Money played a larger part than ever before. The currency used in the business transactions of the company and in Sweden in general at the time was the _Riksdaler_, the _Florin_ and the _Daler_ (which was of two kinds, the copper and the silver _Daler_). The _Riksdaler_, the _Florin_ and the _Copper Daler_ were always reduced to _Dalers_ in silver money in the official journal of the company, and the salaries and wages of the officers and servants in the employ of the company in Sweden were paid in “_Daler_ silver money.” The weights and measures used in the colony and by the company in Europe were: the _aln_ (nearly two English feet), the _fot_ (a little less than an English foot), the _famn_ (fathom, 1 9/10 of a yard) the _Swedish mile_ (a little over 6½ English miles), the _German common mile_ (about 4⅗ English miles), the _tunnland_ (a little over an acre in size), the Swedish _tunna_ (barrel, about 33 gallons), the _lispund_ (about 18½ English pounds), the _Swedish pund or Skålpund_ (pound, a little less than the English pound), the _skeppund_ (generally about 400 lbs.), and finally the _last_, which was about two tons or a little more, representing the tonnage of a ship.[7] The old Julian calender was used in Sweden and in New Sweden. It was ten days earlier than the Dutch calendar of the period and that of the present day. The English (we shall meet their method of designating time in the following pages) began their year on March 25. In other respects their time was the same as that of the Swedes, the only chance for confusion being that the first two months of the Swedish year were the last two of the English. It was a period of restrictions and government supervision and of combinations and trading societies. Merchants were restricted by law to the handling of but one article of trade, except by special permission. They belonged to certain privileged societies according to their particular trade. The master-workers of practically all handicrafts were divided into guilds and corporations, which were very exclusive and guarded with the greatest jealousy against the intrusion of outsiders. “In Sweden,” said Klas Fleming, “any citizen may by chance become a king, but for him to become a tanner is impossible.” As time went on, however, the restrictions were to some extent removed. III.