The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 14 of 55: 1606-1609; 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 14 of 55: 1606-1609; 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
2U668 In the encomiendas of Camarines there are two thousand six
hundred and sixty-eight tributes at one peso.
2U668 pesos, -- tomins.
In the province of Cibu, his Majesty owns the encomienda of
the island of Compot and Cagayan, the tribute of which has
not been collected for three years, as it is in revolt.
2U400 In the encomienda of Bohol and Bantayan in the said province
of Cebu--which was apportioned to the royal crown this year,
one thousand six hundred and eight, because of the death of Don
Pedro de Gamboa, its former owner; and which his Majesty enjoys
since the twenty-second of January of this said year--there
are two thousand tour hundred tributes at one peso.
2U400 pesos, -- tomins.
3U624 In the encomienda of Panay and Oton there are three thousand
six hundred and twenty-four tributes at one peso.
3U624 pesos, -- tomins.
U382 In the village of Baybay, on the river of this city, three
hundred and eighty-two tributes are collected from Christian
Sangleys. U382 pesos, -- tomins.
1U500 There are always a varying number of infidel Sangleys living
in the Parian of this city; as for the last collections,
they amount to one thousand five hundred tributes.
1U500 pesos, -- tomins.
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32U395 1/2 33U906 pesos, 5 tomins.
_Situados of all the encomiendas in these islands_
Common gold
The situado [42] of his Majesty's encomiendas above mentioned
amounts to eight thousand and ninety-eight pesos and seven
tomins, at the rate of two reals for each tribute--the tributes
amounting to thirty-two thousand three hundred and ninety-five
and one-half 8U098 pesos, 7 tomins.
The situados of the encomiendas of individuals in these
islands amount to twenty-three thousand two hundred pesos.
23U200 pesos.
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31U298 pesos, 7 tomins.
_Tithes of gold_
The tithes of gold (of which the tenth is taken in these
islands) are worth on an average, considering former years,
eight hundred pesos.
U800 pesos, -- tomins.
_Ecclesiastical tithes_
Of the ecclesiastical tithes of this archbishopric of
Manila and of the three bishoprics of the islands, there
are collected annually, on an average, one thousand pesos;
for, although they have been worth one thousand one hundred
pesos or one thousand two hundred pesos, in certain years,
they approximate to the said sum, according to the present.
1U000 pesos, -- tomins.
_Import and export duties_
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