ltas_ might also
designate the balances reverting to the credit of the state--that is,
the unspent balances of various funds; this meaning would harmonize
with the related functions of the _contadores de resultas_ and the
_ordenadores de pagos_, who supplied each other's places. These are
suggestions rather than definitive statements, for which latter is
needed expert knowledge of the old Spanish accounting system. The
_Recopilacion de leyes de Indias_ contains much information on
these points; see especially lib. viii, tit. i, ii, xxix; lib. ix,
tit. viii.--_James A. LeRoy._

[12] _Mesada_: a month's pay or salary. The _derecho de mesada_ was
a tax of that amount levied (like the half-annat on civil offices)
on ecclesiastical benefices and preferments which had been granted
by the popes to the crown of Spain as part of its royal patronage
of religion. Laws regarding this tax may be found in _Recopilacion
de leyes de Indias_, lib. i, tit. xvii; the first of these is dated
1629. See also _Teatro de la legislacion universal de Espana y Indias_
(Madrid, 1791-97). The mesada was to be collected on the basis of
the receipts from each preferment during the five years preceding
the new incumbent's entry upon his office.--_James A. LeRoy_.

[13] _Estrados_: literally, "platforms;" the platform on which stood
the royal throne, or the seat of the judge, afterward came to mean
the court itself. Perhaps the Manila treasury received from Mexico
a sum for the proper maintenance of the dignity of the tribunals,
for the hangings, furnishing, platforms, etc. This might also refer
to the platforms and carpets and hangings provided in the cathedral
for certain royal officials.--_James A. LeRoy._

[14] In the margin at this point occurs: "4 [pieces of gold]; 3 rings."

[15] In the margin at this point occurs: "4 [pieces of gold]; 3 rings."

[16] In the margin at this point occurs: "4 [pieces of gold]; 3 rings."

[17] In the margin at this point occurs: "88 taes, 1 real of gold."

[18] This raid spread fear and alarm throughout the Visayas; and the
religious, especially the Jesuits, urged the governor (then Cerezo de
Salamanca) to provide some defense against the pirates. Accordingly he
ordered (although in the face of much opposition) the establishment
of a fort and garrison at Zamboanga, Mindanao; and to aid in the
expenses of this enterprise, a contribution of a ganta of rice from
each tribute in the Visayas. (Combes says that thi