I have appointed Alferez Pedro Alvarez corregidor of the jurisdiction of Ybalon, and military commander there, as he is possessed of the qualifications required for this office, and has served your Majesty in these islands more than sixteen years when occasion offered.  He has a salary of a hundred pesos of common gold per year, for which he serves both offices.  I sent him the commission on the fifth of August, one thousand six hundred and twenty-seven.

I have appointed Captain Silvestre de Aybar warden of the camp and fort San Gabriel, which overlooks the Parian of the Sangleys, with power to administer justice in all matters which may arise in the said Parian; for he is a person of proved capability, and of the qualifications and abilities which are necessary for this office.  He has served your Majesty for thirty years past in those kingdoms, Nueva Espana and these islands.  He has a salary of a thousand pesos per year, which is not paid from the royal treasury, but from that maintained by the community of Sangleys in the said Parian, where they contribute each year for matters necessary there, and for others pertaining to the royal service.  I sent his commission on the seventeenth of September, one thousand six hundred and twenty-seven.

I have appointed General Don Andres Perez Franco as warden of the fort San Philippe at the port of Cavite, and military commander there and chief justice; for he has many talents and qualifications, and is well acquainted with the said port, where he has been at other times and has occupied honorable offices.  He has no salary appointed from the royal treasury, and accordingly serves without it, on account of the promotion of Sargento-mayor Juan Garcia Pelaez, who held the said offices, to be commander-in-chief of the provinces of Cagaian, Ylocos, and Pangasinan.  I sent him the commission as such warden on the twenty-eighth of September of one thousand six hundred and twenty-seven.

General Don Juan de Alcarazo I have appointed chief commander of the two galleons “San Yldifonso” and “Nuestra Senora de Pena de Francia,” which I sent as a fleet against the Dutch enemy who was at the port of Macan awaiting the ships of the Portuguese, which were going back from here with the produce from the merchandise which they brought.  The said galleons went to protect and guard them, and for other purposes pertaining to the service of your Majesty in the localities which the Dutch infested.  I made this appointment on account of his many good qualities and because he has served your Majesty in the military habit and profession twenty-three years—­both in the royal navy in those parts, and in these islands—­whenever occasion offered, occupying posts and offices of the most honor, wherein he has acquitted himself very well.  He performed the said office for six hundred Castilian ducados per month, which is the salary drawn by similar commanders.  I sent him the commission on the ninth of October, one thousand six hundred and twenty-seven.