1630,-1634.] CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY. 45 



fereiice of the Frieslanders' ships with those of the 

 other companies, in the course of the year, they con- 

 tracted together and formed a triple union. The 

 principal conditions of this union were, that the 

 Company of Friesland, for the use of their vessels 

 in tlie concern, should be entitled to all the privile- 

 ges of the ancient companies, with the use of all 

 their bays and harbours ; and that they should re- 

 ceive one-ninth of the produce of all the ships of 

 the vuiited companies as their share, out of which 

 they were to allow the Amsterdam Company 10 

 per cent.^ probably in consequence of these being 

 the original adventurers ; that the influence of each 

 company in matters of dispute, should be in the 

 proportion of six votes to Holland, two to Zealand, 

 and one to Friesland ; and that in case of any new 

 discovery being made, the discoverer should be en- 

 titled to all emoluments to be derived therefrom for 

 five years, and then it should revert to the use of 

 the general concern*. The whole of the articles of 

 union amounted to twenty-four, but the preceding- 

 are the most important. Though it appears, that 

 the interests of the three companies were united in 

 1634, the formal contract was not completed and 

 .signed until the 23d of June 1636. The Iloliand 



* Beschryving der Walvisvangst, vol. i. p. \?>,-\5. 

 Idem, vol. i. p. 1S.-20, contain.s the charter whereby the 

 Zealandersj Hollanders, and Frieslanders were incoiporated. 



