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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 11 of 55: 1599-1602; Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century

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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 11 of 55: 1599-1602; Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century

Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources

as stated, by the said governor from the treasury of the fourths--be
set aside for it from the royal treasury, as the other fund is not
a permanent one. He further asks that you will bestow upon it from
the royal treasury one thousand pesos of income for its support,
and three thousand, to be paid once, for repairs and buildings for
the said residence; since your Majesty is wont to favor the other
parts of the Yndias for this purpose, as there is no other recourse
for aid. After examining this matter in the Council, our opinion is
that, if your Majesty be so pleased, one thousand pesos of eight reals
each, might be given once to that residence from the royal treasury of
the Philipinas, as an aid in building its houses; and that, besides,
information concerning it should be obtained from the governor and
the archbishop. Valladolid, December 11, 1601.

[_Endorsed:_ "Council of the Indias; December 11, 1601. In regard
to the aid and alms that should be bestowed upon the residence
of the Society in the city of Santisimo Nombre de Jesus, of the
Philippinas." "So let it be."]






Documents of 1602



    Instructions to Pedro de Acuña. Felipe III; February 16.
    Two royal decrees. Felipe III; February 16.
    Pintados menaced by Mindanao pirates. Juan Juarez Gallinato,
    and others; May 29-June 4.
    Letters to Felipe III. L. P. Dasmariñas, and others; June
    8-July 10.



_Source_: All these documents are obtained from MSS. in the Archivo
general de Indias, Sevilla.

_Translations_: The first document is translated by Alfonso de Salvio,
of Harvard University; the second, and part of the fourth, by Robert
W. Haight; the third, and part of the fourth, by Norman F. Hall, of
Harvard University; the first letter in the fourth, by José M. and
Clara M. Asensio.






Instructions to Pedro de Acuna


The King: To Don Pedro de Acuña, whom I have appointed my governor
and captain-general of the Philipinas Islands, and president of my
Audiencia therein. My royal Council of the Indias having examined
some letters from the said islands, I have resolved upon the following.

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History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 11 of 55: 1599-1602; Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century

Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources

as stated, by the said governor from the treasury of the fourths--be
set aside for it from the royal treasury, as the other fund is not
a permanent one. He further asks that you will bestow upon it from
the royal treasury one thousand pesos of income for its support,
and three thousand, to be paid once, for repairs and buildings for
the said residence; since your Majesty is wont to favor the other
parts of the Yndias for this purpose, as there is no other recourse
for aid. After examining this matter in the Council, our opinion is
that, if your Majesty be so pleased, one thousand pesos of eight reals
each, might be given once to that residence from the royal treasury of
the Philipinas, as an aid in building its houses; and that, besides,
information concerning it should be obtained from the governor and
the archbishop. Valladolid, December 11, 1601.

[_Endorsed:_ "Council of the Indias; December 11, 1601. In regard
to the aid and alms that should be bestowed upon the residence
of the Society in the city of Santisimo Nombre de Jesus, of the
Philippinas." "So let it be."]






Documents of 1602



    Instructions to Pedro de Acuña. Felipe III; February 16.
    Two royal decrees. Felipe III; February 16.
    Pintados menaced by Mindanao pirates. Juan Juarez Gallinato,
    and others; May 29-June 4.
    Letters to Felipe III. L. P. Dasmariñas, and others; June
    8-July 10.



_Source_: All these documents are obtained from MSS. in the Archivo
general de Indias, Sevilla.

_Translations_: The first document is translated by Alfonso de Salvio,
of Harvard University; the second, and part of the fourth, by Robert
W. Haight; the third, and part of the fourth, by Norman F. Hall, of
Harvard University; the first letter in the fourth, by José M. and
Clara M. Asensio.






Instructions to Pedro de Acuna


The King: To Don Pedro de Acuña, whom I have appointed my governor
and captain-general of the Philipinas Islands, and president of my
Audiencia therein. My royal Council of the Indias having examined
some letters from the said islands, I have resolved upon the following.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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