Directors Grants and Governance of the Company of Trade
The Emperor grants the Company of Commerce in the Austrian Netherlands power to appoint and remove officers and staff, with constraints to hire only worthy qualified persons and to employ gratis. Directors may outfit ships, manage cargoes, and promote Dutch manufactures. Quorum rules, annual and five year audits, dividend rules, and stock reserves are outlined, followed by London news on prorogation, a fire at an upholsterer’s, robberies, mills destroyed, Coventry riots, and overseas trade notices.