The Directors consider this coming over to be entirely unnecessary, unless some reasons to the contrary be alleged. And in case some information be required on the affiiirs in New Netherland, in addition to what Secretary van Tienhoven can furnish, the Vice Director might come home.

15.

They consider this to be co-dependent on the preceding.

18.

The judicature ought to be left as established, both in the Company's lands and in the Colonies.

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This order is in regard of some private ships, impracticable and useless for the Company. Only this can be enacted, that all ships entered for New Netherland shall be obliged to convey over as many persons as they have lasts burthen.

21.

So long as the Company continues in its present straitened condition and want of money, it cannot pledge itself to these 15,000 guilders per annum. And neither would the creditors of the Company allow its money to be employed for such a purpose, whilst their debts remain unpaid.

(Endorsed) Remarks of the West India Chamber at Amsterdam on the Provisional Order on the government, preservation and peopling of New Netherland. 11 April, 1650.

Provisional order respecting the govern- Remarks of the Amsterdam Chamber. ment, preservation and peopling of 11 April, 1650.

New Netherland. Messrs. van Aertsbergen and the other your The Directors of the West India Company High Mightinesses' Committee on West India Chamber at Amsterdam being ordered to affairs having been for some months past in make their observations on the annexed conference with the Directors delegated by writing, state their opinion thereupon as it is