The eighth and last is that of the food and munitions. As much as 50,000 pesos are given annually to the factor of the royal treasury, for expenses and the purchases of food, and the pay for the careening and repair of ten galleons and six galleys. For flour biscuit for the voyage, besides the rations, are spent 5,000 pesos; for iron, 1,250; for wax, cotton, and other things, 1,300; for balls and fuses, 1,000; for saltpetre, and the making of powder, 4,000. A quantity of money is sent to the alcaldes-mayor and the persons who bring in the supplies for the provision of the royal magazines, the amount being estimated at 86,000 pesos. On extraordinary watchmen are spent 2,000 pesos. To the keeper of the magazines of Manila is given 750 pesos; to his clerk, 222; to the keeper of those of Cavite, 395; to his clerk, 212; to the keeper of that of Jambolo in Pangasinan, 173; to the keeper of the magazines in the island of Hermosa, 300; to his accountant, 500; to his clerk, 200. The expense of this last department amounts to 153,202 [15,302--_MS._] pesos. Number 55. Summary of the expenses of the islands, and the persons employed The above is what is spent annually on the average, more or less according to the times, for all purposes in the Filipinas Islands, a summary of which (both of persons and money) is as follows. The first department, that of justice, supports 32 Spaniards, and costs 37,077 pesos The second--the conversion [of heathen], worship, and hospitality in most of the convents, and the hospitals and churches--supports 73 Spaniards, and costs 37,297 pesos. The third, the maintenance of friendly relations with the kings, costs 1,500 pesos. The fourth, the management of the royal treasury, in which 19 Spaniards are employed, costs 11,550 pesos. [21,550--_MS._] The fifth, the land warfare of Manila and its islands, in which 1,762 [1,702--_MS._] Spaniards and 140 Indians are employed, costs 229,696 pesos. The sixth, the war in Maluco and its islands, in which there are 612 Spaniards and 200 Indians employed, costs 97,128 pesos. The seventh, the navy and marine works, in which 832 Spaniards and 2,200 Indians are employed, costs 283,184 pesos. The eighth, the commissariat, in which 8 Spaniards are employed, costs 153,302 pesos. [53,302--_MS._] ------- 850,734