those now in the cabildo are quite unworthy or incompetent
for such positions.

_The Editors_

April, 1905.

DOCUMENTS OF 1635

Laws regarding navigation and commerce, 1611-35. Felipe III
and Felipe IV; 1611-35.
Royal decrees, 1633-35. Felipe IV; 1633-35.
Memorial to the king, in the year 1635. Juan Grao y Monfalcon;
September 6.
Manila treasury accounts, 1630-35. Geronimo de ----, and
Francisco Antonio Manzelo; August 13, 1638.
Letter of consolation to the Jesuits of Pintados. Juan de
Bueras, S.J.; February 1.
Letter to Felipe IV. Andres del Sacramento, O.S.F.; June 2.
Letter from the Franciscan commissary-general of the
Indias. Francisco de Ocana, O.S.F.; June 28.
Opinion of Council and royal decree concerning request of
Manila Jesuits for alms. Felipe IV, and others; July 10.
Letter to Felipe IV. Pedro de Arce; October 17.

_Sources_: The first of these documents is taken from the _Recopilacion
de leyes de Indias_, lib. ix, tit. xxxxv; the second, from the
"Cedulario Indico" in the Archivo Historico Nacional, Madrid; the
third, from a MS. in the Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid; the fourth,
sixth, and seventh, from MSS. in the Archivo general de Indias,
Sevilla; the fifth, from a MS. in the Academia Real de la Historia,
Madrid; and the last two, from Pastells's edition of Colin's _Labor
evangelica_.

_Translations_: All these documents are translated by James
A. Robertson.

LAWS REGARDING NAVIGATION AND COMMERCE

[The first installment of these laws is given in VOL. XVII,
pp. 27-50. The laws in the present installment date from 1611 to
1635. The method of treatment is the same as in the laws of the
above volume.]

LAW XXX

The viceroy of Nueva Espana shall not allow any married man to pass
thence to Filipinas unless he take his wife with him, or unless he
have permission to leave the country for a limited time, after giving
bonds that he will return within the time set; and provided he leave
his wife what is necessary for her support. In no other way [shall
he be allowed to go]. [Felipe III--Guadarrama, November 12. 1611.]

LAW XXXIII

Many religious and laymen come to these kingdoms from the Filipinas
Islands by way of Eastern India, abandoning their ministries and
employments. We order the governor and captain-general to be very
careful about applying the remedy, and that he give notice of this
to the bis