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14. 1646. •may be sent " -idi'ioict'-re" from there hither (without crossingto Brazil), but i f only one ship it must go to Brazil,according to previous order, so as to be able to leave incompany of other ships.The good testiaony which you give of the V^andrich causesus to apt rove the improvemnent made; but not to give -ny"consequentie" as the Articul Brief says that no improvementof pay may be granted to any one without promotionor °leration of charge. We have found good to change histitle and henceforth to let him be called the Commander ofthe Soldiers.You w i l l please no more to make the allocation of the gold,tusks, or any other return cargoes from there, but to consignthose goods, a l l and cve-ytime, o the Assembly of thef (no signaturesP.S. 7/h"t h a been said here before -oout line ^uice, wehave since " 'eresu.mer rt", and chiefly consi ered that thatmatter is now of another character thanwhen the same wasfirst permitted to^ +he Directors of the Coast, because theships at that tlmex"(ten naasten bij) came ov- ^pty, andnow they obt'in their ladings of sugar **t St Tho ne witS inBrazil- so that the Company is considerably prejudiced bythe bringing over of the lime juice. Nevertheless, in or-^lo encourage you, we hf ve allowed you to send over ^nnu^llythe quantity of 60 firkins (varc/.ens) or half "leggerfli"", tobe divided,acco~din? to old custom, trre half for us,the otherhalf for you.•"P have also arranged for hc i p-ynent of your -ccount off.1,210: 8 strs. earned by you as Fiscal, and the amount w i l lbe settled by the Amsterdam Chamber.The High and Secret Council of Brazil ha? no*., on two occasions,orened the gold chest there and t-^tn out a goodparcel of gold, which displeases us, -