_That the ecclesiastical authority had usurped the royal
jurisdiction, and that this was corrected on the arrival of the
royal Audiencia_.

Before this royal Audiencia was reestablished, the ecclesiastical
authority had usurped the royal jurisdiction; and I was several times
excommunicated for defending it by not allowing them to raise their
secular revenues, of which I had already given an account to your
Majesty; and so they were raising them everywhere without my being
able to help it. Since the coming of the royal Audiencia, several
acts have been passed for correcting this, which are effective.

16. _That it is expedient to take the Parian from the Sangleys,
as it is injurious to the commonwealth_.

Don Gonzalo Ronquillo, during the time of his governorship, founded
a Parian for the Sangleys within the limits of the city, so that of
those who come for commerce, a number of artisans of all trades might
remain in the country, for the service of the commonwealth. Gomez Perez
Dasmarinas, finding it too thickly peopled and with too many houses for
the security of the city, removed it outside, to the place where it now
stands. Its growth has increased to such an extent that more than three
hundred houses of wood and cane have been built, and in them are more
than three thousand Sangleys. This Parian is most injurious for this
commonwealth, because the people who live in it are of no use except
to raise prices in the community, all the provisions being consumed
there; and they commit many offenses against God our Lord. In it there
are many hucksters. There is no way to remedy all this except to be
rid of it altogether; for, besides what has been mentioned, it will
be a saving to this city of more than a hundred thousand pesos each
year, and the country will be more secure. For, having no buildings
in which to store the cloth, they will sell it through the streets
or in their ships, as they used to do before they had a Parian; and,
to get away quickly, they will offer it at more moderate prices. I
have considered this affair with the royal Audiencia; and, having
their opinion, you will do in regard to it what is most fitting for
the service of your Majesty and the maintenance of this country.

17. _That, as there were no royal buildings, some good ones have been
built of stone, in which the Audiencia meet, and the president and
Doctor Morga reside._

When I arrived in this country the royal buildings were demolished,