[55] King to the President and oidores, December 21, 1630, A. I., 105–2–1.
[56] Acuerdo of July 27, 1713, A. I., 68–4–17.
[57] Attention was called in the last chapter to the acuerdo power of the audiencia in Chinese affairs. It was seen there that the audiencia passed ordinances regulating the Chinese trade, also their organization and manner of living in the Islands.
[58] King to the President and oidores, May 14, 1790, A. I., 105–9–10. This tax was collected from the Chinese in 1852, when Jagor, the celebrated German traveller, visited the Islands. Chinese who were engaged in agriculture paid merely the tribute of twelve reales, which was collected from natives as well. In addition to the tax of six dollars (probably Mexican, which were equivalent to the silver peso) merchants paid an industrial tax of twelve, thirty, sixty, or one hundred dollars, according to the amount of business transacted (Blair and Robertson, LII, 57–58, note).
[59] Consulta of June 28, 1786; Intendant Carvajal to King, December 31, 1787, and other letters; A. I., 107–5–15.
[60] Testimonio de autos sobre sublevación de los sangleyes, substanciados y determinados por el oidor, Don Pedro Sebastián Bolívar y Meña, 1686–1690, A. I., 68–1–27.
[61] Marquina to the King, June 30, 1793, A. I., 107–5–22.
[62] King to the Audiencia, November 30, 1797, A. I., 105–2–18.
[63] King to the Audiencia, February 19, 1806, ibid.