The import duties on the Chinese merchandise entering this city, amounted, this said year of six hundred and eight, to thirty-eight thousand, two hundred and eighty-eight pesos, four tomins, and two granos. In this matter no exact figures can be given, because it is more or less, according to the amount of merchandise brought annually by the Sangleys. 38U288 pesos, 4 tomins, 2 granos. The import duties and freight-charges on the goods brought from Nueva Espana, and entering this city are usually worth five hundred pesos, or thereabout, because the citizens of these islands to whom the goods are consigned have received the concession of not paying duties on goods to the value of three hundred pesos for the married person, and one hundred and fifty pesos for the single person; and because the bulk of these said goods is to be used for their households and comfort. U500 pesos, -- tomins. The duties on the goods exported from this city to the said Nueva Espana are usually worth fourteen thousand pesos. In this matter no exact figures can be given, for it varies according to the value of the merchandise. 14U000 pesos. 52U788 [pesos], 4 [tomins], 2 [granos]. _Fines forfeited to the royal treasury_ Seven hundred and eight pesos have been paid into the royal treasury this year from fines forfeited to the royal treasury. U708 pesos, -- tomins. _Expenses of justice and courts_ From the expenses of justice and courts, sixty pesos have been paid into the royal treasury this year. U060 pesos, -- tomins. Amount of the tributes. 33U905 pesos, 5 tomins. The situados. 31U298 pesos, 7 tomins. The tithes of gold. U800 pesos. Ecclesiastical tithes. 1U000 pesos. Import and export duties. 52U788 [pesos], 4 [tomins], 2 [granos]. Fines forfeited to the royal treasury. U708 pesos. Expenses of justice and the courts. U060 pesos. ---------------------------------- 120U561 pesos, -- tomins, 2 granos. All the above incomes total one hundred and twenty thousand five hundred and sixty-one pesos and two granos of common gold. Statement of the Ordinary Expense Incurred By His Majesty in These Islands Common gold The president, governor, and captain-general of these islands receives an annual salary of eight thousand pesos de minas, or thirteen thousand two hundred and thirty-five pesos and two tomins. 13U235 pesos, 2 tomins. Four auditors and one fiscal receive each two thousand pesos de minas, which total sixteen thousand five hundred and forty-nine pesos and six granos. 16U549 pesos, 6 granos. One chaplain of the royal Audiencia, three hundred pesos. U300 pesos. Three royal officials with five hundred and ten thousand maravedis apiece, which amounts to five thousand six hundred and twenty-five pesos. 5U625 pesos.