That the Directors aforesaid will willingly undertake to communicate to the Regents here the orders which might be successively made for the prosperity of the aforesaid Country, and to do nothing without their knowledge. That the climate there is very mild and healthy, entirely agreeable to the constitutions of the inhabitants of this country, also by nature adapted to the production of all sorts of Eastern fruits and crops, besides the conveniency of Trade which daily increases, in divers respects, both with the Natives of those parts and the neighboring English. That in order to maintain the aforesaid acquisition and to reap the fruits thereof in their time, what is particularly, yea solely required is, that it be properly peopled.

HOLLAND DOCUMENTS: VIIL 613 That such population cannot be promoted by the Company on account of its sufficiently unfavorable circumstances, and it is consequently desirable that the government of this City could be induced to expend annually for some time a certain amount of money in the conveying over and transportation of people. That such people should be provided, exclusive of passage, with one year's support, ( the voyage included) after which they would be in a condition to maintain themselves. That the Company will assign to such people sufficient and suitable land and in case the ;

Regentsof the City conclude that those people should settle on the South river, where the soil is richest but the population smallest. Fort Casimier can be placed provisionally in the hands of the City for better defence and security. That the expenses to be incurred in the transportation and support of the aforesaid people, should, after the lapse of a certain time, be made good by them in installments, or else by the payment annually of a reasonable tax. For the payment whereof, the land assigned to each shall be mortgaged to the City, and no one shall be allowed to leave the country except on payment of what he had received.