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temples in this city are the parish church, entitled La Concepcion 

 cle Nuestra Senora, which is one of the wealthiest, most richly 

 decorated, and best served of churches. It has two beneficiary curates 

 and the dignitaries and Prebendaries named in the catalog of the 

 Dioceses. The convents are Dominican, Franciscan (named for San 

 Antonio), Augustinian, another of the Mercedarians, the Jesuit con- 

 vent named for Santiago, and that of the Franciscan Recollects 

 entitled Santa Ana, which is a very fine and elaborate building al 

 the entrance to the city on the road from the town of Tomina ; these 

 all have many friars and give courses in Arts and Theology. There 

 is a convent of nuns called Nuestra Seiiora de Los Remedios, of 

 the Augustinian Order. There is a college and seminary, with blue 

 sashes ; they are collegians [four words illegible] under the protection 

 of Santa Isabel. There is a hospital known as Santa Barbara, which 

 is likewise a parish, and they administer the sacraments there. 



1706. In the year 1610 there were usually in this city more than 

 1,100 men and 1,500 women; at present there are more, for the city 

 has grown and this reckoning is only of those resident in the city. 

 but many mestizos and quadroons come into the city, not to speak 

 of travelers, those here on legal business, and the traders who come 

 and go. In the Indian parishes there are 300 paying tribute, plus 

 300 others too old or too young; there will be over 1,000 Indian 

 women ; the married persons, both tribute-paying and old persons, 

 are 400 in number. In the city there are Indian artisans of all crafts, 

 silversmiths, tailors, shoemakers, silk weavers, chairmakers, car- 

 penters, and potters, as well as Yanaconas and other transient men 

 and women, over 1,500 of all ages. There are mulattoes and zambaigos 

 (Indian and Negro half-breeds), 140 in number, some of them 

 married ; 32 are slaves ; of Negro men and women, slaves and free, 

 1,300 persons; 300 will be married. 



There are in addition 23 foreigners in this city, Italians, Corsicans, 

 and Flemings, traders and dealers here. 



The office of Alguacil Mayor in the city was sold for 26,000 assay 

 pesos; that of Alferez Mayor, for 10,200 assay pesos; Depositor 

 General, 10,000 assay pesos; those of Procuradores (Attorneys), 

 for 4,000 ; Councilmen, at the beginning for 2,000 assay pesos, later 

 for 4,000, 5,000, 6,000, and 7,000 assay pesos ; the post of Council 

 Secretary, 15,000 ducats; Public Secretary, 11,000 assay pesos; those 

 of Provincial Secretaries, two for 7,000 assay pesos and the other 

 for 12,000; that of the Juzgado Mayor de Bienes de Difuntos (Pro- 

 bate Court), 34,000. All have a higher value and rating at present, 

 for the city has grown larger and more important. 



