ikewise some of the royal decrees and clauses of instruction
which were given to the said governor Don Francisco Tello have not
been carried out. In these it is ordered and commanded that certain
things are to be done for the good government of these islands,
conjointly with the archbishop thereof. As the latter died soon after
his arrival in this city, they were suspended, without any action
or consideration being taken of them, because the said governor was
commanded to communicate and act with the said archbishop.

In proof of the truth of what is here related, by the request and
command of Don Francisco Tello, knight of the habit of Santiago,
governor and captain-general of these islands, I have given the
present, dated in the city of Manila, on the fourteenth day of the
month of July of the year one thousand five hundred and ninety-nine. I
have therefore set my seal hereto in witness of the truth.

_Gaspar de Acebo_

We, the notaries-public and royal who sign here, certify and bear
witness that Gaspar de Acebo, by whom this instrument is signed and
sealed, is secretary of the government of these islands; and to the
instruments and documents which are drawn before him entire faith and
credit is given, in and out of court. That this may appear we have
given the present in the city of Manila, in the Filipinas Islands,
on the fourteenth day of the month of July, of the year one thousand
five hundred and ninety-nine.

_Francisco de Valencia_, notary-public.
_Joan Paez de Sotomayor_, notary royal.
_Juan Estebes_, notary for his Majesty.

Ordinances Enacted by the Audiencia of Manila

_An act decreeing that the Sangleys who are arrested shall pay their
creditors within six days, or have their services sold for debt_.

In the city of Manila, on the thirteenth of June, one thousand five
hundred and ninety-eight, the members of this court, the president and
auditors of the royal Audiencia and Chancilleria of the Philipinas
Islands, while inspecting the prison, declared that, whereas, both
in the royal prison of this court and in that of the jurisdiction of
the alcaiceria [Chinese market] many Sangley prisoners are arrested
for debts of long standing, who, by not having the means to pay,
or for their own purposes, being thus assured of their sustenance,
allow themselves to remain in the said prisons, without making any
payment: therefore, since it is advisable to remedy this evil, on
account of the great expe