In like manner, as a supply not only of all sorts of animals and cattle, but especially of salt, isnecessary for that country; and the islands of Curasao, Bonaire, Aruba particularly, furnish no other supplies, the settlement and cultivation of said islands by private individuals, under conditions to be thereunto agreed on, shall also have to be considered; permitting the trade between them, New Netherland and Brazil, and vice versa as above, in the Company's unarmed ships. 20. Moreover, that all the Chambers that trade exclusively to one quarter or the other, shall bring the account thereof with them, in order to determine, after examination of the same, if it be expedient to continue that course, or to open the trade.

Stibject for the Consideration of the Asseinhly of the XIX. 1643.

[ From the Original in the Eoyal Archives of the Hague ; Pile, Weit Indie. ]

Points on which all the Chambers of the West India Company are summoned to Amsterdam for the 11 July, 1643 ; extracted so far as relates to the affairs of New Netherland. Received 19 June, 1643. g'l" Point. Proper enquiry shall, moreover, be made, and order also given as to the trade which some Chambers separately carry on to one quarter or the other, especially how, in accordance with the IS"" and ig"" points of reference of the last Assembly, the island of Curagao and New Netherland can best be benefitted; and, in the meantime, to resume the papers lately received from thence.