ving. As chief pilot, he shall send the said Sebastian
Vizcayno's pilot or that of his admiral, so that, having the vessels
in charge on the return voyage, they may ascertain in what manner the
said port of Monterrey can be colonized and made permanent; and can
show its bay, and the manner of making that navigation, [35] to the
pilots and crews of the said vessels, and especially to two men whom
I order you to send with the said commander Sebastian Vizcayno from
those islands. These men are to be possessed of all the good qualities,
knowledge, and experience necessary, so that they may reconnoiter the
said port, and may be given commands as commander and admiral of the
vessels that are to sail from Acapulco to those islands in the year
608, since the said Sebastian Vizcayno has to go to colonize the said
port. It is my will that these two men and the said Sebastian Vizcayno
and his admiral--and I shall consider myself as served if you favor and
honor them in every way possible--have and be paid the usual salary
that the other commanders and admirals of the said line have had;
and that it be paid to the former in the same form and manner as it
is paid to the latter. In order that all the above commands may have
the end and effect intended, as is necessary, I strictly charge you
that you assist on your part, in whatever pertains to you, with the
care and diligence that I expect from your prudence and great zeal;
and you shall advise me of what is done, so that I may have full
information thereof. Given in San Lorenzo el Real, August 19, 1606.

_I The King_

Countersigned by Juan de Sivicay; signed by the members of the Council.

Chinese Immigration in the Philippines

_Official report of the ships from China which came this year 1606
and of the men in them._

I, Pedro Munoz de Herrera, official receiver of testimony for the royal
Audiencia and Chancilleria of these Philipinas Islands, and notary
of the commission on the Sangleys, give my certificate and testimony,
based upon a memorandum of the inspection of the ships which have come
this year from China to this city, made before me, the said notary,
and the ensign Pedro Gra. Prieto, deputy of the said commission,
as to the number of the ships which have come, and the men in them,
in the form and manner following:

The ship of Captain Pinyon brought three hundred
and twenty-two Sangleys 322
The ship of Captains Bincan and Quinten brought