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ANNUAL INCOME OF THE ROYAL EXCHEQUER IN THE PHILIPPINES
Report of the annual income from tributes and other sources of profit appertaining to his Majesty in these islands of the West, and the ordinary expenses therein.
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The tributes from the villages belonging to the royal crown amount in one year to twenty-two thousand pesos of eight reals each
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XXII U.[1] pesos |
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Dues from tithes and assays of gold, four thousand pesos
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iiii U. pesos |
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From import duties on merchandise which comes from Nueva España and China, six thousand pesos
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VI U. pesos |
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Fines accruing to the exchequer, one thousand pesos
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I U. pesos |
XXXIII U. pesos
Salaries and ordinary expenses
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The yearly salaries of the president, auditors, and fiscal of the royal Audiencia amount to sixteen thousand five hundred and forty-four pesos of the said gold
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XVI U. DXL[IIII] pesos |
- ↑ The symbol U was used, in accounts, to designate thousands, in the same way as the comma, or the comma with ciphers, is now used in numerical notation.
