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gov. dongan’s report on the province of new-vork.

Upon all other merchandizes imported into the province @ dependencys the summ of forty shil-lings currant money aforesaid for every hundred pounds valued at the prime cost except thosehereafter specified viz 1

Salt, Brick, Pan-tyles, Coals, Fish, Sugar Molasses, Cottonwool Ginger, Logwood, brasalette, ffustykwest-India hydes, Tobacco bullion @ Plate

Upon all merchandize commonly called Indian Goods as Duffels, Strouds, Blanketts, plains, half-thicks, Woolen Stokins, White Ozenbriggs, kettles, hatchetts, hoes, Bed Lead, vermilion, Cotton , RedKersey, Knives, Indian Haberdashery @ other Indian goods the summ of ten pounds currant moneyaforesaid for every hundred pounds value prime cost carried up Hudsons river in any vessel sloopsboats or canoes or any other wayUpon every baril of powder twelve shillingsUpon every lb. weight of lead six shillingsFor every Gun or Gun Baril with a lock six shillings

For every Gall’, of Rum , Brandy or distilld Liquors that shall bee carried up Hudsons river afore-said four pence currant money aforesaid

And likewise by the said act is settled upon his Maty, his heirs @ successors an excise upon allliquors (beer and cyder excepted) retailed under five gallons the sum of twelve pence currant money,aforesaid within y e city @ county of New York per gallon as alsoe the excise of twelve pence currantmoney aforesaid upon each gallon of liquor carried up Hudsons river. And also an excise of twelvepence on liquors retailed throughout the whole province @ Depencies (beer and cyder only excepted)As alsoe the custom @ duty upon every beaver skin commonly called a whole Beaver, nine penceAnd that all other furs @ peltry bee valued accordingly that is for two half beavers nine pencefor four lapps nine pence three drillings one shilling sixpence ten ratoons niuepence four foxes nine-pence, four fishers nine pence, five catts ninepence, four @ twenty mees-catts nine pence, ten mailersnine pence, twenty-four pounds of Moose @ Deer Skin ninepence. And all other Peltry to be valuedequivalent to the whole beaver exported out of this Province (bull @ cowhides excepted)

And alsoe that all Indian traders throughout the whole province @ dependencies doe pay for thevalue of each hundred pounds prime cost they traffick with the Indians for, ten pounds moneyaforesaid.

And for all Beer @ Sider retailed throughout the Province @ dependencies six shillings per baril,and for each baril of beer or sider that is sold to the Indians six shillings as if retailedAs for the Quit Rents at my arrival they were very inconsiderable most made by S r Edmund Andros ,Quit Rems the greatest part whereof in Delaware River the most part of the patents granted by mypredecessors were" without any reservation of any Quit-Rents or acknowledgement to his Ma*y orvery inconsiderable such as several of S r Edmond Andros’s grants to great townships reserving theQuit-rent of our Land only @ were but confirmations of former grants @ Indian purchases, Thesepeople have renewed their patents under a greater Quit-Rent as will appear by the list sent herewithmost of these patents granted by mee were confirmations alsoe

f^The methods that I took for the obliging them to this was finding several tracts of land in theirtownships not purchased of the Indians and soe at his Maty 8 disposal. They were willing rather tosubmit to a greater Quit Rent than have that unpurchased land disposed of to others than themselvesThe persons that have had the collection receipt @ management of his Maty ’ 8 revenue for thesethree years past @ upwards are Mr Lucas Santen by commission from his Ma*y then his Royal High-ness, Collector @ Receiver. John Smith one that he brought out of England was his deputy book-keeper @ surveyor for about three years @ one John Harlow a servant of his, waiter @ searcher1 gave order t0 Mr Santon that for the good management of this small revenue to y e bestadvantage hee should not make any journey into the country on pretence of the King’s business