344 TlMEHRl. 
caused by the departure of Charles Desbaratz (p. 13.) 
On the 8th of June r 796, the Court of Policy repri- 
manded the College of Keizers, and enjoined upon them 
not to refuse to serve as members of the Court of Policy 
when thereto elected. 
GRANTS OF Land. — A Resolution as to the granting 
of lands was adopted by the Court of Policy on the 
29th September 1770 (p. 123). Information was asked 
for by the Court of Directors, on the 24th of November 
1772, as to the rights and conditions of granting lands in 
Essequibo and Demerara. A Resolution of the Council 
of Ten at Amsterdam, dated 14th April 1773, conveyed 
authority to make grants of land, under conditions. 
Instructions from the Court of Zeeland, dated 27th De- 
cember 1773, regulated the same matter. The proceed- 
ings of the Court of Policy on the 2nd October 1773, 
included the question of the jurisdiction of the Court as 
to grants of land (p. 323). The conditions of grants of 
land were dealt with in Resolutions of the States 
General, between the 14th April 1773 and the 21st 
September 1774 (pp. 13, 49, 57). The Court of Direc- 
tors at Amsterdam had something to say upon the 
subject on the 12th October 1794 (pp. 1 to 3). By a 
Resolution of the Council of Ten, of the 1st of May 1776 
it was ordered that charts should be attached to applica- 
tions for lands (p. 142). In the minutes of the Courts of 
Policy and of Civil and Criminal Justice of Essequibo 
and Demerara, there are notes of Publications of Titles 
to land, on the 7th May and 3rd June, 1790, and on 
the 1 8th May 1792. A Resolution of the States General, 
of the 9th August, 1792, laid down Rulesforthegrantingof 
lands Cpp. 76 to 84). As to Depths, in 1752, 750 Roods 
