[Endorsed, in the hand of the king:  “I am advised concerning all this that I may decree, by one way or another, what is most suitable.  Write today secretly to the Marques de Aytona that he shall ask the Pope in my name for the revocation of the order of which mention is here made; and that he shall order another one despatched, leaving to my choice to send the religious who are to go to preach, by the route which appears best to me according to the state of affairs; and charge the Marques to have this despatch sent immediately, as secretly as possible.”]

DOCUMENTS OF 1608-09

Annual receipts and expenditures of the Philippine government.  Pedro de Caldierva de Mariaca; August 18, 1608.  Decrees regarding way-station for Philippine vessels.  Felipe III; September 27, 1608, and May 13, 1609.  Letters to Juan de Silva.  Felipe III; May 26 and July 29, 1609.  Expeditions to the province of Tuy.  Juan Manuel de la Vega; July 3, 1609.  Petition of a Filipino chief for redress.  Miguel Banal; July 25, 1609.  Despatch of missionaries to the Philippines.  Diego Aduarte. and others; [1608-09?].

Source:  All these documents are obtained from the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla.

Translations:  The first, fourth, and fifth documents are translated by James A. Robertson; the first decree in the second, by Henry B. Lathrop, of the University of Wisconsin; the rest, by Robert W. Haight.

Annual Receipts and Expenditures of the Philippine Government

Statement of the Annual Incomes and Sources of Profit of His Majesty in These Philipinas Islands

Tributes from his Majesty’s encomiendas

Tributes Common gold

3U359 In the encomienda of the coast of this city of Manila,
        his Majesty has three thousand three hundred and fifty-nine
        tributes.  The tributes are each one peso, besides the two reals
        for the situado, and amount to the same number of pesos.
          
                                                     3U359 pesos, —­ tomins.

U533 In the encomienda of the villages of Capa, Santa Ana, and
        Caruya, there are five hundred and thirty-three tributes. 
          
                                                     U533 pesos, —­ tomins.

U100 From the wandering Indians of the said coast and of this
        city of Manila, a greater or less sum is collected annually,
        which accordingly approximates to one hundred tributes annually
          
                                                     U100 pesos, —­ tomins.

805 In the encomienda of the villages of San Miguel and San
        Francisco, in Laguna de Bay, there are eight hundred and five
        tributes, or a like number of pesos.  U805 pesos, —­ tomins.