WHOLE VOL, THE WEST INDIES — VAZQUEZ DE ESPINOSA 765 



2018. The amount spent for expenses incurred on the agricultural 

 land, cattle ranches, teamsters' hire (arria), woolen mill (obraje), 

 gristmills, army chaplaincies, fortification, royal apartments, and 

 other extraordinary expenses to the account of the royal budget, 

 amounting to 76,895 reals : 



7,293 reals spent in outfitting the teamsters escorting the 

 wheat shipments to the forts, garrisons, etc 7,293 



16,000 reals spent in wages in the woolen mill and in purchase 

 of supplies for the Indians working there, and other things 16,000 



17,600 reals counted as extraordinary expenses, for thefts from 

 the royal stores, a wall having been broken through 17,600 



12,800 reals paid to the Franciscan Convent for the chaplaincy 

 in the army, levied on the budget of La Concepcion (ynpuesta en 

 el de Nuestra Seiiora de la Concepcion) ; this amount is imposed 

 on the increased production of cloth ( ? esta cantidad se echa en el 

 crezimiento de la rropa) ; the chief contributors are the Governor, 

 Supervisor General, and Treasurer, and those who receive the 

 higher salaries 12,800 



2,640 reals paid in wages on the cattle ranch and for matters 

 connected with its service 2,640 



2,081 reals paid and spent in plowshares, axes, hoes, steel, iron, 

 and other materials necessary for His Majesty's agricultural land 

 at Buena Esperanza 2,08 1 



3,154 reals paid and spent in repairs and remodeling His Maj- 

 esty's gristmill which has been rebuilt in this city 3, 154 



4,823 reals paid and spent in repairing the royal apartments and 

 stores and in the fortification of the fort and artillery 4,823 



10,504 reals spent for freight coming from Santiago, for rope, 

 budget expenses (descarga), field tent, wax for the chaplains, 

 paper, ink, pens, and parchment for the paymasters' offices, the 

 factors at the forts, and other petty expenses and repairs on har- 

 quebus stands, and other things necessary for the army 10,504 



76,89s reals 



