6. _That the offices and encomiendas assigned be to the old citizens and soldiers._ Sixth: The offices assigned by the governor of these islands should be given to the old citizens of these islands who merit it, who shall have been resident therein at least three years and are citizens of them. The same should be understood in regard to the encomiendas that his Majesty orders to be given to the soldiers, and they should have resided here in actual military service and duty--for they suffer great hardships in gaining and pacifying the land, and afterward support it in its greater necessities and advancement; and always the encomiendas should be given to those among them who have most deserved these grants, paying attention to their length of service, along with the other considerations of greater or less services or benefits to the country. Nor should they be given to the servants, brothers, relatives, followers, or persons recommended, whom the governors bring hither with them of late--who have not rendered any service to the country, and do no more than to enjoy the sweat of the natives--but to the old Spanish inhabitants, who have suffered the toil, and now should reap the reward. We urge that his Majesty rigorously enforce this upon the governors; for it is this which has most afflicted and ruined this country--because, as (those who have done nothing for it enjoy the reward--_Madrid MS._) those who have served it are dissatisfied and desperate, neither they nor any one else who could do much will exert themselves, because they are without hope. 7. _That commissions and means of advancement be assigned to those have worked in this country._ Seventh: The same course should be observed in all the commissions and means of gain on land and sea, and especially in the appointments of masters and officers of vessels, and in everything else--since, besides preserving equity and avoiding wrongs, this recompenses those who have toiled, gives hope to those present, allures the absent, and peoples, conserves, and betters the country. They [the Council] should endeavor to be thus generous and conciliatory in this matter, as it is the thing in which there is most injustice, which is most keenly felt, and which causes most harm. 8. _That workmen and mechanics in Manila be paid their wages here and not in Mexico._ Eighth: His Majesty should order that all workmen and mechanics who serve for pay or wages in this country--such as sailors, carpenters, blacksmiths, and any others (who remain and are needed here--_Madrid MS._)--be paid their wages here, [40] according to contract; that the money for this be provided from the royal treasury of Mexico, since the treasury here has but little; that what is to be given them there be paid here, as it will be of much more value to them, and will be the occasion of increasing the population of this country by those who will have trades, and will remain with hope, and do more and better work in every way.