Documents Relative to the Colonial History of New York, Vol. I — Passage 370
[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] 623 direct, deducting therefrom only two per cent for commission and one-tenth of the net pro-ceeds in payment of the disbursements made by the said City for the freight and passage of the persons and goods of the Colonists; and that until the aforesaid disbursements are refunded and no longer. 25. The Colonists in New Netherland shall be at liberty to take out of the City's warehouse whatever they may require at the fixed price; provided the account thereof be transmitted with the Colonists' goods, in order to be deducted therefrom. 25. The Colonists in New Netherland requiring anything for the culture of the land or the support of their bodies, shall, etc. 26. 26. The Colonists shall, for building houses. Fiat Provided it be done agreeably to the vessels and for otiier purposes, be at liberty to order and regulations made or to be made cut down in the nearest and most convenient thereon by the Director-General and Counci. forests, as much timber as they shall require,