will
arise daily with the governor, it seems a sufficient remedy to give
the said Doctor de la Vega commission, so that these alcaldes-mayor
be subordinate to him, as all the justices in the adelantamientos
[58] of Castilla [are subordinate]. Also the said Doctor de la Vega
and his deputies should be authorized to try the causes, as stated in
the first clause herein cited of the first conditions, leaving their
appointment and the taking of their residencias to the governor,
or to whom that may pertain; and the said Doctor de la Vega should
have full power, in case that they do not exactly fulfil any orders
sent them, to punish them, and to execute upon them the penalties
to which he shall condemn them, even to suspension or exile. For
if they know that that can be done, they will act more carefully,
in order to give no occasion for such action.

By decree of his Majesty, it is ordained that the inhabitants of this
city may export the products of the country without formal allotment
in the lading. We beseech his Majesty to be pleased to allow the
cakes of wax possessed by the volunteer soldiers who shall go to
serve and who actually do serve in this expedition, to be exported;
and that our certification and that of each one be sufficient for
the official laders to stow it in the vessels as soon as they, or
anyone in their name, may arrive, under severe penalties. The same
we beseech for the piezas of the cargo which should be given to them,
when it shall likewise appear, by certification, that they are engaged
in this expedition.

_Doctor Juan Manuel de la Vega_

Petition of a Filipino Chief for Redress

Sire:

In former years the archbishop of these Philipinas Islands, on petition
of the natives of the village of Quiapo, which is near this city of
Manila, wrote to your Majesty, informing you that the fathers of the
Society of Jesus--under pretext that the former dean of this holy
church of Manila, whom your Majesty has lately appointed archbishop,
[59] had sold them a garden lying back of our village--have been
insinuating themselves more and more into our lands and taking more
than what was assigned them by the dean; and that we had scarcely
any land remaining in the village for our fields, and even for our
houses. The petition begged your royal Majesty to remedy this and
protect us under your royal clemency, since we are Indians, who cannot
defend ourselves by suits, as we are a poor people, and it would