sos
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There are a like number of second mates in the said
voyages and on the same ships. They formerly received
two hundred pesos, and their ordinary ration while
afloat and ashore. Now they receive the same when
afloat only; and, when in the port, one hundred and
fifty pesos and no more, for the ration is charged to
their pay. Fifty pesos are saved on each one. They
receive, besides the ration for all the time while
they are anchored; for although the ship is not always
sailing, still they live on it, in case that any storms
arise, for there are neither more nor less storms
than when they are sailing. Consequently, nothing is
saved in what concerns the ration, and there is only
a saving of money, which amounts to five hundred pesos
500 p. 0 0

There are about five hundred seamen--more rather than
less--who sail in the same voyages and on the ships
for Castula, the island of Hermosa, Terrenate, and
other places--where journeys are made in champans,
which carry merchandise by way of the provinces to
the royal magazines of Manila, and Cavite, and along
all the river and its port, and in the port and river
of Yloylo, and to the presidios; as well as in the
vessels that carry the money for reenforcement of those
places and those that go to the provinces in order
to bring back the bandalas [30] of products. They
formerly received one hundred and fifty pesos per
year apiece, and one ganta of cleaned rice daily as
a ration. Now they receive the same one hundred and
fifty pesos per year; and the ration is charged to
the account of their pay, except when afloat. Those
seamen who are generally sailing in all parts number
about two hundred. They have the same storms above
mentioned, and their voyages last at times one year,
or more or less. Thus it is considered that nothing
is saved on those two hundred. On the remaining three
hundred, the said ration of one ganta daily is saved
entirely. That saving amounts to one hundred and nine
thousand five hundred gantas 0 109,500 0

The Spanish common seamen who serve in the said parts
formerly received one hundred pesos, and the same
ration [as the sailors]. Now they receive the same
when afloat, but when ashore the ration is charged
to the account of their pay. The saving is so small
that no mention is made of it
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