been given voluntarily, as a favor and proof of
devotion to his Majesty, because of the obligations that were resting
upon his royal treasury in these islands, as appears by the memoranda
that each person presented, asking that they be paid in this manner,
as is set down as in the said pay-checks. Those paid, their numbers
in the files [_legajos_] of each department, together with the names
of each person, the amount of the principal which was owing them,
that of the third which was paid them, and that of the two-thirds
which was commuted, are as follows:

[A marginal note reads as follows: "Certification of the auditor of
accounts that the two-thirds commuted by the owners of the pay-checks,
amount to

pesos tomins granos

4,295 0 6
9,923 2 5
12,523 5 3
4,912 1 1
3,095 1 6
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34,150 1 9"]

Factory Department [24]

Number Amount Due to Amount Amount
of pay- of pay- paid commuted
check check

P t g P t g P t g

35 56 1 11 Juan Talag, an Indian 14 5 11 31 3 0
36 32 0 0 Juan Talag, an Indian 10 5 4 21 2 8
3[7] 12 5 4 Juan Talag, an Indian 4 1 9 8 3 1
38 56 0 0 Juan Talag, an Indian 18 5 4 31 2 8
39 131 3 5 Juan Talag, an Indian 45 6 5 91 5 0
41 423 2 8 7 Indians 141 11 11 423 2 8 [sic]
45 336 0 0 9 Indians 112 0 0 224 0 0
51 414 4 1[sic] Pablo de la Oliva
(paid one-half) 231 2 0 231 2 0
57 340 2 4 Don Juan Sarapi 113 3 5 226 6 11
62 33 5 2 Cintay, a Sangley 11 1 11 22 4 0
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1,330 0 6

Pay of the Infantry of Manila

Number Amount Due to Amount Amount
of pay- of pay- paid commuted
check check

P t g