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
32. [Great care is to be taken to have the Indians plant cocoanut
palms and set out abacá plants: the chiefs, trees to the number
of two hundred and plants to the same number; and timauas, each
to the number of one hundred. Those dying out are to be renewed,
so that the number may always be kept up. This is to be a matter of
personal care on the part of the alcaldes-mayor, who are to appoint a
representative in each village to register the trees and plants and
render account of neglect to observe this law. The palms are useful
for the support of the Indians, while from its fruit are obtained oil,
wine, and bonote for the furnishing of the galleons and other vessels,
and the material for making rigging. For failure to prepare these
supplies for the ships, a fine of 1,000 pesos shall be imposed for
the purchase of oil and abacá, and the omission shall be made a charge
in the residencia. Loss of office shall also be incurred, and for the
inferior officials a penalty of two years in the galley without pay.]
33. [The Indians, both men and women, and the married Christian
Sangleys must be made to destroy the locusts that do so great harm to
the crops throughout the islands, especially the young, called locton,
which are so destructive, and can be killed easily as they have no
wings. Each person shall be charged during certain days or weeks
to kill so many gantas of this destructive pest, under penalties
that shall be imposed for neglect. Neglect by the alcaldes-mayor
and corregidors in this law shall mean deposition from office, and
a charge in their residencia.]
34. [No obstacle shall be placed to the Sangley craft that have
government permission to trade in any province, during the time of
said permission. But at the end of the term of their license, they
must return to Manila, and the alcaldes-mayor and corregidors may not
continue that period. Sangleys found without the government license,
or with it, if outside the provinces of Tondo, Bulacan, Pampanga,
Laguna de Bay, and the jurisdiction of the port of Cavite, to which
the government license extends, shall be arrested and sent with their
crafts to Manila, with testimony to that effect, so that they may be
punished fittingly. If any license is given or continued unlawfully,
a fine of 1,000 Castilian ducados shall be imposed, and perpetual
deprivation of office.]
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