1,534 iron cannon-balls, kept in reserve for the said artillery. 1 bronze mortar, carrying a 300-libra ball. 95 muskets. 85 match-lock arquebuses. 3,414 balls for these guns. 161 grenades. 80 bar-shots. 80 lanterns (a contrivance for [using] fire and stone). 148 Turkish swords, pikes, broad daggers, hand-spikes, lances, and gun-forks. 200 arrobas of gunpowder, kept in reserve. The troops in the regular garrison of the said castle are composed of one company of Spanish infantry, commanded by the warden (who is appointed by his Majesty), with a lieutenant-commander, an orderly aide-de-camp, an alférez, a sergeant, and five minor posts--those of page, standard-bearer, fifer, and two drummers. It has sixty regular soldiers, one head gunner, and twelve artillerymen. The fort has also, as workmen in the shops, Pampango soldiers in a company of infantry, with their captain, alférez, sergeant, the three minor posts of standard-bearer, fifer, and drummer, and ninety regular soldiers, three of them receiving extra pay. The wages and rations of the said troops are paid monthly, in the form which is shown in the following schedule: Officers: The warden, 66 pesos, 5 tomins; his lieutenant, 15 p.; the aide-de-camp, 5 p., 6 t.; the alférez, 4 p.; the sergeant, 3 p.; the head gunner, 4 p.; the Pampango captain, 6 p.; the alférez and the sergeant, each 2 p., 4 t. Soldiers: The sixty Spanish soldiers, each 2 pesos; the twelve artillerymen, each 2 p.; the page, the standard-bearer, the fifer, and the drummers, each 2 p.; the Pampango soldiers, and the men in the minor posts, each 1 p., 2 t. These wages amount in the year to 4,595 pesos in cash; and the rice, of which rations are issued to all, to 1,219 1/2 fanegas. All this expense is met from the royal treasury and storehouses of Manila; the exact statement regarding it will be found at the end. DESCRIPTION OF CAVITE In sight of Manila, and south-southeast of it, at a distance of three leguas by way of the waters of the bay, and six short leguas by land--in 14° 31' of north latitude, and 158° 38' of east longitude--is the port of Cavite, which is formed by a tongue of land, curved from east to west; it is 5,100 feet long, and 1,200 feet broad. It is the ordinary anchorage for the ships of his Majesty and of private persons, as well as for the pataches belonging to the commerce of the various Oriental peoples, who come here to carry it on every year, at regular times.