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Ten at Amsterdam, of the 15th April 1773, treats of the 
hearing of cases, of the nomination, election, and resig- 
nation of members of the Court, and of their salaries, 
(pp. 237 to 239). A Resolution of the Council of Tenj 
of the 7th October 1784, laid down what Laws, &c, were 
to be in force in Demerara and Essequibo, and dealt 
with Preferent Claims, and many other important 
matters (pp. 26 to 28). There are Resolutions of the 
States General of the 7th and 10th 06tober 1774, re- 
lating to the Administration of Justice (pp. 165, 169). 
The States General, on the 10th October 1774, ordered 
that certain Law Books were to be kept in use in the 
Courts of Justice, for reference (pp. 195, 196). By a 
Resolution of the Council of Ten at Amsterdam, of the 
10th October 1774, Law Books were to be sent to 
Demerara. On the same date it was decided to give an 
increase of Table Money for the Demerara and Esse- 
quibo Courts, and the quantity of Rum to be allowed to 
the Director General and other Officials, was regulated, 
(pp. 91 to 107). Of the Punishments inflicted by the 
Courts, the following are instances. On the 1st of 
April 1754. a mulatto slave named Lon, for desertion, 
was sentenced to have his ears cut off. On the same day. 
CESS, a free creole, for impertinence to C. F. CONNING, 
was ordered to be severely flogged (p 86, 87). Some- 
Major General of Demerara and Essequibo. In May 1795, Van Groven- 
stin, apparently siding with the Revolutionary Party in Holland, 
threw up the Government, and sailed for Martinique in the frigate 
Zebra. Upon this, the Members of the Court of Policy formed them- 
selves into a Provisional Government, on the 9th of May 1795. This 
state of things lasted until Governor Beaujon assumed the Govern- 
ment, by appointment, dated 29th June, from the States General. 
