The tributes from the villages belonging to the royal crown amount in one year to twenty-two thousand pesos of eight reals each XXII U. [3] pesos Dues from tithes and assays of gold, four thousand pesos IIII U. pesos From import duties on merchandise which comes from Nueva España and China, six thousand pesos VI U. pesos Fines accruing to the exchequer, one thousand pesos I U. pesos ------------- XXXIII U. pesos Salaries and ordinary expenses The yearly salaries of the president, auditors, and fiscal of the royal Audiencia amount to sixteen thousand five hundred and forty-four pesos of the said gold XVI U. DXL[IIII] pesos The salaries of two royal proprietary officials, and of another who serves to fill a vacancy, four thousand six hundred and eighty-seven pesos and four tomins IV U. DCLXXXV[II] pesos Gratuities to the religious orders, three thousand pesos III U. pesos Collection of tributes, one thousand five hundred pesos I U. D pesos Ordinarily there are a hundred seamen, shipwrights, and forge-men, whose wages are paid from the royal treasury in Nueva España; and some assistance, charged to that treasury, is given to them in this island, as aid for their support, besides their ration of rice-- which amounts in one year to two thousand pesos II U. pesos Item: Fifty-five Indians who are carpenters, and a like number of iron- workers, for work on the ships; and a hundred other Indians for services in casting artillery, building houses for the royal service, work on the fortifications, manning the oars on three fragatas, and ordinary service-- who earn two thousand pesos II U. pesos Item: Twenty thousand fanégas of rice for the sustenance of the seamen, shipwrights, and iron-workers, and the Indians for the above works and services; at the rate of two tomins a fanéga, this costs five thousand pesos V U. pesos Five hundred quintals of iron, at one peso a quintal U. D pesos Also five hundred quintals of cordage, net weight, at one peso a quintal U. D pesos Also five hundred quintals of pitch, at one peso a quintal U. D pesos Five hundred pesos' worth of charcoal, for the forges U. D pesos One thousand pesos' worth of timber, logs, and planks, for the dockyards and work on the ships I U. pesos