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
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70. [Interprovincial trade of the various products shall not be
prohibited, as such prohibition is in violation of law viii, título
xviii, book iv and law xxv, título i, book vi, in accordance with
which laws trade is to be encouraged. The Indians may cut timber in
accordance with law xiv, título xvii, book iv. The desire for gain,
however, shall not be allowed to cause the Indians to send out of
any province the products necessary for its conservation. This may
be prohibited with the consent of the father minister, from whom the
alcalde-mayor shall ask a certification for his own protection. Without
that certification, he shall not make such prohibition, under penalty
of the penalties of the preceding ordinance. The natives shall pay
no fees for the privilege of interprovincial trade; and, if any
alcalde-mayor violates this, he shall incur a fine of 100 pesos,
besides the responsibility of making good all the loss occasioned by
his action. This shall also be a charge in the residencia.]
71. [This ordinance relates to the encouragement of the increase
of the produce of each province, for which all alcaldes-mayor and
other officials must work, under penalty of punishment for neglect
and disobedience. The products best suited for each province are to
be especially encouraged, whether of useful trees, wheat, and other
grains, vegetables, cotton, pepper, etc., or domestic cattle. Each
Indian shall have at least twelve hens and one cock, and one sow for
breeding purposes. Factories for the making of textiles and rigging
shall be encouraged and increased. Alcaldes-mayor shall strive
especially to wipe out the vice of laziness--which is the chief vice
among the Indians, and the origin of all their other vices--by mild
means, but if necessary by harsh ones, as this is so important for the
general good, in accordance with law xxi, título i, book vi. Those
who do not, within two years, work in their fields and gardens and
cultivate their lands shall lose them. Especial care shall be taken
of this during the visit, and annual reports shall be made by the
alcaldes-mayor, who shall be careful to state increase.]
72. [Similar to old ordinance 32 (q.v., ante, p. 211).]
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