[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] For 100 guilders. Hops, 300 pounds weight,. i ^""^"^ ^'^'^ ^^^ '*^^^°'^«' '^ ' *" * ( Duty there 4, here, 6. 13. 4. All materials and necessaries for farming and the exercise of trade and handicraft are free of duty. All products of New Netherland imported hither are free of duty. Item. All kinds of salted or dried fish, caught there. Peltry such as beavers, others, &c., pay eight per cent. Amplification of the aforesaid draft of Conditions. Any of the Colonists who by himself or his family or any person in his service, shall discover any minerals, crystals, precious stones, marbles, etc., of whatever nature they may be, may possess and keep them as his own, without paying any impost or duty for them, for the term often years; but after the expiration thereof, he shall be held to pay the Company one-tenth part of the proceeds. The following was exhibited with the 2 drafts of Conditions, and refers to Article 9. The City of Amsterdam shall cause a convenient warehouse to be prepared wherein shall be deposited all the goods the said City intends to send to its Colonie in New Netherland, where they may be inspected, in the presence of a person appointed for that purpose by the City of Amsterdam, by any one authorized by the Directors of the West India Company, and marked with the marks of the City and Company, the duty thereon being paid to the Company according to the list hereof to be made and agreed on.