STATEMENT I_The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898; Volume 50 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century

The number of tributes in these Philipinas Islands, and the amount

that they produce yearly

By the official statement which I sent to his Majesty with my report

and advices of July 14, 1760, it appears that there were one hundred

and seventy-eight thousand, nine hundred and seventy-one whole tributes

of Indians, at the rate of ten reals each. It also appears that there

were eight thousand, one hundred and sixty-nine and one-half whole

tributes of mestizos, at the rate of twenty reals each, which are

equivalent to sixteen thousand, three hundred and thirty-nine whole

tributes of Indians. Adding this item to the aforesaid one, they make

a total of one hundred and ninety-five thousand, three hundred and

ten tributes; and adding those paid by the blacks, the grand total,

stated in round numbers [numero cerrado] for greater convenience

in this reckoning, is placed at two hundred thousand whole tributes

belonging to the royal crown.

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898; Volume 50 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century · 第 15 / 108 题