er of Ships Trade yearely.]
[Sidenote: What obstructions they have and Advantages may be gained to
their Trade.]
34. What Obstructions there are, and What advantages may be gained to
the Improovement of their Trade and Navigation.
[Sidenote: What Dutyes are Charged upon Goods imported, or exported.]
35. What Rates and Dutyes are charged and payable upon any Goods or
Commodityes exported out of the said Collonyes and Plantations, whether
of their owne Growth and Manufacture or otherwyse. As also upon Goods
imported.
[Sidenote: What Publick Revenues doe arise among them.]
36. What Revenues doe or may arise unto Us within the said Collynes and
Plantations, and of what nature they are. By whome Collected, and how
answered and Accompted unto Us.
[Sidenote: How they instruct the People in Religion, and pay their
Ministry.]
37. And what Course they take about Instructing of their People in the
Christian Religion. And what Provision is made for the Maintenance of
their Ministers.
[Sidenote: To consider which of the said Collonyes are not fully
Planted.]
38. You are to informe yourselves which of our said Collonyes and
Plantations are not fully Planted or Inhabited, and to consider how such
of them may most conveniently be supplyed from others that are
overstored with people.
[Sidenote: How the s^{d} Collonyes may be serviceable to one another and
useful to these Kingdomes.]
39. You are to consider how our said Collonyes, and Plantations may be
serviceable unto one another in relation to their mutuall Sustenance and
Defence, and how they may be Governed to be of use and advantage
likewise to these Our Kingdomes.
[Sidenote: To Correspond by Letters with forreigne Governours.]
40. You are to take care in Keeping frequent Correspondency by Letters
with the severall Governours of Our said Collonyes, and Plantations.
[Sidenote: To Charge them to preserve peace with their Neighbo^{rs} and
to protect y^{e} Indians.]
41. You are hereby required in Our Name strictly to charge all and every
the Governours of Our said Collonyes and Plantations respectively. That
they doe not Give any just Provocation unto any of their Neighbours
Indians or others that are at Peace & Amity with Us. But that they doe
by all just wayes and Meanes endeavours to preserve such Peace and Amity
and keep a good and fayre Correspondencye with them.
And if any of the said Indians shall desire to putt themselves under
the Protec
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