nies
received regular situados from the crown to make up their
annual deficits. The word may mean subsidy, appropriation,
rent, or income, according to the context." Humboldt
mentions--in _New Spain_ (Black's trans.), iv, pp. 228,
229--the situados, "remittances of specie annually, made to
other Spanish colonies" from the treasury of Mexico, which
in 1803 amounted to 3,500,000 piastres. These remittances
from Mexico of course ceased when that colony revolted from
Spain and became a republic (1823).

Still another meaning of _situado_ is given by Bowring
(_Philippine Islands_, pp. 98, 99): "As it is, the Philippines
have made, and continue to make, large contributions to the
mother country, generally in excess of the stipulated amount
which is called the _situado_."

[43] The husk surrounding the cocoanut; it is used for making cordage
and calking vessels.

[44] A prebendary who enjoys the benefice called _racion_.

[45] The prebendary immediately subordinate to the racionero.

[46] _Barrachel_: the alguacil-mayor. This word is now obsolete.

[47] He had filled this post before, during 1590-95 (_Vol_. VII,
p. 230); he succeeded Montesclaros on July 2, 1607, and governed Nueva
Espana until June 12, 1611, when he returned to Spain as president of
the Council of the Indias. Already aged, he did not long survive this
promotion. He established many reforms in Nueva Espana, and showed
great humanity in his treatment of the Indians.

[48] That is, "rich in gold," and "rich in silver;" two mythical
islands, often mentioned in documents of that time; thus named,
according to Gemelli Careri, because some earth taken from them,
accidentally heated on a ship, was found to contain grains of
precious metal. There is an interesting mention of these islands on
La Frechette's "Chart of the Indian Ocean" (published by W. Faden,
London, 1803). They are placed thereon in 32 deg. and 34 deg., N. lat., and
in 160 deg. and 164 deg. E. long., respectively, with the following legend:
"Kin-sima, la Rica de Oro, or Gold Island. Gin-sima, la Rica de Plata,
or Silver Island. These Two Islands, which are Known to the Japanese,
are laid down according to the report of the former Spanish Navigators;
they did imagine till the middle of the last century, that Gin-sima
and Kin-sima were the Land of Ophir, since it could not be found in
the Isles of Solomon."

[49] Referring to the archbishop Benavides; he bequeathed his library
a