What the king expends in the spiritual administration of the
Indians, and what is received on this account by the ministers
of the doctrinas and the missionaries.
1. For the cash stipends which his Majesty pays, at the rate of a
hundred pesos for every five hundred tributes, the curas and the
ministers of the doctrinas receive, according to the number of the
two hundred thousand tributes, the sum of forty thousand pesos.
2. For the stipends in rice, at the rate of a hundred fanegas (each
of forty-eight gantas) for every five hundred tributes, at one peso
a fanega--which price was established by the royal officials in
the papers granting the contribution for wine used in masses--his
Majesty pays, and the aforesaid curas and ministers receive annually,
the sum of forty thousand pesos.
3. For the wine for masses and oil for the lamps [47]--as appears in
the respective documents therefor, of which account is given to his
Majesty--this annual expense is fixed at the sum of seventeen thousand,
one hundred and ninety-three pesos, six tomins.
4. For the transportation of these supplies, the cost to the royal
treasury is moderately estimated at two thousand pesos.
5. For the cash stipends of forty-one religious who are missionaries,
at the rate of one hundred pesos each, his Majesty pays the sum of
four thousand one hundred pesos.
6. For the stipend in rice of a hundred fanegas (each of forty-eight
gantas) to each missionary, at one peso a fanega (reckoned at the
lowest price), his Majesty pays the further sum of four thousand one
hundred pesos.
7. For the supplies of cash and rice which are paid monthly to one
hundred and ninety-two Indians as escorts, who assist thirty-two of
the said missionaries, at the rate for each one of one peso in cash and
twenty-four gantas of rice in the hull (estimated at four reals), these
amount to the sum of three thousand, four hundred and fifty-six pesos.
8. For the supplies of medicine and clothing, and for the support and
comforts of sick religious, the expense is placed at five thousand
pesos.
9. In some villages which contain a small number of tributes, his
Majesty pays the same stipends as in the villages of five hundred
tributes, for which reason what is paid by the king exceeds the amount
which was estimated for the number of two hundred thousand tributes,
by the sum of one thousand pesos.
10. For the stipends which his Majesty pays to the chaplains of the
fortified posts--who usually are the religious who are in charge
of the native villages at the said posts--are paid one thousand,
six hundred and eighty pesos.
11. For the expenses of the religious who come from España to these
islands--who each five years average forty-six and one-half each
year--estimating these at a thousand pesos for each person, the
religious orders receive and the king spends forty-six thousand,
six hundred pesos.
12. For the stipend of the archbishop, the prebends of his church,
and the contribution that is given to it [for its expenses], the
royal treasury expends nine thousand, eight hundred pesos.
13. For the stipends of the three suffragan bishops of Zebu, Nueva
Segovia, and Nueva Cazeres, for the contributions which are made
to these three churches, and for other stipends to their ministers,
his Majesty expends twelve thousand, four hundred pesos.
The total amount of these items is 187,229 pesos, 6 tomins.