3. The charter divided the company into five provincial chambers, one of which was in Amsterdam proper (and cost a hefty six thousand guilders to join). A nineteen-member central committee, consisting of delegates from the provincial chambers and the States-General, supervised the company’s business, but day-to-day matters were delegated to particular provincial chambers. The administration of New Netherland and Curacao, for example, always belonged to the Amsterdam Chamber. Similarly, the colony’s spiritual affairs were entrusted to the Classis of Amsterdam, an association of churches that had the exclusive right to examine and license dominies, or ministers.