The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55, 1640: 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 centuryAduarte, Diego
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55, 1640: 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
Aduarte, Diego
Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources
On the credit side of the account, the tributes from the crown
encomiendas are worth each year 53,715 pesos; and the two reals which
are paid to the king by each Indian in the private encomiendas amount
to 21,107 pesos. The licenses which are given to the Sangleys come to
112,000 pesos; and the tributes from these Sangleys, to 8,250. The
fifth and the tenth of gold, 750 pesos. The ecclesiastical tithes,
which are collected by the royal exchequer for the support of the
prelates and clergy, 2,750 pesos. The freight charges in his Majesty's
ships, 350 pesos. The court fines, 1,000 pesos. The customs duties,
38,000 pesos. The mesada and half-annats, 6,000. From these ten sources
the income amounts to 243,922 pesos; to this must be added the imposts,
freight dues, and customs duties which are collected in Nueva España
on the merchandise that comes from the islands--all which amount to
300,000 pesos, and this is income that results and proceeds from the
islands; accordingly, by a decree of February 19, 1606, it is commanded
that these charges, adding to their amount each year, be remitted to
Manila, and that so much less be sent from the royal exchequer of
Mexico. And if all these goods are sold and traded in Nueva España
once, or two or more times, and pay the customary charges of alcabala,
[6] if the rate of two [per cent] which they usually pay was moderated
to 30,000 pesos in the larger memorial, the rate on the said [sales]
will certainly amount to 60,000 pesos. With this, the islands now
have 593,922 pesos to their credit; so that their [actual] expense
cannot be estimated at more than 256,812 pesos--[and that] without
counting the proceeds of the Crusade, those from intestate property,
or the monopoly of playing-cards.
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