Law LXVI

We order that a duty be collected on the first and subsequent sales

or all the merchandise shipped from Filipinas to Acapulco, and the

pesos per tonelada on freight according to custom; for this sum and

much more is needed to pay the troops, and equip the vessels that

engage in commerce. In this there shall be no innovation. [Felipe

II--Añover, August 9, 1589.]

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