What is to be said of the condition of affairs in these Philipinas
Islands is as follows:

_Instruction and instructors of the Indians_

1. The evil example set by the religious through their vices, indecent
behavior, gambling, banquets, and festivities.

2. They trade and make a profit in their districts, from rice, wax,
wine, gold, boats, fowls, cloth, and deerskins, to the great detriment
of the Indians, as well as that of the entire country.

3. They deal openly in merchandise of the above-mentioned articles,
as well as in those of China, in the trade with Nueva España.

4. They usurp the royal jurisdiction, hearing, according to the due
forms of law, suits among the Indians. They have stocks, prisons,
and place of detention, where they vex, whip, and otherwise afflict
the Indians, compelling these to obey the laws they themselves make,
rather than those of the king's magistrates.

5. They distress the Indians by demanding their services as rowers;
and contributions of rice, wine, fowls, and other things, with but
slight payment, or even none.

6. They employ many more Indians than are necessary, who serve in
many capacities without pay.

7. They levy many excessive fees for baptisms, weddings, and funerals,