The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 27 of 55: 1636-37; 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 27 of 55: 1636-37; 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 seventh is that of the navy and what pertains to marine
works. There are six galleys, used as a guard for the islands. They
have one commander-in-chief, who receives 800 pesos; one lieutenant,
600; six captains, two of whom live in Manila, two in the island
of Hermosa, each 422 pesos, and two in Terrenate, each 699 and
one-half pesos; one accountant, 400; one chaplain [captain--_MS._],
200. Each galley has one leader, who receives 170 pesos; one master,
300; one boatswain, [46] 250; one boatswain's mate, 217 and one-half;
one alguaçil, 230; one oarmaker, 230; three sailors, each 133. In all
[six galleys] there are 1,080 convicts who receive 27 pesos and two
reals, and three pesos in clothing. These six galleys cost 45,026
pesos annually. There are twelve pilots in the ports of Cavite, the
island of Hermosa, and Terrenate, each of whom receives 200 pesos when
he is not afloat (for when afloat they receive more); ten boatswains
[_contramaestres_] of as many boats, who are paid each 325 pesos;
ten boatswain's mates, each 225. There are 520 sailors, each of whom
receives 175 pesos, among whom are included those who sail to Nueva
España, Terrenate, and the island of Hermosa, and other parts. There
are 200 common seamen, each of whom receives 60 and one-half pesos;
seven coopers, each 325; four Indian coopers, each 72 and one-half; one
diver, 350; one hundred and sixty Sangleys (24 of whom are pilots), who
serve as sailors in the champans and bring the food and war supplies,
all of whom together get 7,504 pesos; twenty Indians, who serve in
the boat that acts as a scout-boat in the island of Marivelez, who
receive five hundred and forty pesos; one hundred and thirty Lascars,
natives of India, who are sailors and common seamen, 9,754 pesos; one
master of ropemaking, one hundred and seventy-five pesos; two Indian
ropemakers, each 78 pesos; fifty Indians who work at the rigging,
each 24 and one-half pesos; six Spanish carpenters, each 325; five
hundred and fifty Indians, carpenters along the Cavite coast (six
of them, who are bosses, each 97 pesos; 120 workmen and laborers,
each 61; and the rest, each 49); 50 other Sangley carpenters and
sawyers, who are paid 4,220 pesos; seven Spanish calkers, each 325;
four slave calkers, each 47 and one-half; fourteen Sangley calkers,
who get 1,165 pesos; one master of the smithy of Cavite, 425; another
of the Manila foundry, 375; another of the smithy of the army, 350;
one hundred Indian smiths, for the three smithies, get 5,377 pesos;
thirty Sangley smiths, ten of them bosses of forges, are paid 2,280
pesos. Therefore this part amounts to 180,731 pesos.
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