all these three positions; and that, besides saving their salaries,
your Majesty will be much better served if, at the arrival of the
ships, your Majesty order that the castellan and the alcalde-mayor
of Acapulco do not permit them to discharge their cargoes, and that
an accountant-in-chief of the bureau of accounts be always sent from
Mexico on the first of December to attend to the unlading; and that he
be accompanied by the alcalde-mayor of Acapulco, or by the castellan
of that fort.

In the letters that I write pertaining to government and military
affairs, I touch on some points which also touch this matter of the
revenue; and I do not repeat them, in order not to become prolix. I
only go back in this to represent the difficulties occasioned here by
its being known that the governors give account of everything--as I am
giving it and shall continue to give it as my conscience dictates to
me; for others will not neglect to advise you of many things pertaining
to your royal service. Will your Majesty provide in this what will be
most suitable. May God preserve your Majesty. Manila, August 14, 1633.

_Don Juan Cerezo Salamanca_

REPORT OF ARCHBISHOP ON THE BAKERY OF MANILA

Sire:

On behalf of this city a royal decree has been presented to me in
which your Majesty commands me to inform you in regard to the favor
which Governor Don Fernando de Silva extended to the said city
and to Captain Andres Fernandez de Puebla, giving them the income
from the bakery of this city, which was established on the site and
lot belonging to the said Andres Fernandez de Puebla, he enjoying
half the rent and the said city the other half. The said Andres
Fernandez de Puebla is an old citizen, who has served your Majesty
with approval. Complying with the said instruction, and in order to
investigate the matter with fairness and accuracy, as it should be,
I personally went to the said bakery and inspected it. I found it
walled entirely about with cut stone, and with doors and stout locks,
so that when it is locked up at night no one can go in or come out. The
site is ramparted and habitable where the ovens stand. Although there
are some filling timbers lacking in the middle, it is nothing of
importance, and may be easily repaired. I found in the said bakery
a Spanish overseer, who serves as a faithful manager and who lives
there continually, as I have been informed. He does not allow the
Chinese bakers to adulterate the flou