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124 1647.The next item in the book ( T "IC.oc.4.) i s :Advice of the Chamber of Westvriesland& the Northern Quarter over thepresent need of the WIC, and how thesame, being helped and restored, oughtto be directed and dealt with.Considering the extremities into which the state of theWIC. has fallen, and that now and then, at great expense,to the Company, various meetings and discussuians have beenheld, but wi%h not with such result that a sufficient anddefinite means has so far been discovered by which theruin (vervallene) can be erected and a definite and uniformbasis fixed.The Chamber of Westvriesland and Northern Quarter, beingmoved (gepermoveert) by deputies from the Directors andChief Participants of the Chamber of Amsterdam, have, onthe 24th September 1646, delivered their considerations(bedenkinge) to the Direcotrs and Chief Participants there.- And since, on 26th October 1646 the XIX in Zeelandbrought forward a short statement how and in what mannerthe Company (in kours and trade) could exist.-Upon which has ensued that the Chief Participants of therespective members, being met in December last in 's-Gravenhagehave produced a certain project, drawn up among themselves(eKcept those of the iilaes & Groningen) and deliveredthe same to the gentlemen of Zeeland in the Assembly of theXIX; upon which, on 20th December, resolution was takenthat i t should be further examined by deputies. ...And as the Chamber of Westvriesland w i l l again afvaardigenop de present uit schryvinge of reces in 's-Gravenhage.theyhave thought;? i t necessary, for the information of theirdeputies, ... to"resumeren" the aforesaid discussions, andto serve the members present with their advice.• • • • • • • • •• • • • • •Paragraphs 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. - Relate to the trade at StPaulo Loando.7.Regarding the COAST OF GUINEA., it is understood that itshall remain closed, to be traded by the Company alone,uponthe basis practised hitherto.. It is also understood thatthe trading of slaves fSr Ardre u & the Calbarien shall betaken i n hand for the account of the Coim. any, and that suitableorder be given for the despatch of the necessary cargoe