December 29.
Report on petition of the Gambia merchants regarding the use of a wood called "sanders" for dyeing purposes. (Cal., § 973, III; Cal., Dom., 1673, pp. 190, 217.)
1673.
January 7.
Letter of Sir Thomas Lynch; complaint of Gambia Company; Russell's answer to Rodney's petition; report on laws of Jamaica; articles relating to the Venetian trade; Ordinance in Sweden against "our privileges"; St. Christopher business; answer to Col. Stapleton; advice to the King about planting St. Christopher; regarding the books and papers of the former councils; Newfoundland trade; acts of Barbadoes. (Cal., Dom., 1672–1673, p. 403. This series of subjects is the only complete list of the heads of a single day's business that we find anywhere, except in the minutes of two meetings noted below.)
January 9.
About Johnson "the Pyrat." (Cal., §§ 938, 1082, Index; Journal.)
January 11.
Order of the Council to the secretary to report on losses and injuries lately sustained from the Spaniards. (Cal., § 1022.)