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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898; Volume 50: 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 50: 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

46. [On December 10, 1725, the same governor, in view of the report of
the Recollect provincial, of September 20, 1723, and the deductions of
the fiscal, October 7 and November 6, 1723, and January 14 and November
23, 1724, orders that all bandalas or purchases [117] of wax, rice,
and other products, be distributed among the natives according to the
several ability of each one, and with regard to the fact of whether
they have been able to reap a harvest, or to care for their crops
after planting them (see ordinance 20, which is expressed in almost
the same terms). The injuries done to the natives by the bandalas and
purchases must cease. Copies of this ordinance are to be sent to all
the villages and proclaimed in the native languages, in order that all
the natives may be informed of it. It is also to be noted in the books
of the royal accountancy, so that all purchases may be made according
to the terms expressed therein, and that all exactions may cease.]

47. [The governor, after examining the report of Fray Benito de San
Pablo, Recollect, formerly of the district of Romblon in the province
of Panay, in regard to the exactions of the alcaldes-mayor from the
natives, and the remarks of the fiscal, orders the alcaldes-mayor
to collect from the Indians tribute only in the products which they
possess; and but two gantas of rice, in place of the three which
they have usually and unlawfully collected. This shall be made a
matter in the residencia, and violations will be punished with fines
and penalties.]

48. [Governor Valdés Tamon under date of July 28, 1730, orders
instructions sent to the alcalde-mayor of Laguna de Bay and to all
other alcaldes-mayor, commanding them to pay for the services of the
natives according to the tariff (see ordinance 21), except in cases
of the administration of justice and matters of the common welfare.]

49. [An ordinance of the same governor, August 9, 1730, orders the
late alcalde-mayor of Ilocos to present himself in Manila within a
month after being notified thereof, in order that he may hand in his
accounts. He is to do this under penalty of a fine of 1,000 pesos. This
ordinance arises from the report of the judge of the residencia that
said alcalde-mayor, Captain Bernaldo Roldan, is building a large
dwelling house in the capital city of the province, whence will ensue
injury to the royal treasury from the detention of his accounts.]

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History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898; Volume 50: 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

46. [On December 10, 1725, the same governor, in view of the report of
the Recollect provincial, of September 20, 1723, and the deductions of
the fiscal, October 7 and November 6, 1723, and January 14 and November
23, 1724, orders that all bandalas or purchases [117] of wax, rice,
and other products, be distributed among the natives according to the
several ability of each one, and with regard to the fact of whether
they have been able to reap a harvest, or to care for their crops
after planting them (see ordinance 20, which is expressed in almost
the same terms). The injuries done to the natives by the bandalas and
purchases must cease. Copies of this ordinance are to be sent to all
the villages and proclaimed in the native languages, in order that all
the natives may be informed of it. It is also to be noted in the books
of the royal accountancy, so that all purchases may be made according
to the terms expressed therein, and that all exactions may cease.]

47. [The governor, after examining the report of Fray Benito de San
Pablo, Recollect, formerly of the district of Romblon in the province
of Panay, in regard to the exactions of the alcaldes-mayor from the
natives, and the remarks of the fiscal, orders the alcaldes-mayor
to collect from the Indians tribute only in the products which they
possess; and but two gantas of rice, in place of the three which
they have usually and unlawfully collected. This shall be made a
matter in the residencia, and violations will be punished with fines
and penalties.]

48. [Governor Valdés Tamon under date of July 28, 1730, orders
instructions sent to the alcalde-mayor of Laguna de Bay and to all
other alcaldes-mayor, commanding them to pay for the services of the
natives according to the tariff (see ordinance 21), except in cases
of the administration of justice and matters of the common welfare.]

49. [An ordinance of the same governor, August 9, 1730, orders the
late alcalde-mayor of Ilocos to present himself in Manila within a
month after being notified thereof, in order that he may hand in his
accounts. He is to do this under penalty of a fine of 1,000 pesos. This
ordinance arises from the report of the judge of the residencia that
said alcalde-mayor, Captain Bernaldo Roldan, is building a large
dwelling house in the capital city of the province, whence will ensue
injury to the royal treasury from the detention of his accounts.]

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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