The import duties on the Chinese merchandise entering this
city, amounted, this said year of six hundred and eight, to
thirty-eight thousand, two hundred and eighty-eight pesos,
four tomins, and two granos.  In this matter no exact figures
can be given, because it is more or less, according to the
amount of merchandise brought annually by the Sangleys.

          
                                                                                                    38U288 pesos, 4 tomins, 2 granos.

The import duties and freight-charges on the goods brought
from Nueva Espana, and entering this city are usually worth
five hundred pesos, or thereabout, because the citizens of
these islands to whom the goods are consigned have received the
concession of not paying duties on goods to the value of three
hundred pesos for the married person, and one hundred and fifty
pesos for the single person; and because the bulk of these
said goods is to be used for their households and comfort. 

          
                                                                                                    U500 pesos, —­ tomins.

The duties on the goods exported from this city to the said
Nueva Espana are usually worth fourteen thousand pesos.  In
this matter no exact figures can be given, for it varies
according to the value of the merchandise.

          
                                                                                                    14U000 pesos.

52U788 [pesos], 4 [tomins], 2 [granos].

Fines forfeited to the royal treasury

Seven hundred and eight pesos have been paid into the royal
treasury this year from fines forfeited to the royal treasury. 
U708 pesos, —­ tomins.

Expenses of justice and courts

From the expenses of justice and courts, sixty pesos have
been paid into the royal treasury this year. 
U060 pesos, —­ tomins.

Amount of the tributes. 33U905 pesos, 5 tomins.

The situados. 31U298 pesos, 7 tomins.

The tithes of gold.  U800 pesos.

Ecclesiastical tithes. 1U000 pesos.

Import and export duties.
52U788 [pesos], 4 [tomins], 2 [granos].

        Fines forfeited to the royal treasury.  U708 pesos.

        Expenses of justice and the courts.  U060 pesos.

----------------------------------
120U561 pesos, —­ tomins, 2 granos.

All the above incomes total one hundred and twenty thousand five hundred and sixty-one pesos and two granos of common gold.

Statement of the Ordinary Expense Incurred By His Majesty in These Islands

Common gold