l conform to the capacity of
the ships. The governor shall assign to each one the space which he
may occupy and fill, and he shall not exceed it. [Felipe III--Madrid,
May 29, 1620.]

LAW LI

In the enrollments of seamen which are made in Filipinas, it occurs
that a ship admits and carries sixty sailors, not thirty of whom are
of use, and in time of need there is no one to work; and there is
signal danger in so long and difficult a voyage. We order the governor
and captain-general always to provide and order that the sailors
and common seamen be effective. If our officials do not comply with
this, it shall be placed as a clause in their residencias. [Felipe
III--Madrid, May 29, 1620.]

LAW LIII

The Indian deck-hands on the ships of Filipinas shall all be from
that coast; and shall be clothed, in order to protect themselves
from the cold of the voyage. Our fiscal of the Audiencia of Manila
shall enroll, and take a memorandum of, the Indian deckhands who
shall be embarked. On the return from the voyage, he shall take
account from the ship's officers of the payments and treatment that
shall have been given the Indians. If any of them shall have died
from the causes above mentioned, complaint shall be lodged against
the guilty, until they are punished as a warning and example; and
it shall be a charge in their residencia against the said officers,
who must be obliged to give account of those Indians. If any Indian
die from sickness or accident, a report must be made of it in the
same vessel, as soon as it happens; and if they do not do that, and
the Indian dies, they shall be considered as confessed criminals,
guilty of the crime. [Felipe III--Madrid, May 29, 1620.]

LAW LV

Inasmuch as many slaves are usually carried in the ships from
Filipinas, who consume the provisions, we order and command that no
passenger or sailor shall take more than one slave, except persons
of rank, and that for good cause, and with careful restriction. And
inasmuch as the duties are paid in Acapulco on those who are sold
there, because of the inconvenience of paying them in Manila, we order
that the president and auditors of our royal Audiencia of Filipinas
provide that it be so observed and executed. [Felipe III--Madrid,
May 29, 1620.]

LAW LVII

We order that our royal Audiencia of Manila rate the amount of what
the mates on the ships shall exact in the port of Acapulco for the
guard of boxes, barrels, and other articles o