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dence, Prins Willem de Vde, Dankbaarheid and Nomen 

 Nescio, Ithaca, Catharina Rust de naarstigheid en de 

 onderneeming (between Bath and Hopetown), La Fra- 

 ternit, Beatendigheid, Sans Souci, Beerenstein, Horsten- 

 burg, Golden Fleece. 



Each of the following estates gave two men : — Nieuwe 

 Hoop, Buses Lust, Schepmoed (where the Magistrate's 

 Court now stands), Waakzaemheid, Bloemhoff and Pros- 

 periteit, Anna Clementia, Resolutie, Op hoop van Beeter, 

 Blyendaal, Gelderland, Standvastigheid, Dageraad, St. 

 Hage, L'Esperance. 



Each of the following estates gave three men : — 

 Leifde, Essendam, Utile and Paisible, Den Arend and 

 La Tranquillite, Santvoort, Lust tot Rust, Zuidwyk, 

 Schumachers Lust, De Herstelling, Mara and Germania, 

 Cruizburg and Dankbaarheid. 



On the first of June in the same year, it was further 

 settled that the above specified proportions were to be fur- 

 nished and forwarded, on Saturday the first of July next, 

 to Fort St. Andries, where Lieutenant-Colonel HlSLOP 

 would attend on that day, in order to examine the 

 negroes, and to receive them if approved of. 



The negroes to be furnished were to be tall and able- 

 bodied men, every way fit for His Majesty's service, and 

 consequently were to be such as bore a good character, 

 and were free from any rupture or sores whatever, and so 

 far as could be ascertained, of the age of seventeen to 

 five and twenty years. 



For each negro furnished, in consequence of this 

 order, the person furnishing the same was to receive a sum 

 of one thousand guilders. In order to find the necessary 

 funds for this compensation, and that the whole colony 



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