[118] Royal decree of October 27, 1720, enforcing that of 1718, provides further that: "The values of the lading which the said ships are to carry from the Philippines to the port of Acapulco may be up to the amount of 300,000 pesos, which must come invested strictly and solely in the following kinds of merchandise: gold, cinnamon, elephants, wax, porcelain, cloves, pepper, cambayas, and linens woven with colors (lienzos pintados), chitas, chintzes, gauzes, lampotes, Hilocos blankets, silk floss and raw silk spun, cordage, and other commodities which are not silks." These ships are prohibited from carrying silken fabrics, "satins, pitiflores, velvets, damasks, Pekin silks (Pequines), sayasayas, brocades, plain satins, grograms, taffetas; silver and gold brocades; embroidered pieces of silk stuff for (covers of) beds, the (hangings for) drawing-rooms (estrados), and women's petticoats; silken gauzes flowered with gold and silver; pattern pieces for petticoats, figured or embroidered; dressing-gowns, chimones, or made-up garments; hose, ribbons, or handkerchiefs; or any fabric which contains silk." (Commerce in the Philippines with Nueva España, 1640-1736, by Antonio Alvarez de Abreu; Madrid, 1736. (From Extracto Historial.--Bl. and Rb., Vol. 44, pp. 266-268.) [119] Ibid., p. 306. [120] Extracto Historial, Antonio Alvarez de Abreu.--Bl. and Rb., Vol. 45, pp. 57-59. [121] For a detailed list of the goods sent to Mexico, and as to what was done with them there, see Informatory Memorial addressed to the King, Juan Grau y Monfalcon, 1637.--Bl. and Rb., Vol. 27, pp. 198-200. "Number 95. Trade of the islands necessary in Nueva España, because of their goods.