1. Appointment of Sir Henry Middleton to the command of the fleet consisting of the Trade's Increase, Peppercorn, and Darling.

2. Appointments of Nicholas Downton to be second in command ; of Benjamin Greene to be chief merchant in the Darling; of Lawrence Femell to be chief agent at Surat ; of Matthew Mullineux to be pilot-major on board the Trade's Increase. All of whom are to render due obedience to their superiors in rank.

3. Each ship's company to assemble morning and evening for prayers.

4. Blasphemy, swearing, thieving, drunkenness, and other disorderly conduct, to be severely punished. No gambling to be permitted, as the same generally leads to quarrellings and murders, and is provocative of God's vengeance.

5. A special order is to be issued “that noe liquor bee spilte in the ballaste of the shippe, nor fithines bee lefte within bourde”, as the same cause illness, but special care is to be taken to keep the ships sweet and clean.

6. The general, lieutenant, and master of each ship to receive an inventory of all stores on board before the ship leaves the Thames, such stores to be kept under lock and key until the ship is at sea, when they are to be handed over to the charge of the various officers who are to have charge of such. All stores to be entered in the purser's books when issued, and only to be issued on the warrant of the general, lieutenant, or chief merchant of each ship, such warrants to be duly registered by’ the purser.