f cleaned rice per month, besides their pay.

There shall be twenty musketeers in each one of the companies of this
city and in the companies of the other presidios outside the city,
but no more. They shall be paid at the rate of two pesos per month,
one for additional pay for the musket; but no more, inasmuch as each
one has been reduced four reals.

The acting sergeants of the company of this said city of Manila, and
the others in the presidios outside it, shall receive an increase of
two pesos per month, in addition to the ten pesos that they received
before, because of the severe labor that they have to perform.

Likewise, the corporals of all the companies in this said city,
and outside it, shall receive an increase of one peso per month,
as additional pay, besides what they were receiving before.

There shall be no shield-bearers to any company of this said city,
or in the other presidios; and consequently, they shall not be paid
at his Majesty's account. But the captains shall have them at their
own cost, and the captains shall not go without them, nor station
the guards without the said page.

The commander of the ships which are despatched annually to Nueva
Espana shall receive a salary of three thousand pesos per annum,
besides the usual ration while sailing from port to port--even though
he anchor at any other port in the islands, if he reach it in distress,
even though it be not the legitimate port whence he sailed.

The admiral of the said ships shall receive an annual salary of two
thousand pesos, and the usual ration while sailing from port to port,
in the same manner as the commander.

The notaries of the said ships which sail to Nueva Espana, or on any
other voyage, shall receive one hundred and fifty pesos per year,
with the usual ration, as hitherto, while sailing from port to port.

The stewards of the said ships, and those making any other voyages from
these islands, shall receive one hundred and fifty pesos per year,
besides the usual ration, while sailing in the same manner as above;
but when they reach land their pay or ration shall not run on.

The guards of the water on the said ships, and those making other
voyages, shall receive one hundred and fifty pesos per year, and
their ration while sailing in the above manner.

The office of the controllership of the royal exchequer must be held
by such a person as that office requires. For in that office, not only
is he under obligation to