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prefent under the government of his 

 Excellency "John Heyliger, Efquire, who 

 is ftiled Governor General. 



This, like all the Dutch Colonies in 

 the Wejl Indies, is under the jurifdic- 

 tion of the Dutch Weft India Company, 

 and the lands are granted gratis, by 

 the Governor and Court of Policy, to 

 petitioners, upon conditional terms of 

 fettlement ; and if thefe are not com- 

 plied with, the land again reverts to 

 the donors, and is granted to other pe- 

 titioners. The inhabitants of this Co- 

 lony, however, as well as thofe of Su- 

 rinam, are reftridled from tranfmitting 

 the produce of their Plantations (which 

 is chiefly Sugar, Coffee, Cotton, and 

 Cocao,) to any Port which is not within 

 the Province of Holland; as thofe of 

 Demerary and Ejjequebo are obliged to 

 export theirs to the Province of Zea- 

 land. Thefe are commercial regula- 

 A a tions, 



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