The King was in Majorca during July and August 1232. He granted very liberal _Fueros_ to the people and completed the settlement of the island. The final document in which the distribution of lands among the conquerors is recorded was signed on July 1, 1232. The lands were divided into _jovadas_, and these were subdivided into _cuarteradas_, a _cuarterada_ being a certain portion of squared land, with each side forty _brazas_ in length. A _braza_ was the length of King Jayme’s arms from finger-tips to finger-tips, and, as he was over six feet, this was a good fathom. The length of each side of a _cuarterada_ was therefore eighty English yards. A _jovada_ was originally the portion of land that a yoke of bullocks could plough in one day; but in the Majorca division it was counted at sixteen _cuarteradas_. The Arabic names were used, _rahal_ being a house or property near a town; _alqueria_ a farm, a word still in use; _beni_ preceding a place-name meaning ‘the house of.’ As many as 573 _rahales_ and _alquerias_ were thus granted by the King, the grantees paying certain dues to the four great feudatories, En Nuño, Count of Roussillon, the Count of Ampurias, Gaston de Moncada, and the Bishop of Barcelona. But this only includes half the grants, the rest having been made by the great feudatories themselves to their own followers. Altogether upwards of fifteen hundred farms must have been distributed. There was also a division of the mills, and of the rights to running water. The number of farms gives an idea of the flourishing condition of the island in the time of the Moors. They were succeeded by an equally energetic and intelligent race of farmers and artisans. The Knights Templars received the strong castle near the south-eastern angle of the city walls, afterwards called the Temple, and a great number of farms. The Knights Hospitallers also acquired very considerable landed property. On a small island the population, under circumstances like the conquest of Mallorca, is soon changed. A great number of the Moors perished, many escaped to Muhammadan Spain or Africa, many were taken away by their new masters. There is certainly no trace of Moorish blood among the present inhabitants. The government of Majorca, according to the _Fueros_ of King Jayme I., granted in 1240, consisted of six persons, elected annually, called _Jurados_, who formed the municipal authority. The president, called _Jurado en cap_, belonged to the class of nobles; two were citizens liable for military service, two were of the merchant class, and one of the labouring class. Until 1447 the _Jurados_ were co-opted, but afterwards a sort of ballot was adopted. There was a General Council of 143 deputies, the _Jurado en cap_ presiding. The deputies consisted of a fixed number of representatives of the capital and other towns, and of knights, merchants, and artisans. There was one judge, called the _Bayle General_, until the institution of the Audiencia in 1576.