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32U395 1/2 33U906 pesos, 5 tomins.
_Situados of all the encomiendas in these islands_
Common gold
The situado [42] of his Majesty's encomiendas above mentioned
amounts to eight thousand and ninety-eight pesos and seven
tomins, at the rate of two reals for each tribute--the tributes
amounting to thirty-two thousand three hundred and ninety-five
and one-half 8U098 pesos, 7 tomins.
The situados of the encomiendas of individuals in these
islands amount to twenty-three thousand two hundred pesos.
23U200 pesos.
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31U298 pesos, 7 tomins.
_Tithes of gold_
The tithes of gold (of which the tenth is taken in these
islands) are worth on an average, considering former years,
eight hundred pesos.
U800 pesos, -- tomins.
_Ecclesiastical tithes_
Of the ecclesiastical tithes of this archbishopric of
Manila and of the three bishoprics of the islands, there
are collected annually, on an average, one thousand pesos;
for, although they have been worth one thousand one hundred
pesos or one thousand two hundred pesos, in certain years,
they approximate to the said sum, according to the present.
1U000 pesos, -- tomins.
_Import and export duties_
The import duties on the Chinese merchandise entering this
city, amounted, this said year of six hundred and eight, to
thirty-eight thousand, two hundred and eighty-eight pesos,
four tomins, and two granos. In this matter no exact figures
can be given, because it is more or less, according to the
amount of merchandise brought annually by the Sangleys.
38U288 pesos, 4 tomins, 2 granos.
The import duties and freight-charges on the goods brought
from Nueva Espana, and entering this city are usually worth
five hundred pesos, or thereabout, because the citizens of
these islands to whom the goods are consigned have received the
concession of not paying duties on goods to the value of three
hundred pesos for the married person, and one hundred and fifty
pesos for the single person; and because the bulk of these
said goods is to be used for their households and comfort.
U500 pesos, -- tomins.
The duties on the goods exported from this city to the said
Nueva Espana are usually worth fourteen thousand pesos. In
this matter no exact figures can be given, for it varies
according to the value of
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