ction, whenever occasion offers,
as their exemplary life merits. San Lorenzo, June twenty-one, one
thousand five hundred and eighty-three.

I The King

Countersigned by Antonio de Eraso, and approved by the members of
the council.

Legazpi's Aid to the Religious Approved

The King: To Doctor Santiago de Vera, president of our royal Audiencia
established in the city of Manila, in the Filipinas islands; or,
in his absence, to the person or persons to whom the government of
the islands has been entrusted. Father Andres de Aguirre, [2] of
the order of St. Augustine, has reported that the adelantado Miguel
Lopez de Legaspe gave orders in my name to pay, as a gratuity for the
support of each of the religious who were engaged in the conversion
and instruction of the natives of those islands, one hundred pesos of
Tepusque and one hundred fanegas of rice. Thus the religious have been
aided, although in later years the judges and officials of my royal
exchequer have paid this gratuity with some reluctance, alleging that
for such payments my orders must be produced. The matter having been
examined by my Council of the Indias, it was agreed that I should
issue this my decree, by which I command you to provide for giving
the aforesaid gratuity to the said religious, as above stated. This
decree is to be executed without fail.

I, The King

By order of his Majesty:

Antonio de Eraso

Aranjuez, April 24, 1584.

Annual Income of the Royal Exchequer in the Philippines

Report of the annual income from tributes and other sources of
profit appertaining to his Majesty in these islands of the West,
and the ordinary expenses therein.

The tributes from the villages belonging
to the royal crown amount in one year to
twenty-two thousand pesos of eight reals
each XXII U. [3] pesos

Dues from tithes and assays of gold, four
thousand pesos IIII U. pesos

From import duties on merchandise which
comes from Nueva Espana and China, six
thousand pesos VI U. pesos

Fines accruing to the exchequer, one
thousand pesos I U. pesos

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XXXIII U. pesos

Salaries and ordinary expenses

The yearly salaries of the president,
auditors, and fiscal of the royal
Audi