[51] Recopilación, 2–32–28.
[52] Ibid., law 25.
[53] Cédula of May 4, 1794, A. I., 105–2–10.
[54] A. I., 106–4–17; 108–3–17; 105–2–10 to 32. See Bibliography under “Manuscripts used.”
[55] The author has at his disposal abundant data for each subject covering each decade and century, showing that the powers mentioned were characteristic throughout. It is to be hoped that the reader will appreciate the impossibility of giving more than a few citations for each case, not because they are not available, but because there is not room for them. It was the writer’s original plan to write two additional chapters, one on the commercial duties of the audiencia, and another on the financial powers. Because of a lack of space these chapters have been omitted.
[56] A. I., 106–4–18.
[57] As noted in the preceding chapter.
[58] King to the Audiencia, August 8, 1609, A. I., 105–2–1.
[59] Marquina to the King, January 18, 1790, A. I., 105–2–10.
[60] King to the Regent of Manila, January 24, 1794, ibid.