Document: Ordinance imposing certain duties on furs and liquors exported to other places than Holland

The honorable lord director general and councilors of New Netherland hereby make known to all inhabitants of New Netherland, together with all merchants, skippers, and other persons residing in this country or frequenting these places, that the lord director general and councilors on 28 March, last past, have farmed out to the highest bidder the recognitions and duties that the honorable lord magistrates are due from the exported goods, which are not directly sent to Holland with the return ships, including therein peltries, wines, and beers that are exported from this city of Amsterdam and jurisdiction of New Netherland by whomever it may be, whatever their nationality or position; which aforesaid excise, for which Mr. Poulus van Beeck has been the farmer, shall be instituted the coming 15th of April 1656. And so that no one may claim ignorance, this is posted for each and everyone’s admonition and information to transport at the aforesaid time no peltries, wines, and beers from this city to elsewhere without having previously obtained from the aforesaid farmer a permit, [ and without having ] paid the duty established thereon:

Let everyone be warned hereby and protect himself from loss. Thus done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, ady ut supra.