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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 06 of 55 - 1583-1588 by Unknown
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hundred and eighty-seven pesos and four
tomins IV U. DCLXXXV[II] pesos

Gratuities to the religious orders,
three thousand pesos III U. pesos

Collection of tributes, one thousand
five hundred pesos I U. D pesos

Ordinarily there are a hundred seamen,
shipwrights, and forge-men, whose wages
are paid from the royal treasury in
Nueva España; and some assistance,
charged to that treasury, is given to
them in this island, as aid for their
support, besides their ration of rice--
which amounts in one year to two
thousand pesos II U. pesos

Item: Fifty-five Indians who are
carpenters, and a like number of iron-
workers, for work on the ships; and a
hundred other Indians for services in
casting artillery, building houses for
the royal service, work on the
fortifications, manning the oars on
three fragatas, and ordinary service--
who earn two thousand pesos II U. pesos

Item: Twenty thousand fanégas of rice
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