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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