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
35. [A government order of September 13, 1688, in pursuance of a
royal order of the ninth of the same month, arranged for "raids into
the mountains of the provinces of these islands, for the reduction
of the Indians in insurrection and the mountain-dwellers in the
provinces of Cagayan, Caraga, Calamianes, the island of Negros, Oton,
Camarines, and Leyte; and that in the said provinces of Cagayan,
Caraga, Calamianes, and Oton, where Spanish and Pampanga infantry is
garrisoned, whenever aid of money and rice is given on the account
of his Majesty, the said raids shall be made with that part of the
infantry that is deemed advisable, while the remainder shall be left
for the usual matters for which it was intended. The alcaldes-mayor
of Camarines and Leyte shall give aid from the royal property in their
charge, in rice to the amount of one ganta of palay per day for every
person taking part in the said raids, for the time of their duration,
but he must not forget to send a previous report to this superior
government, with the testimony of the notary of each province and the
certification of the father minister of the doctrina of the number
of persons to be occupied in said raids, and at the end of said raids
he shall send a report of them, and the time they lasted." Otherwise
the alcaldes-mayor will not be credited with the amount of rations
they have supplied for such raids. In regard to the island of Negros,
the corregidor of that island shall requisition the necessary troops
from the alcalde-mayor of Cebú. This order shall be sent to all the
provinces and shall be kept in the archives of the courts thereof,
so that it may be exactly observed.]
36. [Lists of the persons sailing in any royal vessel to points in
the islands shall be furnished by the pilot or master; as well as
the time for which they are supplied with food. A month's rations are
to be allowed to such persons after supplies are exhausted. If they
cannot return to Manila in that time because of some unforeseen event,
another month's ration shall be given them by the alcalde-mayor in
whose jurisdiction they may happen to be, and the amount entered in
their accounts, so that it may be made good. All repairs to such
vessels as have to be made in the provinces, and the cost of the
same shall be estimated by experts in the presence of the proper
officials and the priest of the village. The alcalde-mayor shall pay
the same from the royal funds, and, on the statement of the priest,
the expense shall be admitted.]
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