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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 26 of 55, 1636: 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

History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 26 of 55, 1636: 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

In the fort of Nuestra Senora de la Rossario, the
presidio of Oton, is a garrison of one company of
Spanish infantry, with one captain, one alferez,
one sergeant, four minor posts, and fifty soldiers,
or thereabout. At the rate of one peso from the said
captain, four reals from the alferez, and two from the
sergeant, the minor posts, and the said soldiers, it
amounts annually to one hundred and eighty-three pesos  183 pesos

Presidio of Cagayan

In the fort San Francisco at the city of Segovia,
the presidio of Cagayan, is a garrison of one Spanish
infantry company with one captain, one alferez, one
sergeant, four minor posts, and about eighty soldiers
or so--which, at the said rate from each one, namely,
one peso per month from the said captain, four reals
from the alferez, two from the sergeant, and each
of the minor posts and the said soldiers, amounts in
one year to two hundred and seventy-three pesos        273 pesos

Presidio of Caraga

In the fort of San Joseph of Tanga, the presidio
of Caraga, is a garrison of one company of Spanish
infantry, with one captain, one alferez, one sergeant,
four minor posts, and forty-five soldiers--which, at
the rate of one peso per month from the said captain,
four reals from the alferez, and two from the sergeant,
minor posts, and said soldiers, amounts annually to
one hundred and sixty-eight pesos                      168 pesos

Presidio and fort of the island of Hermosa

In the presidio San Salvador of the island of Hermosa,
there are three companies of Spanish infantry, with two
captains (for the third is commanded by the castellan
and governor of the said presidio), three alferezes,
three sergeants, two minor posts, and one hundred
and eighty soldiers among all the companies, in the
proportion of sixty men to each company, which is the
most authentic information that we have been able to
discover and ascertain. At the rate of one peso per
month from each captain, four reals from each alferez,
two from each sergeant, minor post, and soldier, it
amounts annually to six hundred and twenty-seven pesos 627 pesos

In the said presidio there are two adjutants of the
sargento-mayor, one with the pay of a musketeer,
and the other with two hundred and forty pesos per
[_illegible in MS._: year?], which at the rate of
two reals per month from the one who serves as a
soldier, and six from the other, amounts annually to
twelve pesos                                            12 pesos

Forts of Terrenate

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History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 26 of 55, 1636: 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

In the fort of Nuestra Senora de la Rossario, the
presidio of Oton, is a garrison of one company of
Spanish infantry, with one captain, one alferez,
one sergeant, four minor posts, and fifty soldiers,
or thereabout. At the rate of one peso from the said
captain, four reals from the alferez, and two from the
sergeant, the minor posts, and the said soldiers, it
amounts annually to one hundred and eighty-three pesos  183 pesos

Presidio of Cagayan

In the fort San Francisco at the city of Segovia,
the presidio of Cagayan, is a garrison of one Spanish
infantry company with one captain, one alferez, one
sergeant, four minor posts, and about eighty soldiers
or so--which, at the said rate from each one, namely,
one peso per month from the said captain, four reals
from the alferez, two from the sergeant, and each
of the minor posts and the said soldiers, amounts in
one year to two hundred and seventy-three pesos        273 pesos

Presidio of Caraga

In the fort of San Joseph of Tanga, the presidio
of Caraga, is a garrison of one company of Spanish
infantry, with one captain, one alferez, one sergeant,
four minor posts, and forty-five soldiers--which, at
the rate of one peso per month from the said captain,
four reals from the alferez, and two from the sergeant,
minor posts, and said soldiers, amounts annually to
one hundred and sixty-eight pesos                      168 pesos

Presidio and fort of the island of Hermosa

In the presidio San Salvador of the island of Hermosa,
there are three companies of Spanish infantry, with two
captains (for the third is commanded by the castellan
and governor of the said presidio), three alferezes,
three sergeants, two minor posts, and one hundred
and eighty soldiers among all the companies, in the
proportion of sixty men to each company, which is the
most authentic information that we have been able to
discover and ascertain. At the rate of one peso per
month from each captain, four reals from each alferez,
two from each sergeant, minor post, and soldier, it
amounts annually to six hundred and twenty-seven pesos 627 pesos

In the said presidio there are two adjutants of the
sargento-mayor, one with the pay of a musketeer,
and the other with two hundred and forty pesos per
[_illegible in MS._: year?], which at the rate of
two reals per month from the one who serves as a
soldier, and six from the other, amounts annually to
twelve pesos                                            12 pesos

Forts of Terrenate

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

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