s of cleaned rice,
or four thousand eight hundred gantas per year for
all. Now they receive the same money, and fifteen
gantas of cleaned rice apiece, or for all twenty,
three thousand six hundred gantas per year. One
thousand two hundred gantas are saved
0 1,200 0
The two bosses of the hundred and thirty Lascars,
natives of India, who serve as sailors, common seamen,
and in other capacities, received formerly two hundred
and forty pesos per year, and thirty gantas of cleaned
rice per month. Now they receive one hundred and
fifty pesos per year, and fifteen gantas of rice per
month. One hundred and eighty pesos and three hundred
and sixty-five gantas of cleaned rice are saved on
the two bosses 180 p. 365 0
Two other bosses of the Lascars received one hundred
and twenty pesos per year and thirty gantas of cleaned
rice. Now they receive the same pay and fifteen
gantas. On the two, three hundred and sixty-five
gantas are saved 0 365 0
The other one hundred and twenty-six Lascars received
various wages, and thirty gantas of cleaned rice
per month. Now they receive the same pay, but, by the
revision, the ration of each one was reduced by fifteen
gantas per month, or one hundred and eighty gantas
per year; and that of all, by twenty-two thousand
six hundred and eighty gantas of cleaned rice, which
is saved 0 22,680 0
_Increase_. There are twenty-four companies, or two
more or less, in all the camp of Manila and in its
presidios and those of Terrenate. They are generally
divided into different bodies in order that they may
be sent to different parts as occasion demands. Each
company has its own sergeant, and they have all
received an increase of twenty-four pesos per year
over their former pay, because of their arduous
duties. That increase amounts to five hundred and
seventy-six pesos of common gold
576 p. 0 0
_Increase_. There ought to be ninety-six corporals in
all the said companies, each company of one hundred
men having four, but since there are no companies
that contain that number, the number is adjusted at
ninety corporals. Each one has received an increase
of twelve pesos per year, in addition to the sum
that he formerly received, because of their arduous
duties. That increase amounts to one thousand and
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