ULLOA's voyage to south AMERICA. 



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criminal fifcal. There Is alfo a fifcal protedor of the Indians, and fome fuper- 

 numeraries. 



Next to the tribunal of audience Is the chamber of accounts, confifting of a com- 

 mlflioner, five chief accountants, two receivers, and two direftors, with other inferior 

 officers belonging to each clafs. Here all corregidors, intruded to colledt the revenue, 

 pafs their accounts. Here alfo the diftributions and managements of the royal revenue 

 are regulated. 



Laftly, the royal treafury, under a treafurer, accountant, and agent, who have the 

 fuperintendance of all His Majefly*s revenue of what kind foever ; fmce whatever re- 

 venue arifes from the other parts of this province is renytted to Lima as the capital of 

 the kingdom. ,, ^ , 



The corporation of Lima confifts of regldores or aldermen, and alfere zreal, or fhe- 

 rlff, and two alcaldes, or royal judges ; all being noblemen of the firft diftinftion in 

 the city. Thefe have the direftion of the police, and the ordinary adminiftration of 

 juftice. The alcaldes prefide alternately every month ; for, by a particular privilege of 

 this city, the jurifdiftion of its corregidor extends only to the Indians. 



Here is a court for the effects of deceafed perfons, which takes cognizance of the 

 goods of thofe dying inteflate, and without lawful heir ; and likewife of thofe entrufted 

 with the effefts of 'Other perfons. Its confifls of a judge, who is generally one of the 

 auditors, a counfellor, and an accountant. 



The next tribunal is that of commerce, or the confulado. Its principal officers are 

 a prefident and two confuls. All who are entered In the lift of merchants are members 

 of it, and have a vote in the choice of thefe officers, who, with an affefTor, decide all 

 commercial difputes and procefTes, by the fame rule as the confulados at Cadiz and 

 Bilboa. 



Lima has alfo a corregidor, whofe jurifdi£lIon extends to all Indians both within the 

 city and five leagues round it. The principal places in this jurifdidllon are Surco, Los 

 Chorillos, Miraflores, La Magdalena, Lurigancho, Late, Pachacama, and Lurin, to- 

 gether with the Indian inhabitants of the two fuburbs of Callao, called New and Old 

 Pitipiti. The infinite number of Indians who Inhabited this valley before and at the 

 time of the conqueft, are now reduced to the few inhabitants of the above-mentioned 

 places ; and have only two caziques, namely, thofe of Miraflores and Surco, and thefe 

 in fuch low circumftances, as to teach mufic at Lima for fubfiftence. 



The cathedral chapter, befides the archbifhop, confifts of the dean, archdeacon, 

 chanter, treafurer, and reftor, four canons by fuffrage, five by prefentatlon, fix pre- 

 bendaries, and fix femi-prebendaries ; but the ecclefiaftical tribunal confifts only of the 

 archbifhop and his chancellor. His fuffragans are the bifhops of Panama, Quito, 

 Truxillo, Guamanga, Arequipa, Cuzco, St. Jago, and Conception j the two lalt are 

 in the kingdom of .Chili. 



The tribunal of inquifition confifts of two inquifitors and a fifcal, who, like the fub- 

 ordinate officers are nominated by the Inquifitor-general ; and, in cafe of a vacancy^ 

 filled up by the fupreme council of the inquifition. 



The tribunal of the Cruzada is conduced by a fub-delegate commifTary, an acount- 

 ant, and treafurer, with other inferior officers. But the dean or fenior judge of the 

 audience, generally affifts at its deliberations. 



Laftly, here is alfo a mint with its proper officers, w^here gold and filver are 

 coined. 



In the univerfity and colleges, the happy geniufes of the natives are improved by- 

 divine and human learning, and, as we fhall fhew in the fequel, foon give elegant fpe- 



cimens 



