by
the governor and captain-general, Don Sebastian Hurtado de Corcuera
y Mendoca, who sent it to the official judges of the royal estate of
these islands so that it might be put in force. I obtained it from
them, in order to set it down in his Majesty's books in this auditing
department of the royal exchequer, and to make these copies. Then I
returned it to them and they have it now. Given in Manila, June four,
one thousand six hundred and thirty-six.

Juan Bautista de Cubiaga

Juan Bautista de Cubiaga, auditor of accounts and results of the
royal estate of these Philipinas Islands, shall certify at the end
of this decree the salaries and wages, and the rations, that have
been paid from the royal treasury and magazines to the persons who
have served in any naval or military post, or in any other capacity,
both in this city of Manila and outside of it, and in its presidios,
in former times and until June twenty-five, one thousand six hundred
and thirty-five, when I assumed the government of the islands. He
shall also make a copy, signed with his name, from the revision which
I made general, in the month of September of the said year, of the
paid positions in which certain wages and rations that they enjoyed
were lessened and reduced, because they were so large. He shall do
it all distinctly and clearly, so that the saving that has been made
for his Majesty's royal estate may be seen, in order that it might
be evident in his royal Council. Given in Manila, May twenty-four,
one thousand six hundred and thirty-six.

Sebastian Hurtado de Corcuera

In fulfilment of the order given by the above decree of Don Sebastian
Hurtado de Corcuera, governor and captain-general of these Philipinas
Islands, and president of the royal Audiencia herein, I, Juan Baptista
de Cubiaga, auditor of accounts and results of the royal estate of
these islands, certify that it appears from various books, warrants,
and other papers in this royal exchequer that are in my charge, that
the various posts necessary to his Majesty's service, both in this
city of Manila, and outside of it, and in the presidios, received
the salaries which will be stated below, and which were assigned by
councils of the treasury, called by the president and auditors and
the fiscal and royal officials, in former years and up to June, one
thousand six hundred and thirty-five. In accordance with the general
revision which the said governor made on September four, o