encia amount to sixteen thousand
five hundred and forty-four pesos of
the said gold XVI U. DXL[IIII] pesos

The salaries of two royal proprietary
officials, and of another who serves to
fill a vacancy, four thousand six
hundred and eighty-seven pesos and four
tomins IV U. DCLXXXV[II] pesos

Gratuities to the religious orders,
three thousand pesos III U. pesos

Collection of tributes, one thousand
five hundred pesos I U. D pesos

Ordinarily there are a hundred seamen,
shipwrights, and forge-men, whose wages
are paid from the royal treasury in
Nueva Espana; and some assistance,
charged to that treasury, is given to
them in this island, as aid for their
support, besides their ration of rice--
which amounts in one year to two
thousand pesos II U. pesos

Item: Fifty-five Indians who are
carpenters, and a like number of iron-
workers, for work on the ships; and a
hundred other Indians for services in
casting artillery, building houses for
the royal service, work on the
fortifications, manning the oars on
three fragatas, and ordinary service--
who earn two thousand pesos II U. pesos

Item: Twenty thousand fanegas of rice
for the sustenance of the seamen,
shipwrights, and iron-workers, and the
Indians for the above works and services;
at the rate of two tomins a fanega, this
costs five thousand pesos V U. pesos

Five hundred quintals of iron, at one
peso a quintal U. D pesos

Also five hundred quintals of cordage,
net weight, at one peso a quintal U. D pesos

Also five hundred quintals of pitch,
at one peso a quintal U. D pesos

Five hundred pesos' worth of charcoal,
for the forges U. D pesos

One thousand pesos' worth of timber,
logs, and planks, for the dockyards
and work on the ships I U. pesos

For the repairing of magazines, royal
buildings, and fortifications, and for
timber for the same, one thousand
pesos more I U. pesos

The said expenses amount to forty-one
thousand eight hundred and thirty-one
pesos XLI U. DCCC. XXXI pesos

Accordingly, in one year th