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other inferior officers belonging to each clafs. Here 

 all Gorregidors, intrufted to colled: the revenue, pafs 

 their accounts. Here alio the diftributions and ma- 

 nagements of the royal revenue are regulated. 



Lastly, the royal treafury, under a treafurer, 

 acconnptant, and agent, who have the fuperintend- 

 ance of all his majcfty's revenue of what kindfoever; 

 fince whatever revenue arifes from the other parts 

 of this province is remitted to Lima as the capital of 

 the kingdom. 



The corporation of Lima, confifts of regidores or 

 aldermen, an alferez real, or fherifF-, and two alcaldes, 

 or royal judges ; all being noblemen of the firft dif- 

 tindtion in the city. Thefe have the diredtion of the 

 police, and the ordinary adminiftration of juftice. 

 The alcaldes prefide alternately every month ; for by a 

 particular privilege of this city, the jurifdidion of its 

 eorregidor extends only to the Indians. 



Here is a court for the efFedls of deceafed perlbns, 

 which takes cognizance of the goods of thofe dying 

 inteftate, and without lawful heir ; and likewife of 

 thofe entrufted with the effedts of other perfons. It 

 confifts of a judge, who is generally one of the audi- 

 tors, a counfellor, and an accomptant. 



The next tribunal is that of commerce, or the 

 Confulado. Its principal officers are a prefident and 

 tv;o confuls. Ail who are entered in the lift of mer- 

 chants are members of it, and have a vote in the 

 choice of thefe officers, who, with an aflefTor, decide 

 all commercial difputes and procelTes, by the fame 

 rules as the confulados at Cadiz and Bilboa. 



Lima has alio a eorregidor, whofe jurifdidlion ex- 

 tends to all Indians both within the city and five 

 leagues round it. The principal places in this jurif- 

 di&ion are Surco, Los Chorillos, Mirafiores, la 

 IVIagdalena, Lurigancho, Late, Pachacama, and Lu- 

 fin, together with the Indian inhabitants of the two 

 iuburbs of Cailao, called nofi ar*d old Pitipiti. The 

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