he
has resided in these islands for so many years. This is his answer.

5. To the fifth question, the witness testified that the answer was
the same as the one given to the previous question, and that, to his
knowledge, if commerce is established between these islands and Macan,
in a short time this city, its inhabitants, and the islands will be
greatly enriched. This is his answer.

6. To the sixth question, the witness testified that Governor Gomez
Perez Dasmarinas despatched a large ship from these islands to the
city of Macan, and that it was well known by all that it was sent
for the purpose specified in the question. Concerning the rest of the
question he refers to the decrees and other documents issued by the
said governor in reference to the despatching of the said ship. He
has heard that the rest of the question is true. This is his answer.

7. To the seventh question, he testified that certain inhabitants of
these islands sent money to Macan, and that they suffer need because
thus far they have not been given the proceeds. This is his answer.

8. To the eighth question, he testified that his answer was the same
as the one given to the previous questions, and that it is the truth
according to the oath he took. He acknowledged it with his signature,
and declared that he was more than thirty-five years old, and competent
to be a witness.

_Fernando Munoz de Poyatos_

Before me:

_Gaspar de Azevo_

[Here follow depositions, in answer to the same questions, from six
other witnesses, all agreeing in the main with the facts as presented
in the questions and in the deposition of Captain Poyatos, given
above. The other witnesses are: Bastian Jorge Moxar, a Portuguese,
Ensign Christobal Flores, Notary Alonso de Torres, Captain Juan de
Argumedo, Captain Pedro Sarmiento, and Joan Sordo.]

[Bastian Jorge Moxar, besides what is contained in the foregoing,
testified that the Portuguese feared any Spanish trade in the Indian
country, and that the use of Spanish ships in the trade would bring
great distress to the Portuguese.]

[Notary Alonso de Torres alleged that he had bought goods from the
Portuguese in Manila for from sixty to sixty-five per cent above
their cost price; and the Portuguese captains had told him that they
could make twice as much on their investments with a trip to Manila
as to any other port of the Indias, and with a shorter voyage. He was
told by his intimate friend Francisco Sobrino, of Go