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Fort San Felipe at the port of Cavite
In the said fort San Felipe, there is one company of
Spanish infantry, with one captain, one alferez,
one sergeant, four minor posts, and seventy
soldiers--which, at the rate of one peso per month
from the said captain, four reals from the alferez,
two from the sergeant, minor posts, and said soldiers,
amounts annually to two hundred and forty-three pesos 243 pesos
Presidio of Zibu
In the city of Zibu is a garrison of one company,
with one captain, one alferez, one sergeant, four
minor posts; and according to what we have been able to
ascertain with greatest certainty, about fifty soldiers
in the said company--which, at the rate of one peso
from the said captain, four reals from the alferez, and
two from the sergeant, minor posts, and said soldiers,
amounts annually to one hundred and eighty-three pesos 183 pesos
Presidio of Zamboanga
In the presidio of San Jose of Zamboanga, there are
three companies, with three captains, three alferezes,
one sergeant, four minor posts, and two hundred and
ten soldiers in all three companies--seventy in each
one, according to the surest information that we
have been able to obtain. At the said rate of one
peso per month from each captain, four reals from
each alferez, and two reals from the sergeant, each
minor post, and each soldier, it amounts annually to
seven hundred and twenty-nine pesos 729 pesos
Presidio of Oton
In the fort of Nuestra Senora de la Rossario, the
presidio of Oton, is a garrison of one company of
Spanish infantry, with one captain, one alferez,
one sergeant, four minor posts, and fifty soldiers,
or thereabout. At the rate of one peso from the said
captain, four reals from the alferez, and two from the
sergeant, the minor posts, and the said soldiers, it
amounts annually to one hundred and eighty-three pesos 183 pesos
Presidio of Cagayan
In the fort San Francisco at the city of Segovia,
the presidio of Cagayan, is a garrison of one Spanish
infantry company with one captain, one alferez, one
sergeant, four minor posts, and about eighty soldiers
or so--which, at the said rate from each one, namely,
one peso per month from the said captain, four reals
from the alferez, two from the sergeant, and each
of the minor posts and the said soldiers, amounts in
one year to two hundred and seventy-three pesos 273 pesos
Presidio of Caraga
In the fort of San Joseph of Tanga,
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