rasao"; _Cal._, Sec. 879.)

_June 15._

Continuation of the Logwood difficulty. (_Journal_; _Cal._, Sec.Sec. 825, II,
879, 880.)

_June 21._

Case of the _Peter_ of London (_Journal_; _Cal._, Sec. 820; _Cal._, _Dom._,
1673, pp. 198-199.)

Petition from Montserrat. (_Journal_; _Cal._, Sec.Sec. 859, 879.)

_June 25._

Jews in Jamaica. (_Journal_; _Cal._, Sec.Sec. 848, 879.)

Heads of a letter to Sir Thomas Lynch from the Council. (_Journal_;
_Cal._, Sec. 943.)

Injuries from the French in the West Indies. (_Journal_; _Cal._, Sec. 805.)

About ship departure from Jamaica. (_Journal_; _Cal._, Sec.Sec. 683, 910.)

_July 2._

Opinion and advice of the Council to the king upon a great variety of
matters already discussed. Jews, logwood, Surinam, Jamaica defence,
Curacoa, Leeward Is. and Wheeler, and Stapleton, defense of Montserrat,
etc. (_Cal._, Sec. 879.) In addition the merchants seem to have made a
report on the best time for ships to depart from Jamaica. (_Journal._)

_July 3._

Petition from the Long Islanders regarding the whale fishery and their
relations with New Amsterdam read. (_Cal._, Sec. 875.)

_July 16._

Concerning Virginia--probably the question of the Arlington and Culpeper
grant. (_Journal._)

_July 19._

Regarding the whale fishery. (_Journal_; _Cal._, Sec. 875.)

_July 26._

Petition of Sir Ernestus Biron, escheator in Barbadoes, read.
(_Journal_; _Cal._, 1661-1668, Sec. 1622.)

_July 29._

Report on the petition. (_Journal._)

_September 1._

"Our Council of Plantations met at Lord Shaftesbury's (Chancellor of the
Exchequer) to read and reform the draught of our new Patent, joining the
Council of Trade to our political capacities." (Evelyn's _Diary_, II,
p. 83.)

_September 20._

Particulars of monies disbursed for the Council. (_Journal._)

_October 1 (about)._

Letters written by Sir Thomas Lynch on June 20 and July 5 read to the
Council. (_Cal._, Sec. 943.)

COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND FOREIGN PLANTATIONS, 1672-1674.

_October 13._

Commission opened and read and oath administered. (_Journal._)

Letters from Gov. Stapleton and his answer to inquiries read. (_Cal._,
Sec.Sec. 842, 896.)

"Went to my Lord Keeper, (Sir Orlando Bridgeman) at Essex House, where
our new patent was opened and read, constituting us that were of the
Council of Plantations, to be now of the Council of Trade also, both
united. After the patent was read, we all took our oaths, and departed