as
the king our sovereign, in one of his royal ordinances, orders and
commands the aforesaid to keep a record of the suits and affairs of
the royal exchequer; and that on Thursday of each week the senior
auditor, his Majesty's fiscal, the royal officials, and the notary
of the royal treasury shall hold a meeting: therefore, in order that
the provisions of the said ordinance may be strictly enforced, they
ordered, and they did so order, that the said record be made. And
considering that Thursdays are days for judicial decisions, and that
on this account they cannot attend to the aforesaid matter, the said
meetings shall be on Tuesday afternoons in the royal offices--at
which shall be present Doctor Antonio de Morga, the senior auditor of
this royal Audiencia, his Majesty's fiscal, and the royal judicial
officers, together with the notary of the royal treasury, according
as the king our sovereign orders and commands in the said ordinance,
exercising in everything requisite and necessary care and expedition
for the increase and preservation of the said royal exchequer. By
this act they so declared, ordered, and decreed.

Before me: _Pedro Hurtado Desquibel_

_An act decreeing that an account of the resources of his Majesty's
exchequer in these islands be sent to the royal Council of the Indias_.

In the city of Manila, on the nineteenth of December, one thousand
five hundred and ninety-eight, the president and auditors of the royal
Audiencia and Chancilleria of the Philipinas Islands declared that,
whereas the king our sovereign in one of his royal ordinances, orders
and commands the aforesaid president and auditors that the official
judges of his Majesty's exchequer shall send in account to his royal
Council of the resources of his exchequer in these islands, with their
signatures affixed, together with those of the aforesaid president
and auditors: therefore, in conformity with the said royal ordinance,
and in order that its provisions may be strictly enforced, they
ordered, and they did so order, that the said official judges shall
be notified to give orders immediately to have a true report made,
with entire clearness, and without any reservation, of the resources
of his Majesty's estate in these islands, and under their charge,
and of their disbursements and expenses. As soon as the said report
is made, copies in duplicate shall be sent to the king our sovereign,
in his royal Council of the Indias, by the first shi