Now, it will be in the highest degree necessary, to endeavor some settlement of Boundary with the English on any terms whatsoever; and as no opportunity might offer for the negotiation of any Boundary line either in the name of King or Parliament, or of existing Powers, in in the government of England, we should not deem it consequence of violent interruptions unwise to empower the Director to agree provisionally, with our neighbors the English on some line of Boundary, for which they themselves have made overtures, subject to the approbation of each of the principals.

Public Charges in New England. [ From the Original in the Royal Archives al Ihe Hague; Loketkan of Ihe States General Rubric ; Weit Indische Compagnie, No. 30; 8th division of the Bundle. ]

Taxes payable by the English in New England. Delivered in by Secretary Tienhoven, 3"> March, 1660.

In New England all the property and means of the people, as well of the highest as the lowest, are appraised by the Magistrates, and taxed according to each one's ability ; for the Pay of the Governor, Deputy Governor, Magistrates, Secretaries, Marshals and Constables. Pay of Military Officers who exercise the inhabitants continually under arms. The military officers are Majors, Captains, Lieutenants, Ensigns, &c. Salary and residence of the minister and schoolmaster. Erection of churches and school-houses, and repairs thereof. For all city and town edifices. For the construction and repairs of all bridges over the rivers along the highways. For the erection and repairs of all ordinaries for travelers.