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 remooveing or settling in such place and places as you and your Councell shall appoinct that by emulation one with annother they may by their industrie, discouer the Trade, giue you large information, redress such euill Custome as they finde gather goodes together to dispatch the shippes richly and speedilie to you againe to looke yt their charges beenot exces- siue and that they send their accompts and Copies of their Bookes orderlie vnto you contynuallie, where wee wishe you to haue a speciall Care for the pervseing Comptrolling or allowing of the accompts and soo post them ouer vnto your generall bookes. And as often as you shall thinck itt expedient, that the Factor himself come to giue vpp his said Accompts ffrom which place of Jacatra or Banta both for your healthes. sake as otherwise wee would not haue you goe vnles itt were for some extraordinarie and waightie occasion and so allowed by your Councell: ffor by the Contynuall coming of our shippes from England, of the Pinnaces from the Indies, and the giueing good orders for goodes to bee in a readings for the reladeing of our shippes in tyme for all places you shall from you that nd not finding the gouer- ment as it oughttake order therein, either remooueing suchpsons, and putting others in their places, or ells to redresse their faults according as the matter requireth, of which his proceeding hee is afterwards to make an vpright report to you, whereby you may bee of all thinges well Informed, both in the poinct of Trade, the Charges gouerment, and all other matters, and by your good care, industrie with mildnes, keepe all in subiection. Likewise that you hereby may take Care ouer the victualls and provizions of our shippes that come out and goe for England, to take accompts of them howe the same is spent and what may bee spared to take a shoare for the pro- vizion of other shippes and the Pinnaces that tarrie in the Countrie.

And for the better gouerment of all the factories we hould itt fitt you Choose four principall places where the cheife persons ought to bee resident vizt.