ave the present, authorizing it
in public form at his petition, and gave it the authentication which
takes the place of law. As witnesses at its examination, copying,
correcting, and collation were Simon Delgado, Jhoan Correa, and
Francisco Gomez, here present.

In testimony of law, I have affixed my seal:

Augustin de Valenzuela, notary-public.

In the public service; fees dispensed with; I attest it.

We, the undersigned notaries, certify that Agustin de Valenzuela,
before whom passed this authorization, and who signed and sealed
this copy, is notary-public of the port of Cavite; and as such,
entire faith and credit have been and are given, in and out of court,
to the acts, copies, and other despatches which have passed and pass
before him. In order that this might be evident, we gave the present,
July five, one thousand six hundred and thirty-six.

Alonso Baeza del Rio, notary-public.
Alonso Mendez de Almada,
notary-public and clerk of registers.

_Money deducted from pay of soldiers and sailors as alms for the
hospital_

We, the official judges of the royal treasury of these Filipinas
Islands for the king our sovereign, certify that, by virtue of an order
of the governor and captain-general, Don Sebastian Hurtado de Corcuera,
there has been and is deducted from [the pay of] the soldiers of this
camp, in the settling of their accounts that has been made and is
being made from the first of July of the past year of one thousand six
hundred and thirty-five and thereafter, for the balancing of accounts
of the service of his Majesty in various parts and presidios of these
said islands, from each soldier, that which will be stated hereafter,
of what they had to contribute as an aid in the expense and support of
the sick in the royal hospital of this city of Manila. And, according
to what it has been possible to ascertain with greater certainty, the
said contributions from all the soldiers of this said camp, and in the
forts and presidios of these islands, will amount to the following sum.

In the city of Manila and its camp

In this said city of Manila and its camp, there are at present four
companies of Spanish infantry, of which two belong to (and have that
title) the said governor and captain-general, and the master-of-camp,
Don Lorenco de Olaso.

From [the pay of] the captains of the other two
companies, the deduction is made at the rate of one
peso per month apiece--which amounts annually t