[65] Ibid., 31.

[66] King to the Audiencia, March 6, 1781, A. I., 105–2–9.

[67] Recopilación, 3–3–45.

[68] This is treated in the first chapter of this book. See Solórzano, Política Indiana, II, 271–279.

[69] Recopilación, 2–15–11.

[70] Constitution of 1812, Martínez Alcubilla, III, 408 et seq.; Acuerdo for the promulgation of the Constitution of 1812, Montero y Vidal, III, 404; Acuerdo of January 15, 1814, Ordenanzas, etc., A. I., 106–4–19; Cédula of September 26, 1835, Zamora y Coronado, Apéndice, 41–138; Royal Decree of January 30, 1855, Colección legislativa, LX, 105–147; see also Royal Instruction to Regents, June 20, 1776, and Cédula of April 8, 1778, in Rodríguez San Pedro, Legislación ultramarina, VII, 22–28.

[71] Ordinances enacted by the Audiencia of Manila, June 13 to December 19, 1598, Blair and Robertson, X, 293–316; Ordinances etc., January 7, to June 15, 1599, ibid., XI, 1–81. Reference may also be made to the five volume Colección de autos acordados de la real audiencia ... de Manila, 1861–1866; see also Estadísticas de las causas y expedientes de gobierno despachadas por la audiencia de Filipinas durante el año de 1876. For New Spain we have the Recopilación sumaria de algunos autos acordados de la real audiencia de Nueva España, Mexico, 1787. Of similar import and character was the well-known collection of Puga, cited in the bibliography of this volume. See also Solórzano, Política Indiana (2 vols.).

[72] Blair and Robertson, L, 191–264; see, also, Montero y Vidal, Historia general, I, 380–385, also correspondence relative to the modifications of these ordinances by Raón in A. I., 105–4–5. Marquina’s efforts along this line may be noted in A. I., 105–4–6.

[73] Acuerdo of January 15, 1814, A. I., 106–4–19; see also Montero y Vidal, Historia general, III, 404; 430.

[74] Carvajal to the King, December 5, 1785, A. I., 107–5–14; Carvajal to the Audiencia of Manila, December 29, 1787, A. I., 107–5–15; Testimonio del expediente sobre poner la real jurisdicción y el gobierno y policía de estas islas en el ser y estado que tenían antes, December 20, 1788, A. I., 107–5–18, 105–3–5.