That the Directors of the respective Cham- As well as what is here enacted, bers shall not, either directly nor indirectly, endeavor to overreach one another with the crew, nor seek to draw trade away from one city to the other.

12.

That their High Mightinesses' approval And the approval of the regulation respecting ought to be requested for the regulation more the Caribbean traders, which is requested, fully contained in the aforesaid Memoir, respecting the Caribbean Traders.

13.

What now regards the aforesaid second point, The unnecessary ships, yachts and guns, are, of retrenchment and redress, the aforesaid, forthe most part, already sold but what ;

your Great Mightinesses' deputies are, with regards the disposing of the store-houses, ship submission, of opinion that all old, unserviceable, yards, rope walks and drug stores, that concerns unnecessary vessels and yachts, together with exclusively the Amsterdam Chamber, which the heavy guns, also the Company's store- hath promised to examine into and give orders houses, ship yards, rope walks and drug respecting the same. stores, ought to be sold and got rid of for its advantage.

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Also, that all the Company's unnecessary The respective Chambers undertake to servants; both in this country and abroad, dismiss all useless servants, ought to be dismissed.

15.

That, inmanner, the factors vphom like In like manner no more factors shall be the outer Chambers have introduced into employed at Amsterdam by the Chambers, Amsterdam, contrary to the 26"" Article of the except by Zealand and Siadt en Lande, on Charter, ought to be dispensed with, because account of the distance of their places. they draw wages from said Chambers, and pay separate store rent; and there ought to be such good correspondence between the respective Chambers and Directors, that the one transact the other's business, as is the case with the East India Company.