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ment, all maUers, civil, politrcal, and military, arc un- 

 der his direction. He is also the chief magistrnte of 

 the city; the others are the two ordinary alcaldes, 

 chosen annually, and a proper number of rec^idores, 

 the constitution beinjx the same as in other cities. 



Here is a chamber of finances, into which are pnid 

 the several branches of the royal revenue; as the tri- 

 bute of the Indians, the duties on goods, the fifth of 

 the metals, and the like. 



TuEecclesiastical chapter is composed of the bishop, 

 whose revenue is settled at six thousand dollars annu- 

 ally j the dean, who has five hundred ; the archdea- 

 con, chanter, rector, and treasurer, who have each four 

 hundre^l. This see is a suffragan of the archbishop- 

 rick of Santa Fé de Bogota. 



PoPAYAN,l)ing within the jurisdiction of the inqui- 

 sition of Carlhagcna, has a commissary from thence. 

 Here is also another of the Croisade; but the au- 

 thority of these two fudges extends not beyond the 

 diocese, which is far less than that of the^ govern- 

 ment, a considerable part ot it belonging to the arch- 

 bishoprick of Quito. 



The jurisdiction of the government of Popayan 

 reaches southward to the river Mayo, and to Ipialcs, 

 where it borders on the jurisdiction ot the town of San 

 Miguel de Ibarra; north-east it terminates with the 

 province of Antioquia, the last ot its provinces, and 

 contiguous to that of Santa Fé ; and northward bor- 

 ders on the government of Carthagena. Its ancient 

 western bounds were the South sea, but it has since 

 been so contracted by the new governmcnn of Choco, 

 that the territory of Barbacoas is the only part of it 

 which reaches to the sea; eastward it spreads itself to 

 the- sources of the river Coqueta, which arc also 

 thought to be those of the river Oronoco and Negro: 

 its extent is not precisely determined : but a probable 

 corijecture may be made, that from cast to west it is 

 about 80 leagues, and little less from north to south. 



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