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His Majesty brings down for them from Huancavelica, 15,000 assay- 

 pesos ; the sale of salt, 600 assay pesos ; all of this in an average year 

 will amount to 36,000 assay pesos, which is the sum received by the 

 Treasury. Out of it are paid : to the Governor, a salary of 600 assay 

 pesos ; to each of the Royal Officials, 800 assay pesos ; to the Assayer, 

 500 assay pesos ; to the Corregidor of Guamanga, 2,000 assay pesos, 

 paid him by virtue of his titles. Every year the occasional and 

 extraordinary expenditures of this Treasury will amount to 100 

 8-real pesos, in paper, ink, books, and repairs of the Royal Treasury 

 and in the smelting. In an average year His Majesty's net receipts 

 will be 32,000 assay pesos, the sum turned over to the Viceroy each 

 year. 



1453. The parish church in this city is dedicated to Our Lady of the 

 Snows, and there are two others on the ranges dedicated to San 

 Augustin and San Juan. The church in this city counted 86 Spanish 

 parishioners in the year 1610, plus many transients and the Indians. 

 These churches are served by three curates, as has been remarked ; 

 there are four Confraternities : one of the Holy Sacrament, one of 

 Our Lady, one of the True Cross, and another of Las Animas (souls 

 in Purgatory). Every week, on Monday, Thursday, Friday, and 

 Saturday, there is a Mass sung by the confreres. With the 800 pesos 

 salary paid by the Treasury of Los Granos, and the contributions 

 (pie de altar), each curacy is worth 2,000 assay pesos. The Bishop 

 of Guamanga nominates the curates, and the Viceroy appoints them 

 for the royal patronage. There are three hospitals, one of them in 

 the city ; they were founded by the Marques de Cafiete, with the 

 title of Royal Hospitals ; they care for the Indians who come to work 

 in the mines and fall sick, and for other poor invalids. Their income 

 is derived from the 800 assay pesos assigned them in the Treasury 

 of Los Granos, plus 450 8-real pesos in annuities levied in silver and 

 deposited in this Treasury against Indians who have run away or are 

 missing ; since they had long failed to appear, Viceroy Don Luis 

 de Velasco ordained that their masters should pay an annual sum 

 for them and that the income should be credited to these hospitals. 



They collect in alms for these hospitals every year about 400 pesos. 

 Each hospital has its infirmary. The city hospital has 24 beds, and 

 those out on the ranges, 12 each regularly, with additional ones if 

 needed, as ordered by the administrator, viz, the City Council, which 

 appoints the Superintendent. The income is distributed under its 

 direction for the care and comfort of the patients and whatever else 

 is necessary ; this income has increased and keeps increasing. 



