Law LVIII_The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55 1609-1616 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 appraisements and registers that shall be made of the merchandise

shipped in the vessels despatched from Filipinas to Nueva España

and other places, shall be made solely by the officials of our

royal exchequer. The distribution [of cargo] that shall be made

in the vessels of the said islands, and of the merchandise shipped

on our account, and the appointment and examination of the pilots,

masters, and other officials, shall be made in the presence of the

aforesaid persons; and the laws ordained by this titulo shall be

observed. [Felipe II--San Lorenzo, June 14, 1583.]

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