_The governor's decree._ The official judges of the royal estate of his Majesty shall certify at the foot of this decree the amount in pesos which they have paid from the royal treasury under their charge from the year six hundred and thirty-two until June twenty-four of the past year, six hundred and thirty-five, on the old pay-checks for pay, salary, or for other purposes, which were owed to various persons; and which, by virtue of their powers and transfers, were paid in entirety by virtue of a decree of the government, to extraordinary persons. [This is to be given] summarily, each year by itself; and [must show] the sum that is distributed each year. Given at Manila, February ten, one thousand six hundred and thirty-six. Don Sebastian Hurtado de Corcuera Francisco de Ortega _The reply of the royal officials._ The official judges of the royal estate say that the general books, and the old pay-checks which have been paid by decree of the governors during the time to which your Lordship refers in your order, have been delivered to the auditing department of the exchequer; and that there is no reason for the compilation of such a report by them. They petition your Lordship to be pleased to refer the matter to the auditor of accounts, as he has possession of all the said papers. Manila, February sixteen, one thousand six hundred and thirty-six. Ynigo de Vlllareal Don Baltasar Ruiz de Escalona Manila, February twenty-three, one thousand six hundred and thirty-six. Let the auditor [_contador_] Juan Bautista de Cubiaga, auditor of accounts and results in these islands, give the certification that is asked for by the decree of February ten of this year. At the foot of that decree is the rubric of Governor Don Sebastian Hurtado de Corcuera. Ortega [_Marginal note:_ "Certification of the auditor of accounts and amounts--102 thousand 596 pesos, 1 tomin, 8 granos paid in pay-checks with the authority of the owners."]