLANDSCH INDIE.