When the _Grip_ returned it was possible to estimate the success of this first venture of the company. Pelts valued at 15,426 florins and tobacco estimated at 7,423 florins made up the cargo of the two ships, while the expenses reached the sum of over 46,000 florins. The expedition therefore proved a financial failure as far as the immediate returns were concerned. The Dutch shareholders, who were dissatisfied even before the ships left Europe, on account of the late start and the heavy expense, were now thoroughly discouraged and desirous of withdrawing from the company. They refused to contribute to a second expedition, but were finally persuaded to do so. IV. As early as the spring and summer of 1638 Fleming made proposals for a second voyage, and in the autumn, when some of the results of the first voyage became known, he advised the sending of a large expedition to the new colony. A little later the council resolved that the _Dove_ and other ships “which were suitable should be employed for the benefit of the company.” At this time Fleming also invited Willem Usselinx to Stockholm as an adviser, but the veteran projector of companies was detained in Germany, it seems, and could not go. Furthermore he thought that the New Sweden colony would never be a success, since not much besides peltries and tobacco could be purchased there. When the papers, Indian deeds and other documents, from New Sweden arrived in Stockholm, Fleming’s enthusiasm was still further kindled. The preparations for a new voyage, which had rested for a while, were at once resumed. The colony was to be populated. Funds were to be raised by selling the stock of the South Company or otherwise, and an able manager was to be engaged, who could take charge of the work. Fleming ordered a certain ship bought by the city of Norrköping to be rebuilt at Västervik for the transportation of “cattle and people”, and he proposed the repairing of other vessels for a journey. He suggested that Swedish colonists should be prevailed upon to migrate, and that some Dutch might be allowed to settle in New Sweden, so that the land would be speedily peopled. A successor to Minuit could not be found, however, and Usselinx, who had been requested to suggest a proper person, wrote that he “knew of no one he could recommend.” But a factor was appointed at Gothenburg in the person of Timon van Schottingen, who “as a capable person was to manage the West Indian trade” at that place. He was to have a salary of 200 D. annually, beginning on January 1, 1639. Hans Weis was also commissioned to aid in the preparations, and he manifested great interest and diligence in the work.