ay protector of the natives be also chosen by the archbishop and
governor, and that he may not be removed or disqualified from his
office except for known remissness and guilt, nor allowed to keep
it if he is guilty. He should have a good salary in return for his
labors, his attention to the laws, and the necessity that he is under
of opposing many influential men. And although the salary is assigned
already, it is likewise desirable that he be very much favored in
his office by the governor, so that he may petition and procure the
good of the Indians with greater resolution and freedom. Above all,
it is advisable that the chief protector be the archbishop, and each
bishop in his bishopric.

_Wages of the natives_

It is also necessary and important for your Majesty to order the
officials of your treasury to entrust and send the wages of the
Indians, for any services for your Majesty ordered to be performed
by them--such as the cutting of wood, the carrying of other things,
and personal services performed by the natives, or given by them--to
men worthy of confidence and trust. It should be sent to residents of
the same districts where the services are ordered to be performed,
particularly if the district is somewhat remote and distant. For if
the pay is not thus sent, those who did the work suffer, and, as a
rule, do not get it. The cause of this is, that those who perform
these services generally live at a distance from Manila; and by
not coming to the city, but waiting until they are paid, without
leaving their homes, wives, and fields, they allow themselves to lose
it. Many come too, but are not paid even then, which is the cause
of great harm. Loss results also because generally certain persons
perform the services, while others conduct the affair here. Since
they thus remain at home without coming to Manila for their pay (as
is the quite general practice), and send a chief to collect it for
them, before the latter gets it and the pay is turned over to those
who performed the service, a long time elapses, and they may even
never get it. For sometimes the chiefs keep it, or give it for some
pious object, at the instigation or persuasion of the religious,
and to gratify the latter at the expense of another's toil and of
the poor--who, although they would rather have their pay than give it
away, do not dare to complain, as the chiefs, to whom they are very
subject, are concerned in the matter. Thus in order not to