d. For the
natives are addicted to theft and licentiousness, and the women are
ready to sell their persons; and for these reasons there is, here,
more than an intimacy of men and women.

Also whether the evils and disorders above mentioned would disappear
with the observance of the said ordinance. For the natives would then
be at work, and there would be an abundance of fruits and provisions
in the country, and at very low prices, as there has been hitherto,
and thus the country would be supported; and there would not be
taken out of the kingdom the large sums of money which the Chinese
now carry away for the provisions which they bring to sell--such as
flour, sugar, lard, and other things. Moreover, the natives would
dress in their own stuffs, which are better woven and more economical
than those from China; and besides making cloth for their own use,
they would have some which the Spaniards could buy for their trade;
and another large quantity of money would remain in the country,
which now is taken from it because the said natives do not make the
said cloth. Another serious evil would cease; the natives would no
longer sell raw cotton to the Chinese, who take it to their own country
and make it into cloth, and then return to sell it to the natives,
and with these goods deprive them of their money. Most of all, there
would be an end to the evils and sins against God above mentioned.

Also whether the observance of the said ordinance will induce the
natives and the Chinese to carry on trade as they formerly did, without
using money; for if the natives should wish to trade or barter in the
islands (which is not forbidden to them), they can and will obtain
goods, as they formerly did, in exchange for such articles as _siguey_
(a small white snail), dye-wood, and carabao horns; to this mode of
trading the Chinese will adapt themselves, and the outflow of money
will cease.

Also whether all these islands, or most of them, are well adapted
to the cultivation of cotton, so that, if the natives are set to
the task, enough will be produced to supply all the islands with,
provisions and clothing; and whether cloth will be made, as good as,
or better than, that which comes from China, and a surplus be left
for shipment to Nueva Espana in exchange for necessaries, and a
larger surplus of cotton to be used in exchange for Chinese wares;
and whether as much money will be taken out of the country as is now
taken away. Let the wi