The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 14 of 55 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 325 pages of information about The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 14 of 55.

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 14 of 55 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 325 pages of information about The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 14 of 55.

2U400 In the encomienda of Bohol and Bantayan in the said province
        of Cebu—­which was apportioned to the royal crown this year,
        one thousand six hundred and eight, because of the death of Don
        Pedro de Gamboa, its former owner; and which his Majesty enjoys
        since the twenty-second of January of this said year—­there
        are two thousand tour hundred tributes at one peso.
          
                                                     2U400 pesos, —­ tomins.

3U624 In the encomienda of Panay and Oton there are three thousand
        six hundred and twenty-four tributes at one peso.
          
                                                     3U624 pesos, —­ tomins.

U382 In the village of Baybay, on the river of this city, three
        hundred and eighty-two tributes are collected from Christian
        Sangleys.  U382 pesos, —­ tomins.

1U500 There are always a varying number of infidel Sangleys living
        in the Parian of this city; as for the last collections,
        they amount to one thousand five hundred tributes.
          
                                                     1U500 pesos, —­ tomins.

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32U395 1/2										33U906 pesos, 5 tomins.

Situados of all the encomiendas in these islands

Common gold

The situado [42] of his Majesty’s encomiendas above mentioned amounts to eight thousand and ninety-eight pesos and seven tomins, at the rate of two reals for each tribute—­the tributes amounting to thirty-two thousand three hundred and ninety-five and one-half 8U098 pesos, 7 tomins.

The situados of the encomiendas of individuals in these
islands amount to twenty-three thousand two hundred pesos.
23U200 pesos.

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31U298 pesos, 7 tomins.

Tithes of gold

The tithes of gold (of which the tenth is taken in these
islands) are worth on an average, considering former years,
eight hundred pesos. 

          
                                                                                                    U800 pesos, —­ tomins.

Ecclesiastical tithes

Of the ecclesiastical tithes of this archbishopric of
Manila and of the three bishoprics of the islands, there
are collected annually, on an average, one thousand pesos;
for, although they have been worth one thousand one hundred
pesos or one thousand two hundred pesos, in certain years,
they approximate to the said sum, according to the present.

          
                                                                                                    1U000 pesos, —­ tomins.

Import and export duties

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