The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898. Volume 25 of 55

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Unknown. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898. Volume 25 of 55

Preface

Documents Of 1635

Laws Regarding Navigation and Commerce

Law XXX

Law XXXIII

Law LXXII

Law XLVI

Law XXXVII

Law VII

Law VIII

Law XXVI

Law XLV

Law XIX

Law XLIX

Law LI

Law LIII

Law LV

Law LVII

Law LXXVII

Law XXXVIII

Law LXIII

Law XXII

Law LXXIX

Law LXII

Law LXVII

Law L

Law XIII

Law LXXIII

Law XXXI

Law XXV

Law LXI

Law III

Law XIV

Law XLIII

Law XXXVI

Law XXXII

Law XLI

Royal Decrees, 1633–35

Memorial to the King by Juan Grao y Monfalcon in the Year 1635

Manila Treasury Accounts, 1630–35

Letter of Consolation to the Jesuits of Pintados

Letter to Felipe IV from Father Andres del Sacramento

Letter from the Franciscan Commissary-General of the Indias

Opinion of Council and Royal Decree Regarding the Request of the Jesuits of Manila for Alms for Their Residence

Letter from Pedro de Arce to Felipe IV

Documents of 1636

Discussion Regarding Portuguese Trade at Manila

Decree Extending the Tenure of Encomiendas

Military Services of Filipinos

Conflicts Between Civil and Ecclesiastical Authorities, 1635–36

Chapter XV

Chapter XVI

Chapter XVII

Chapter XVIII

Letter Written by a Citizen of Manila to an Absent Friend

Request for Jesuit Missionaries

Letter from the Bishop of Nueva Caceres to Felipe IV

List of Prominent Ecclesiastics in Manila and the Islands

Bibliographical Data

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• Laws regarding navigation and commerce, 1611–35. Felipe III and Felipe IV; 1611–35.

• Royal decrees, 1633–35. Felipe IV; 1633–35.

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The King. To Marqués de Cerralvo, my relative, member of my Council of War, governor and captain-general of the provinces of Nueva España, and president of my royal Audiencia therein: Don Juan Grau y Monfalcon, procurator-general of the city of Manila, has informed me that there is great need of sailors and soldiers in those islands, and that they need at least 2,200 soldiers for the defense of those islands—600 being assigned to the city; in the fort and redoubt, 100; in the fort of Cavite, another 100; in the galleys, a like number; in Cibu and Caragua, 200; in the island of Hermosa and Cagayan, 400; and in Terrenate, 600. There can be no security without them, and although some reënforcements are sent from Nueva España, as these are so few those needs are not remedied. It is also necessary that the ships that sail from Acapulco to the said islands leave at the latest by the twenty-fifth of March, because of the troubles that result if the contrary be done. He petitioned me to order you to make the reënforcements to the fullest extent possible, and to send annually at least four hundred soldiers, eight hundred and fifty sailors and the artillerymen that you can send, since the conservation of the islands depends on them. The matter having been examined in my Council of War of the Yndias, I have considered it fitting to give the present, by which I charge and order you to fulfil in both matters the commands of my decrees in this regard. Madrid, March 10, 1634.

The King. To Don Sebastian Hurtado de Corcuera, knight of the Order of Alcantara, my governor and captain-general of the Filipinas Islands, and president of my royal Audiencia resident therein, or the person or persons in whose charge their government may be: Don Juan Grau y Monfalcon, procurator-general of that city, has informed me that that said city has been granted, for its fortification, the proceeds of the income from the monopoly on playing-cards and other articles, and that the money that has been received from those sources was always paid into the fortification fund; but that, in violation of that, Don Juan Niño de Tabora, my former governor of those islands, ordered that the said sums be placed in my royal treasury, as was done. On that account, the money that is so necessary for the different works, the repairs, and fortifications that arise daily, is lacking. He says that the city having petitioned the governor to have the sums that belonged to the said fund returned, he refused to comply; but on the contrary ordered that the city furnish, from its communal property, all that was thus placed in my royal treasury. He petitioned me to be pleased to have my royal decree issued ordering that no room be given for such innovation, that the city and its council might spend and distribute their communal funds freely, as they have always done, since that pertains to the city; and that the kinds of income that have been customary in the past be placed therein and in no other fund. The matter having been examined in my royal Council of the Yndias, I have considered it fitting to give the present, by which I order you to cause to be observed and fulfilled exactly the orders that were given and commanded in this regard before the said Don Juan Niño de Tavora made this innovation. Madrid, September 9, 1634.

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