Fajardo is uncertain how far he can depend on aid from the viceroy; and he proposes that those troops and supplies be sent to him from Spain by way of Panama, enumerating the advantages and economy of that plan over the present one.

He thanks the king for sending aid to Filipinas by the India route, and asks that such aid be regularly provided for some years to come; while he states in general terms what he has accomplished during the last two years with the limited public funds of the islands.

He has equalized the pay of the soldiers at Manila and Ternate, and has sent large reenforcements and supplies to the latter region.

Fajardo complains of the opposition and intrigues of the religious.

He desires the royal appointment of a governor for Ternate, and the adjustment of certain difficulties connected therewith.