[The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 by Emma Helen Blair]@TWC D-Link bookThe Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 CHAPTER first 3/4
His Majesty should provide money for a building, beds, food, medicine, attendants, and other necessities, bringing from Nueva Espana medicines and clothing; and in the islands be granted, for its income and expenses, another additional encomienda of one thousand Indians--which, with the one it has now, will be worth six hundred pesos of eight reals each. 5.
_That some income be granted to the hospital for the Indians._ Fifth: His Majesty is to be informed that there is another hospital for the Indians, which is in the same or greater poverty, and that there is no less necessity and obligation for aiding it--both because the Indians are the ones who sustain it entirely by their products, toils, and tributes; and because many or all of those who go to the hospital fall sick from the hardships that they undergo in the service of the royal affairs, and for the establishment and conservation of these islands. 6.
_That there is great need of religious; and that no new religious order come._ Sixth: This declares to his Majesty the great need for instruction, and that his royal conscience is not lightened, for our lack of ministers, and on account of the many people who are dying without baptism, and the many without conversion, and the many islands and provinces that cannot be pacified because of this lack.
We ask that his Majesty give imperative orders that religious be sent who belong to the three orders now here, and that no other new orders come here; and that they should come appointed for these islands, and for no other district. 7.
_That, in order that instruction may be furnished, something be added to the tributes._ Seventh: In order that instruction may be provided--not only where there is none, but also where there is some, but not sufficient--his Majesty should cause something to be added to the tributes, and the rates of taxation to be cleared up; for now they are very much confused, and give rise to many quite serious scruples.
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