and continued. With this letter go two decrees; one (dated on the same
day) ordains that suits involving one thousand ducados or less may be
concluded in the court of the islands, and those for larger sums may
be appealed to the Audiencia of Mexico. The other (dated February 11)
restricts the trade with China to the inhabitants of the Philippines,
and forbids those of the American colonies (except those of Nueva
España) to trade, not only with China, but even with the Philippines.

_The Editors_ October, 1903.





Documents of 1591


The collection of tributes in the Filipinas
(_concluded_). Domingo de Salazar, and others; January-March.
Liberty of the Indians in the Philippinas. Gregory XIV;
April 18.
Articles of contract for the conquest of
Mindanao. G. P. Dasmariñas and Estevan Rodriguez de Figueroa;
May 12.
Ordinance forbidding the Indians to wear Chinese
stuffs. G. P. Dasmariñas and others; April 9-May 20.
Account of the encomiendas in the Philippinas
Islands. [G. P. Dasmariñas]; May 31.
Letter to Felipe II. G. P. Dasmariñas; June 20.
The fortification of Manila. G. P. Dasmariñas; June 20.