as is advisable, in order that the service be made effective, that as much expense as possible be avoided, and that there be sufficient revenue with which to pay the active and serviceable soldiers.  The third point is what you mention concerning consultation with the Audiencia and with other persons, in order to avoid difficulties.  If this cannot be secured in executing what has been ordered you, and in the rest, it will be advisable that you speak clearly and not in ambiguous and general terms—­especially stating what those difficulties are, what injury they cause, and whether they concern the public, or only the private affairs of certain interested parties.  For to the latter no attention is to be given, since it is certain that every one is working for his own interest and profit.  Whenever these reductions have been made in armies and militia, they are resented at the beginning.  Everything is assured, as is advisable, with good management and the execution of what is ordered.  Hence I again charge you most earnestly that, inasmuch as this matter of the expenses and revenues of those islands is paramount and cannot be overlooked, you shall endeavor to preserve whatever is possible, paying heed that the expense of what you shall take upon yourself does not prove of greater harm than what you are trying to remedy thereby.”]

33d.  I shall endeavor to have the same done in all the expenses that should be increased, when their utility and necessity should not be clear and evident, if they are not approved and confirmed by your Majesty.  I shall exercise constant care that the expenses do not increase in the treasury sessions.  I have also tried and shall try to lessen the expenses of the articles that are generally requested from Nueva Spana, and that can be avoided; for never have fewer things been requested than now, as will be seen by the enclosed certifications.

[Marginal note:  “It is well.”]

34th.  The most considerable and valuable part of the abundant aid that your Majesty was informed was given me in Nueva Spana, when I came here, was the soldiers; and of them the most and best, and those who made the best appearance, were the men that I brought from Spana.  The greater part of these, or nearly all, came aided and helped with my money, and even with the plate and silver pieces of my household.  I do not know that notice of it should have been given to your Majesty, for one should not charge to you so slight a service to whom all his possessions, his blood, and his life are due.  Consequently, I am not surprised that this should have been passed by for another.

[Marginal note:  “It is well.”]

35th.  The number of tributes will be placed in the titles of the encomiendas, what they pay, the value of their products, and in what district they are located, as your Majesty orders.