Hands in, also, a pro- the complaints. test of the Deputy or Vice-Director Lubbert van Dincklage and Hendrick van Dyck, Advocate-fiscal of New Netherland, dated lO"" December, 1650, against these excesses of Director Stuyvesant.

States that Director Stuyvesant hath agreed The Petitioner shall have to make a draft on a boundary with the English, subject to of the old boundary line of New Netherland, your High Mightinesses' approbation, by which designating what is surrendered to the English as much land is surrendered to the English, subject to the approval of their High Mighti-

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out of the old bounds of New Netherland, as nesses, in order that further action may be could form 50 colonies, of 4 leagues square, each. taken on seeing it.

Requests that the report on the provisional The Provinces are requested to give their order of government, drawn up by Mr. van opinions -- the sooner the better -- on this

Scheraertsbergen, in presence (met verhoor) of provisional order of government, and it is

the Directors, may be converted into a resolu- further resolved to send a copy of it to the

tion. respective Chambers of the West India Company, with order to communicate their considerations thereon, at the earliest moment.

The delegate requests that he may be When final disposition shall be made of the discharged, in order to his return to New 5"" article, due regard shall be taken for the

Netherland with the aforesaid provisional petitioner's discharge.

order of government.