[XXXV‑18] The president's salary was 5,000 ducats yearly; that of each of the oidores 2,000 ducats. Calle, Mem. y Not., 117. Gage says 12,000 ducats was the president's salary. New Survey, 282.
[XXXV‑19] The salary of each of these officers was 300,000 maravedís. Calle, Mem. y Not., 118.
[XXXV‑20] Each corregidor received 200 pesos de mina a year. Id.
[XXXV‑21] In 1617 the office of alguacil mayor was sold for 18,000 tostones, and in 1643 for 49,000 reales. In 1645 the receivership of fines and court fees was sold for 6,000 pesos, while the offices of the escribanos de camara were regularly sold for 20,000 pesos each. Other offices commanded corresponding prices. Id., 119.
[XXXV‑22] Selecting a few instances to illustrate these sales, I find that in 1636 the office of alférez real sold for 3,998 ducats; that of escribano publico was sold in the same year for 11,000 pesos; of the receiver-general of fines and fees in 1616 for 28,500 tostones, and in 1642 for 6,000 pesos. Id.
[XXXV‑23] They were the following: 'Procurador Sindico ... Mayordomo, Fiel Executor, Correduria, Portero, con 30,000 marauedis de salario. Mojoneria, Pregoneria.' Id.
[XXXV‑24] Alegre, Hist. Comp. Jesus, 136, 448; Juarros, Guat., 150.
[XXXV‑25] The provincial of the Dominicans, writing in 1724, says that to repair the damage to their convent and church at Guatemala by the late earthquake cost the order more than 25,000 pesos; that the loss of yearly income has been at least 9,000 pesos; and that it took a considerable sum to repair the mills and put in order the estate belonging to the order. Guat., Sto Domingo, en 1724, 10
[XXXV‑26] Escamilla, Noticias Curiosas de Guat., 4. His appointment was made in 1653 for eight years; he arrived at Vera Cruz Sept. 30th; and on Jan. 15, 1654, left for Guatemala. Guijo, Diario, in Doc. Hist. Mex., série i. tom. i. 261, 274.
[XXXV‑27] 'He espoused the party of the "Mazariegos,"' says Juarros, Guat., i. 264, meaning probably one of the active participants.