To this end he shall take good care, and use all diligence in finding out and obtaining information of the ill conduct and delinquencies of officers and of all persons who are in the general or special pay, by water or on land, of the General Incorporated West India Company; for which purpose he shall pay strict regard when the Commissaries come to the Manhattans from their trading posts; Item, when ships arrive from or leave ibr Patria, and to the loading and discharging of the same, without neglecting anything in the prosecution of the confiscations, and other penalties and fines, whether on the goods or persons of those who shall be at any time found guilty, according to our aforesaid Resolutions, ordinances and Military regulations, or in default thereof, the written laws directing the proceedings and prescribing the style and manner thereof; to the proper phraseology of all writings and proofs, until these shall be brought to a determination, after which he shall prosecute the same to a conclusion, all in the speediest manner without delay to parties.

I and 12"" articles of the general Instruction, as far as I was refer to the answer to the G"' employed, whether in visiting the ships arriving from Patria and returning thither, I have done my duty. But divers ships, such as the Si. Bcninjo, the hide prize, the Vakkcnier, were unloaded without me, the Director employing as Inspector, Paulus Leendertsen, late naval officer, whom he heretofore pronounced to bean open robber, and who is now one of his Select