[E.B. O'Callaghan (1849)] in all loialtie k fidellitie demeane themselves towards them k theyr successours accord'g as the In-habitants of this prouince in dutye are bound, soe long as they shall [be] within this iurisdictn k att the experat" of ten yeares to beginne from the daye of the date hereof to paye or cause to bee paid to an officer thereunto deputed by the Gouern1' Gen1 of this Provce for the time being, the tenth parte of the reueneew that shall arise by the ground manured by the plough or howre, in case it bee de-manded to be paid to the sd officer in the ffield before it bee housed, gardens or orchards not exceed-ing one Hollands acre being excepted, and in case anye of the sd pattentees theyr associates heyres &c shall only improue theyr stocks in grasing or breeding of cattle, then the partie soe doing shall att the end of the ten yeares afforesaid paye or cause to be paid to an officer deputed as aforesd such reasonable sattisfact" in butter and cheese as other Inhabbat8 of other townes shall doe in the like cases : Likewise injoyning the said pattentees theyre associates heyres &c in the dating of all public instruments to use the New Style wth the wts k measure of this place. Given under my hand k Seale of this Prouince this 19th of December in the fort Amsterdam in New Netherland. 1645. Signed Wilhem Kieft. Endorsed, — Ter ordonnantie van de Hr Direct1, Generael & Raden van Nieuw Nederlandt. Cornelis Van Tienhouen, Secretr. PAPERS RELATING TO LONG ISLAND.