7B NARRATIVE OF AN 



CHAP, civil but military departments ; the other public employ- 

 ^^J^^^^ ments are chiefly 



The fecretary to his excellency the governor. , 



The commilTaries of the vi6lualling-offices. 



Four infpedlors of the exportation of fugars. 



One infpe(5lor of the melaffes hogflieads. 



One fupervifor of all the North American veffels. 



Two public au6lioneers. 



Two ferjeants or meflengers of the court. 



Two fworn land-furveyors. 



Three meafurers of the fquared timber. 



One infpecStor of the black cattle, &c. 



One fworn overfeer of weights and meafures. 



Three Low-Dutch clergymen. 



One French clergyman. 



One Lutheran clergyman. 



Three public fchoolmafters, &:c. 

 The militia confifts of eleven companies, with one 

 captain, one lieutenant, one fecond lieutenant, one en- 

 lign, one fecretary, and one caflner each. The captains 

 are generally the fworn appraifers of the eftates for fale 

 on the different rivers, where they chance to have their 

 department. 



Thefe are the principal fun61ionaries in the govern- 

 ment .of Surinam ; which is not originally upon a bad 

 eftablifhment, were it not depraved by fordid avarice, to 

 the great detriment of this beautiful fettlement in gene- 

 ral, and to that of its inhabitants in particular. The 



colony, 



