The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898. Volume 27 of 55

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Preface

Documents of 1636

Letter from Corcuera to Felipe IV

Letter from Felipe IV to Corcuera

Royal Decrees

Memorial Informatorio Al Rey

Grau y Monfalcon’s Informatory Memorial of 1637

Number 1. Intention of this memorial, in which are discussed all the principal matters of the Filipinas Islands

Number 2. Condition of the commerce of the islands, and dangers from any changes therein

Number 3. Commissions given to Licentiate Quiroga, and their execution

Number 4. Uneasiness caused in Nueva España, and what can be feared in the islands

[V. Purpose to which this memorial is directed.—Ex. his.]

[VI. Proposition to abandon the islands, and its foundations.—Ex. his.]

Number 7. More attention should be paid to the conservation of states than to the increase of the royal revenues

Number 8. As, and for the reasons that, Flandes is preserved, the islands should be preserved

Number 9. Resolution of preserving the islands well founded

Number 10. The conservation of the islands is more necessary today

Number 11. First reason of the importance of the islands: their discovery

Number 12. Second reason for the importance of the islands: their size and number

Number 13. Grandeur and characteristics of the distinguished and very loyal city of Manila

Number 14. Third reason of the importance of the islands: their native and acquired character

Number 15. Commerce of the islands, domestic and foreign; and in what the domestic consists

Number 16. Number and diversity of Indians in the islands

Number 17. Indians tributary to the royal crown in the Indias

Number 18. Fourth reason for the importance of the islands: their location, as21 is explained

Number 19. Importance of the islands because they offer opposition to the Dutch

Number 20. The foreign and general commerce of the islands makes them more valuable

Number 21. Estimation of the commerce of the Orient, and its condition

Number 22. Oriental commerce; why it is valued

Number 23. Beginnings of the Oriental commerce by way of Persia

Number 24. Commerce of the Orient through the Arabian Gulf and other parts

Number 25. Commerce of India confined to Portugal

Number 26. Entrance of the Dutch into India, and their commerce

Number 27. Commerce of the Orient, which the Dutch carry on from Ba[n]tan

Number 28. Commerce in cloves, and how the Dutch entered it, and took possession of Maluco

Number 29. Recovery of Maluco by the governor of Filipinas, and its annexation thereto

Number 30. The clove trade, which is carried on by way of India

Number 31. The Dutch return to Maluco; and the deeds of the governor of Filipinas

Number 32. Dutch forts and presidios in the Filipinas district

Number 33. Arguments based on the forts of the Dutch

Number 34. First argument: for the condition and danger of the commerce

Number 35. Second argument: participation in the clove trade of Maluco

Number 36. Third argument: the profits of that commerce, and the effect [on it] of the Filipinas

Number 37. [Fourth argument:] Commerce of China sustains the Filipinas, and how it is carried on

Number 38. Fifth argument for the importance of the islands: their superiority in those seas

Number 39. Sixth argument for the importance of the islands: the effects of their preservation

Number 40. First effect of the conservation of the islands: the promulgation of the faith

Number 41. Second effect of the conservation of the islands: the security of India

Number 42. Third effect of the conservation of the islands: to deprive Olanda of commerce

Number 43. Fourth effect of the conservation of the islands: the relief of the Indias

Number 44. Fifth effect of the conservation of the islands: the reputation of this crown

Number 45. Means existing for the conservation of the islands

Number 46. Points to which the execution of the means proposed can be reduced

Number 47. First point: of the expenses of the islands; and the first division of it, the administration of justice

Number 48. Second division: the conversion, preaching, divine worship, and the hospitals

Number 49. Third division: the presents sent by the governor

Number 50. Fourth division: the management of the royal treasury

Number 51. Fifth division: land warfare

Number 52. Sixth division: of the defense of Maluco

Number 53. Seventh division: the navy and marine works

Number 54. Eighth division: the food, munitions,47 and other expenses

Number 55. Summary of the expenses of the islands, and the persons employed

Number 56. Second point: of that which the Filipinas produce

Number 57. The excess of expenditures for the islands over the receipts

Number 58. The islands contribute more than they spend

Number 59. How and in what the inhabitants aid in the support of the islands

Number 60. To what degree the inhabitants of the islands ought to be favored

Number 61. It is not advisable that the magistracies of the islands be sold

Number 62. Third point: of the commerce of the islands with Nueva España

Number 63. Why the islands need the commerce of Nueva España

Number 64. Commerce of the islands: why it is injurious to España

Number 65. Reply to the damages of the commerce of Filipinas; and to the first, regarding the withdrawal of the silver

Number 66. Reply to the statement touching the merchandise exported from the islands

Number 67. Commerce of España with the Indias: why it is decreasing

Number 68. First reason for the decline of the commerce of the Indias

Number 69. Second cause for the decline of the commerce of the Indias

Number 70. Third cause for the decline of the commerce of the Indias

Number 71. Fourth cause for the decline of the commerce of the Indias

Number 72. The Filipinas do not damage the commerce of España

Number 73. Beginning of the commerce of the islands

Number 74. Permission for the commerce of the Indias, and its final form

Number 75. Administration of the permission for the islands for its citizens alone

Number 76. Declaration of what is or is not included in the five hundred thousand pesos allowed

Number 77. Smuggled Chinese goods shall not be sold in Perú

Number 78. Permission to trade between Perú and Nueva España, and its condition

Number 79. Fourth, point: of the condition of the commerce between the islands and Nueva España

Number 80. Allegations of transgressions of the permissions given for the islands and Perú

Number 81. The violations of law in all commerce, and why they are not remedied

Number 82. Tacit permission for what is secreted in the commerce

Number 83. The illegalities in the two commerces of the islands and Perú cannot be such as are alleged, in the withdrawal of silver

Number 84. The concealment of silver in the galleons argues for the two permissions

Number 85. Excess in the merchandise, over the amount permitted to the islands, cannot be what is stated

Number 86. Permission for the merchandise of the islands: how it is understood there

Number 87. Imposition of the two per cent, and the reason why it should be repealed

Number 88. Scanty profits of the commerce of the islands

Number 89. The new resolution incompatible with that for the two per cent

Number 90. Argument for the two per cent that was proposed in Nueva España

Number 91. The commerce of the islands pays more duties than any other

Number 92. The profits [navigations—MS.] of the citizens of Manila do not equal their losses

Number 93. Misfortunes, losses, and damages that have been suffered by the city of Manila and its inhabitants

Number 94. Fifth point: in which is explained the commerce of the islands, according to its parts

Number 95. Trade of the islands necessary in Nueva España, because of their goods

Number 96. Distinctions in products from the islands, and their qualities with respect to those of España

Number 97. Damage caused to the [sale of] Spanish silks by those of China

[XCVIII.—Ex. his.] The damage caused by the silver that is sent to the islands is not at the charge of their inhabitants

Number 99. Intention of the inhabitants of the islands in regard to the excesses of the commerce

Number 100. Summary of what is alleged in this memorial

Documents of 1637

Defeat of Moro Pirates

Auditorship of Accounts in Manila, 1595–1637

[Point 1]

Point 2

Point 3

[Point 4]

The Conquest of Mindanao

Events in Filipinas, 1636–37

Corcuera’s Triumphant Entry into Manila

Royal Aid Requested by the Jesuits at Manila

Letters from Corcuera to Felipe IV

Bibliographical Data

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Letter to Felipe IV. Sebastian Hurtado de Corcuera; June 30.

Letter to Corcuera. Felipe IV; October 11.

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He likewise informs us that Pedro de Heredia wrote to him that the natives of the islands of Terrenate, who hitherto recognized Cachil Varo as king of Tidore, have refused him obedience, and crowned in his place another Moro chief named Cachil Horotalo, saying that this one is the true heir of that kingdom and that Cachil Varo is an intruder. This makes him very anxious, because besides the fact that it is not his affair to disinherit kingdoms, the new one whom they pretend is the king has been hitherto retired in Malayo under the protection of the Dutch, fulfilling the duties of naval commander; and he had even sent him ambassadors, promising fidelity. Little dependence is to be put upon his words, and Cachil Varo is a very valiant Moro and my true servant, to whom hitherto presents have been given each year, and, before him, to his father. Besides having become hispanicized, and an ally of this crown, he has retired to his fort in Tidore, which is a more important one than those I hold, and he is obeyed by the people in general, with more than two thousand chiefs. This has appeared satisfactory; and I charge you particularly always to aid friendly kings with whom we have alliances and friendship.

He says there is nothing in that government so important as that the port of Cavite be well provided with the necessary naval supplies, and some person who is very competent and intelligent placed in charge of it. The other offices are given as favors, but for this one some person is sought who must be asked to accept it. Such has been the case with him who is stationed there as commander of the fort and river-master—namely, Captain Juan de Olaz, who attends to it in such manner that for many years the port has not been so abundantly supplied nor more faithfully administered—very different from the condition in which it was, lacking everything. You will give him many thanks on my behalf and let care be taken regarding his person, that favors may be bestowed on him when occasion offers.

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