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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 19 of 55: 1620-1621; 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 19 of 55: 1620-1621; 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

The pepper which is taken from Greater Java is much, although I
do not know the exact quantity. They likewise have a factory and a
treaty friendship with the king of Achen, in the island of Samatra,
where there is much merchandise. He is an enemy of ours, as well as
he who attacked Malaca in the year 16, and burned a galleon of the
four which were awaiting Don Juan de Silva. Soon afterward seven Dutch
galleons arrived to aid him, and burned the other three. Malaca is a
very important place, and it is very necessary that your Majesty should
preserve it, as it is the passage to all the kingdoms and districts
of that archipelago of San Lacaro, where there is so much wealth.




Chapter V. Of the expense incurred by your Majesty to maintain the
fortified posts of Tidore and Terrenate in the Malucas Islands.


I said in the second part of this relation that the reenforcements of
money and men which are brought from Nueva Espana to the Filipinas
were not to preserve those islands, but were occasioned by the war
with the Dutch. I shall now set down here a memorandum of the expenses
of those forts, without the many other requisites.


_Relation of the salaries and expenses which your Majesty has to pay
in the Malucas Islands_


                                                                  Pesos

A warden and commander of the troops, with two thousand
ducados of salary each year, which at eleven reals to the
ducado, makes 2757 pesos, 2 tomins, and 9 granos                  2U757

Seven captains of Spanish infantry, with 990 pesos of salary
a year, amounting to.                                             6U930

Seven alferezes of these companies, with 412 pesos, 4 tomins
of salary each per year.                                          2U887

Seven sergeants, with 206 pesos, 2 tomins, apiece each year,
amounting to.                                                     1U443

Fourteen drummers, at 171 pesos each per year, amounting to.      2U394

Seven fifers, at 165 pesos a year, amounting to.                  1U155

Seven shield-bearers, at 103 pesos each, amounting to.            0U721

Seven standard-bearers, at 115 pesos per year each,
amounting to.                                                     0U815

Two adjutant sargentos-mayor, with 412 pesos, 4 tomins,
each per year, amounting to.                                      0U825

A campaign captain, at 330 pesos of salary per year.              0U330

A captain of artillery, with a salary of 480 pesos per year.      0U480

A constable for land and sea, with 300 pesos per year.            0U300

Twenty artillerymen for land and sea, at 200 pesos each per
year, amounting to.                                               4U000

There are continually 600 soldiers, and at times more, seldom
less. These usually earn 115 pesos per year, amounting to
69U000 pesos.                                                    69U000

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History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 19 of 55: 1620-1621; 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

The pepper which is taken from Greater Java is much, although I
do not know the exact quantity. They likewise have a factory and a
treaty friendship with the king of Achen, in the island of Samatra,
where there is much merchandise. He is an enemy of ours, as well as
he who attacked Malaca in the year 16, and burned a galleon of the
four which were awaiting Don Juan de Silva. Soon afterward seven Dutch
galleons arrived to aid him, and burned the other three. Malaca is a
very important place, and it is very necessary that your Majesty should
preserve it, as it is the passage to all the kingdoms and districts
of that archipelago of San Lacaro, where there is so much wealth.




Chapter V. Of the expense incurred by your Majesty to maintain the
fortified posts of Tidore and Terrenate in the Malucas Islands.


I said in the second part of this relation that the reenforcements of
money and men which are brought from Nueva Espana to the Filipinas
were not to preserve those islands, but were occasioned by the war
with the Dutch. I shall now set down here a memorandum of the expenses
of those forts, without the many other requisites.


_Relation of the salaries and expenses which your Majesty has to pay
in the Malucas Islands_


                                                                  Pesos

A warden and commander of the troops, with two thousand
ducados of salary each year, which at eleven reals to the
ducado, makes 2757 pesos, 2 tomins, and 9 granos                  2U757

Seven captains of Spanish infantry, with 990 pesos of salary
a year, amounting to.                                             6U930

Seven alferezes of these companies, with 412 pesos, 4 tomins
of salary each per year.                                          2U887

Seven sergeants, with 206 pesos, 2 tomins, apiece each year,
amounting to.                                                     1U443

Fourteen drummers, at 171 pesos each per year, amounting to.      2U394

Seven fifers, at 165 pesos a year, amounting to.                  1U155

Seven shield-bearers, at 103 pesos each, amounting to.            0U721

Seven standard-bearers, at 115 pesos per year each,
amounting to.                                                     0U815

Two adjutant sargentos-mayor, with 412 pesos, 4 tomins,
each per year, amounting to.                                      0U825

A campaign captain, at 330 pesos of salary per year.              0U330

A captain of artillery, with a salary of 480 pesos per year.      0U480

A constable for land and sea, with 300 pesos per year.            0U300

Twenty artillerymen for land and sea, at 200 pesos each per
year, amounting to.                                               4U000

There are continually 600 soldiers, and at times more, seldom
less. These usually earn 115 pesos per year, amounting to
69U000 pesos.                                                    69U000

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

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