manufactured at the same Mill in one week, or seven days successively; and shall produce to the Congress or the Committee of Safety of this Colony, for the time being, certificates from the said Committee of their having proved the same.

Whereas it is also necessary to encourage the setting on foot manufactures of Fire-Arms within this Colony:

Resolved, That this Congress will lend for two years, without interest, from the date hereof, the sum of two hun­dred Pounds to any inhabitant of this Colony who shall enter into good and sufficient security to Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Esq., as Treasurer of this Congress, or to the Treasurer of this Congress for the time being, for the repayment of the same; and that he will, without delay, establish a manufactory of Gun-locks in some County within this Colony, to the northward of the City and County of New-York; and in default thereof, to be subject to repay the principal, with seven per cent per annum interest for the sum borrowed, and the further penalty of thirty Pounds.

Resolved, That any inhabitant of this Colony who shall at one or more periods, on or before the 15th day of August next, produce for sale to the Congress, or the Committee of Safety of this Colony for the time being, the greatest number of good and sufficient double-bridled Gun-locks, (not less than five hundred,) manufactured in this Colony at one manufactory, shall be entitled to a premium of four Shillings for every good and sufficient Gun-lock as aforesaid, so offered for sale.

Resolved, That any inhabitant of this Colony who shall manufacture, within the time before-mentioned, the second greatest number of Gun-locks as aforesaid, (not less than three hundred,) and offer them for sale as aforesaid, shall be entitled to a premium of three Shillings for each.

Resolved, That any inhabitant of this Colony who shall manufacture, within the time before-mentioned, the third greatest number of Gun-locks as aforesaid, (not less than two hundred and fifty,) and offer them for sale as aforesaid, shall be entitled to the premium of two Shillings for each.

Provided, That no person shall be entitled to receive any of the above premiums for the manufacturing of Gun-locks, unless he shall first prove to the satisfaction of the Committee of the County where the same shall have been manufactured, by the oath of the proprietor and the foreman of the work, that the same were bona fide manufactured within this Colony; and produce a certificate thereof, together with the aforesaid depositions, to the Congress or the Committee of Safety of this Colony for the time being.

Resolved, That this Congress will lend for two years, without interest, from the date hereof, the sum of four hun­dred Pounds, to any inhabitant of this Colony who shall enter into good and sufficient security to Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Esq., as Treasurer of this Congress, or to the Treasurer of the Congress of this Colony for the time being, for the repayment of the same; and that he will, without delay, erect works for the making and boring of Musket-barrels, of three-fourths of an inch bore, (capable of boring by water five Barrels at a time,) in some County to the northward of the City and County of New-York; and in default thereof, to be subject to repay the principal, with seven per cent per annum interest for the sum borrowed, and the further penalty of sixty Pounds.

Resolved, That any inhabitant of this Colony who shall, at one or more periods, on or before the 15th day of August next, produce for sale to the Congress, or the Committee of Safety of this Colony for the time being, the greatest number of good and sufficient Musket-barrels, each of three feet and a half in length, and of three-fourths of an inch bore, well fortified at the breech, (not less than five hundred,) with an equal number of good Bayonets, each of the length of one foot nine inches from the shoulder, manufactured in this Colony at one manufactory, shall be entitled to a premium of eight Shillings for every good and sufficient Musket-barrel and Bayonet as aforesaid, so offered for sale.

Resolved, That any inhabitant of this Colony who shall manufacture, as aforesaid, the second greatest number of Musket-barrels and Bayonets as aforesaid, (not less than three hundred,) and offer them for sale as aforesaid, shall be entitled to a premium of six Shillings for a Barrel and Bayonet.

Resolved, That any inhabitant of this Colony who shall manufacture, as aforesaid, the third greatest number of Musket-barrels and Bayonets as aforesaid, (not less than two hundred and fifty,) and offer them for sale as aforesaid, shall be entitled to the premium of four Shillings for a Barrel and Bayonet.

Provided, That no person shall be entitled to receive any of the above premiums for the manufacturing of Musket-barrels and Bayonets, unless he shall first prove, to the satisfaction of the Committee of the County where the same shall have been manufactured, by the oath of the proprietor and the foreman of the work, that the same were bona fide manufactured within this Colony; and produce a certificate thereof, together with the aforesaid depositions, to the Con­gress or the Committee of Safety of this Colony for the time being.

Resolved, That neither of the said premiums for the erecting of Powder-Mills, making of Gun-locks, or Musket-barrels and Bayonets, is intended to be given to the proprietor of any Powder-Mills already erected, or to any person with whom the Congress or Committee of Safety of this Colony have already contracted, or to any person in their behalf, for the making of Gun-locks, or Musket-barrels and Bayonets.

Resolved, That the Committee of Safety of this Colony be, and they are hereby, authorized to contract for any number not exceeding five thousand stand of Arms, to be manufactured in this Colony, on account of and for the defence of the Colony.

Whereas the Continental Congress have directed that the Assemblies, Conventions, or the Committees or Councils of Safety of the respective United Colonies, do cause works to be erected in each of them, at their respective expense, for the manufacturing of Saltpetre:

Resolved, That the Committee of Safety be, and are hereby, authorized to contract and agree with proper persons to erect works for the manufacturing of Saltpetre in the several Counties of New-York; Albany, Ulster, Orange, Dutchess, Westchester, and Suffolk.

Whereas the Ministry of Great Britain are not only depriving us of the means of defence, but have arbitrarily ordered, in a piratical manner, their Ships-of-War to ruin our commerce, and deprive us of the necessaries of life, which renders it the incumbent duty of the Representatives of the people of this Colony to provide for the comfortable subsistence of their constituents:

Resolved, That this Congress will lend to any person, for the term of two years from the date hereof, a sum not exceeding two hundred Pounds, for the purpose of erecting works, without delay, for the making of Salt out of sea-water, in this Colony, upon his giving to Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Esq., as Treasurer of this Congress, or to the Treasurer of this Congress for the time being, good and sufficient security for the repayment of the same; and in default of erecting such works, to be subject to the repayment of the principal, and of seven per cent interest on the sum so borrowed, and the further penalty of thirty Pounds.

Resolved, That any person who shall, on or before the 1st day of December next, make the greatest quantity of good merchantable Salt in this Colony, (not less than twelve hundred bushels,) shall be entitled to one hundred Pounds premium.

Resolved, That any person who shall, on or before the said 1st day of December, make the second greatest quantity of Salt, of the quality aforesaid, in this Colony, (not less than nine hundred bushels,) shall be entitled to seventy-five Pounds premium.

Resolved, That any person who shall, on or before the said 1st day of December, make the third greatest quantity of Salt, of the quality aforesaid, in this Colony, (not less than six hundred bushels,) shall be entitled to fifty Pounds premium.

Provided, That any person who shall claim any of the above premiums for having manufactured Salt as aforesaid, shall produce a certificate thereof, signed by three of the principal freeholders of the neighbourhood where the said works shall be erected, and an affidavit of the person who shall have made, and of some other person who shall have measured the said Salt, in order to entitle him to any of the premiums above-mentioned.

Resolved, That the Committee of Safety be, and they are hereby, directed to collect dissertations upon the making of