Gooyer had been instructed to develop the…

Gooyer had been instructed to develop the commercial potential of Mauritius, but he has done nothing of the sort, so he is recalled.

His successor is Adriaan van der Stel who begins the development in earnest, developing the export of Ebony bark.

For the purpose, Van der Stel brings one hundred and five enslaved Malagasys to the island.

Within the first week, about sixty slaves are able to run away into the forests; only about twenty of them are eventually recaptured.