_The difficulty of furnishing instruction in some of the pacified islands_.

Fourth: His Majesty should be informed how little instruction is given in these islands, the difficulty of many [encomenderos] in furnishing it, and the much greater difficulty which arises from the topography of the country--because it is all islands, and several, or many, of them are so small that they do not allow an entire encomienda, since three hundred, four hundred, or five hundred tributes are not sufficient for the expenses of an encomienda; and many of these have only one hundred or two hundred tributes.

To this difficulty is added the burden and danger of the voyage, the heat and rains, and the poor roads of the country.

In regard to this matter should be stated whatever remains to be told; also the remedy that may be applied by adding to the tributes, and by making some islands dependent upon others, as his Majesty may deem best.
5.

_That a protector of the Indians, with a salary, be appointed, who shall not be the royal fiscal._ Fifth: A protector of the Indians should be appointed, a Christian man, and with authority to defend them, and prosecute their suits.