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 proprietors names, lands names, number of acres profitable and unprofitable, each in a distinct and proper colume; together with the columes for decrees of the court of claimes, private grants, orders of suspensions, doubts of the civill surveys, former disposurers, with the respective rates of each land, and to whome disposed; and lastly, a colume of such lands as wee judge absolutely cleare and fitt to bee sett forth.

2dly. Wee are compleating the bookes of all the debentures that ever were stated till the eighteenth of December, 1655, by examining by them every debenture wee admitt to satisfaction; as allsoe all the debentures formerly satisfyed in the yeares 1653 and 1655, to see that none are conterfeit, or twice satisfied, or mistaken.

3dly. Wee have reviewed the books and returnes of all satisfaction made in the said yeares of 1653 and 1655; have examined them with the forementioned grand books of debt and creditt, and have made abstracts of them, and viewed many of the debentures themselves.

4thly. Wee have particular bookes of all lands whereuppon any decree hath past out of any court, with notes referring to the colume thereoff in the grand neat bookes.

5thly. The like booke and references for suspensions.

6thly. The like for private grants.

7thly. The like for lands doubtfull by the civill survey.

8thly. The like for such lands as were never given to bee admeasured, wherein it is, nevertheless, likely that the State hath some interest more or less.

9thly. Wee have made particular collections of all private admeasurements, besides the generall performed by Dr Petty.

10thly. Distinct bookes of all the neat land by themselves, filed into lists of contiguitie, and standing in the same order wherein they must bee sett forth.

11thly. Large bookes of all debentures admitted to satisfaction, reduced into particular lists, and standing in the same order wherein they must bee satisfyed.

12thly. A large booke of all loose debentures received by ourselves, and afterwards applyed to their proper places of satisfaction.

13thly. A booke of all reprizalls and resumptions which have been made during our employment.