e inspection of ships which is made
in the port of Manila, on those ships which come from Nueva Espana
and other parts; and he shall denounce those which carry more than
what is permitted. The judges who shall try the cause shall apply the
merchandise denounced to our royal exchequer, and shall punish the
guilty rigorously. [Felipe III--Madrid, May 4, 1619; Felipe IV--Madrid,
March 25, 1633.]

LAW LXXIII

In the court trials regarding the seizures of smuggled goods from
China which shall be seized in Peru, what shall pertain to the
denouncers--namely, their third part--shall be paid to them immediately
in money, provided it does not pass or exceed that ordered by laws
of titulo 17, libro 8, which treat of seizures of smuggled goods,
irregularities, and confiscations; and provided that the money be
not taken from our royal treasury under any consideration, but from
expenses of justice or fines forfeited to the treasury, or from
the proceeds from merchandise or other articles which generally
come with those that are contraband and outside the register, which
are not from China, or of those prohibited to be sold or traded in
Peru. We charge the viceroys to advise us on all occasions, with
specification, of these denunciations, and of the part given to
the denouncer, and in what quantity and kind, making us a clear and
distinct relation. [Felipe IV--Madrid, March 31, 1633.]

LAW XXXI

It was ordered that the ships that go from Nueva Espana to Filipinas
must sail from the port of Acapulco by the end of March, without
extending even a day into April. And inasmuch as we are informed
that that is inconvenient, we order that the ships be prepared with
all that is necessary by December, so that at the end of that month,
they may leave the said port of Acapulco, so that they may be able to
arrive at the said islands, at the latest, some time in March. It is
our will that this be executed inviolably, and it will be made a charge
of omission in the residencia of the viceroys of Nueva Espana; and,
if they do not so do, we shall consider ourselves disserved. [Felipe
IV--Madrid, August 26, 1633.]

LAW XXV

We order the viceroys of Nueva Espana to give the necessary orders,
and to take suitable precautions, that the provision which is made
annually for the departure of the ships which sail from the port
of Acapulco to Filipinas be made there very seasonably, so that the
ships may not be detained, or those who are to embar