Aborigines depended largely on hunting for their livelihood. Under the pretext of "social order," the Dutch taxed these activities one by one. Putnams brought over many immigrants from China to develop agriculture to feed the Dutch soldiers and also to begin export industries.
此外，福建沿岸騷擾不安，遷台的漢人愈來愈多，蒲陀曼索性大量招徠移民，開發農產，一方面供給荷蘭駐軍稻米、蔬菜之類的生活必需品；一方面還可以生產出口經濟作物。