expeditions in the islands thereafter must be sanctioned by the
council of war, the cabildo of Manila, and the Audiencia.

[6] In 1526, the cabildo of the City of Mexico gave permission for the
citizens "to have their tepuzque gold converted at the smelting works"
into coin. "For two years oro tepuzque was exclusively used, and the
intrinsic value fluctuated so much that a standard was demanded. In
September, 1528 the cabildo adopted the resolution that all such money
should be examined and stamped." See Bancroft's _Hist. Mexico_, iii,
p. 669.

[7] Spanish, _quando lo que se mãda es cosa muy conueniente a la
República._ The context would apparently require _inconueniente_,
"injurious to the commonwealth;" there is apparently this typographical
error of omission in the original printed text.

[8] The president and members of a tribunal of commerce, appointed
to try and decide causes which concern navigation and trade.

[9] Children resulting from the unions between Chinese and Indians
are known as zambaigos.

[10] In 1603 Monterey, then viceroy of Nueva España, was promoted
to the viceroyalty of Peru. The salaries of these offices were
respectively twenty thousand and thirty thousand ducats (Bancroft's
_Hist. Mexico_, iii, p. 2).

[11] The "piece of eight" was a coin having the weight and value of
eight reals of silver; the "piece of four," one of half that value.