Finally, in the answer given by the Chamber of Commerce of which I inclose a copy, your Excellency will perceive the appreciation which the Capitulations have brought him, by having settled the duties to be paid by our vessels in Sulu, as also by having established relations with the Government of that island.
I trust that your Excellency will condescend to bring all this to the notice of her Majesty that she may grant her Royal approval.
God preserve your Excellency many years.
Manila, December 25, 1836.
Most excellent Sir,
(Sgd.) Pedro Antonio Salazar.—Rubricated.
The most excellent the Secretary of State and of the Office of “Gobernación” of the Kingdom.