what reason. And he shall give a list of the corregidorships, stating
in it to whom the appointment is given by our warrant [_cedula_], and
to whom by order of our president and Audiencia, and for what reason;
and he shall report on the qualifications and merits of each person,
the amount of fees that each one receives, the amount of salaries
in each corregidor's district, and the persons appointed in each
district, and their qualifications. He shall also state the nature
of their service, and how long it is since they were appointed to
the said offices. The same reports shall be made by our fiscal and
our officials of the royal treasury.

41. _Item_: We desire that one of our auditors, each in his turn, shall
make a visit of inspection once a year to the villages of the district
of the said Audiencia, and to the inns and, apothecaries' shops, seeing
to it that the inns shall have fixed lists of rates. The medicines
and other things in the apothecaries' shops which he discovers to be
spoiled he shall pour out and not permit to be sold. On the same visit
to the provinces of his district he shall inform himself as to the
nature of the soil, the amount of the population, and the best means of
supporting the churches and monasteries required. He shall observe what
public buildings arc needed for the good of the towns and the better
traveling of the roads. He shall find out whether the natives perform
the sacrifices and commit the idolatries to which they are accustomed,
how the corregidors perform their duties, and whether the slaves that
go to the mines are instructed in doctrine as they ought to be. He
shall ascertain whether the Indians support themselves, or whether
they are made slaves, contrary to that which is ordained. And he
shall inform himself in a compendious manner with regard to everything
else requiring his attention. The said auditor shall have warrant to
attend to matters in which delay would be dangerous, or which are of