s.

In the fragatas and other vessels of his Majesty which ply
amid these islands eighty Indians are employed from month
to month, each receiving one peso per month and their board,
which amounts to nine hundred and sixty pesos.
U960 pesos.

For the service of the port of Cavite and its vessels, sixty
Indians are generally drafted each month. They are paid six
reals per month and their board, a total of five hundred and
forty pesos. U540 pesos.

To three Indian rope-makers who assist in the rope-factory
at Manila, where the hemp rigging is made, are paid total
annual wages of one hundred and fifty pesos.
U150 pesos

Each month thirty Indians work month by month in this rope
factory, to whom are paid six reals per month and their
rations of rice, a total of two hundred and seventy pesos.
U270 pesos.

_Purchases_

The black rigging and that made from abaca in Balayan for
the ships and galleys will amount to four thousand pesos.
4U000 pesos.

Every year hemp brought from Japon is bought for rigging,
which from year to year will amount to one thousand five
hundred pesos. 1U500 pesos.

One thousand six hundred quintals of pitch, at ten reals per
quintal, are also used annually, which amounts to two thousand
one hundred and twenty-five pesos 2U125 pesos.

The saltpeter purchased for this camp will average from year
to year one thousand eight hundred pesos. Some years it will
amount to more or less. 1U800 pesos.

The bonote [43] purchased to calk the vessels [going to
New Spain?] and other ships will amount to two hundred and
seventy pesos U270 pesos.

Arquebus fuses, one hundred and fifty pesos.
U150 pesos.

The cocoa-oil purchased for the churches where the sacraments
are administered amounts to two hundred and fifty pesos.
U250 pesos.

The fish-oil and galagal for the careening and repairing of
the ships amounts to nine hundred pesos.
U900 pesos.

Six hundred picos of iron, at various prices are used in
addition to that brought by sail from Nueva Espana, which
will amount to two thousand pesos. 2U000 pesos.

_Item_: Four hundred picos of nails, which, at the least
price, is seven pesos [per pico], amount to two thousand
eight hundred pesos. 2U800 pesos.

The canvas bought annually for the sails of the ships and
other vessels, exclusive of