Mexico; while nothing more than their rations of rice are
paid them here, which amount to three fanegas of unwinnowed
rice apiece per month, and some additional aid from year to
year, and between the departure of the vessels.  The total
will amount to eight thousand pesos.

          
                                                                                                    8U000 pesos.

There are three pilots, who are experienced in the navigation between these islands and the mainland, for some voyages that are usually made to the mainland near these islands, and who receive six hundred pesos apiece, or one thousand eight hundred pesos. 1U800 pesos.

In the royal warehouses of this city, ten Indians generally serve from month to month.  They receive apiece one peso per month, and their board, which amounts to one hundred and twenty pesos.  U120 pesos.

In the fragatas and other vessels of his Majesty which ply
amid these islands eighty Indians are employed from month
to month, each receiving one peso per month and their board,
which amounts to nine hundred and sixty pesos. 

          
                                                                                                    U960 pesos.

For the service of the port of Cavite and its vessels, sixty Indians are generally drafted each month.  They are paid six reals per month and their board, a total of five hundred and forty pesos.  U540 pesos.

To three Indian rope-makers who assist in the rope-factory
at Manila, where the hemp rigging is made, are paid total
annual wages of one hundred and fifty pesos. 

          
                                                                                                    U150 pesos

Each month thirty Indians work month by month in this rope
factory, to whom are paid six reals per month and their
rations of rice, a total of two hundred and seventy pesos. 

          
                                                                                                    U270 pesos.

Purchases

The black rigging and that made from abaca in Balayan for
the ships and galleys will amount to four thousand pesos.
4U000 pesos.

Every year hemp brought from Japon is bought for rigging,
which from year to year will amount to one thousand five
hundred pesos. 1U500 pesos.

One thousand six hundred quintals of pitch, at ten reals per
quintal, are also used annually, which amounts to two thousand
one hundred and twenty-five pesos 2U125 pesos.

The saltpeter purchased for this camp will average from year
to year one thousand eight hundred pesos.  Some years it will
amount to more or less. 1U800 pesos.