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Doc. Ko* 75. 



Majesty has b^en pleased to make a port of entry of San Juan de Nicaragw^^ 

 on the banks of the river of that name^of the smaller class, extending, for 

 the present, such order to the city of Grenada, in the lake of Nicaragua^ as 

 far as such river is navigable; wherefore, all the privileges belonging to the 

 port of San Juan are to be enjoyed, for the present, by the city of Grenada, 

 By royal order I communicate this to you, &c. Aranjuez, February 

 26; 1796. 



GUARD ( QU 



To the Governor Intendant of Nicaragua, 



That Don Juan Zavala may effect the shipment which he proposes to 

 make, from Cadiz to the port of San Juan, the King has been pleased to 

 order;* as a mark of royal protection, that, renewing the instructions con- 

 tained in the royal order of 26th February last, uf)on this subject, you ar© 

 now directed to promote plantations of coffee^^ which wilt probably be en- 

 couraged by the opening of the port; and youv/ill aid Zavala with laborers 

 for the felling of choice woods, Brazil woods, and other commercial arti- 

 cles, as also carriages and small vessels, as he may require, without preju- 

 dice to the law 3, title 14, book 6, and others, prohibiting personal service; 

 you and the first alcaldes exhorting and enjoining the inhabitants to work. 

 That you procure, by every possible means, that provisions be found for 

 the seamen and laborers, on board and in the poTt, at the same prices as 

 those paid by the people of Masaya for the garrison of the fort of San 

 Carlos. That you give the use of the naval stores in Grenada, for the 

 construction of flat-bottomed boats for bringing up the cargo by the rivers, 

 at the same rate and distances as the royal treasury pays, if not required 

 for any urgent service of the King. That the dues of the consulado, and 

 the sole contribution which the shipment has to pay for the privilege 

 allowed in the smaller ports, be deposited in your custody, for erecting 

 strong sheds in the places which the consulado may consider best. That, 

 for the several financial measures connected with this expedition, you will 

 require a report from Zavala, if he should be near the spot and can give it; 

 for, as the author of the project, and by his knowledge of the river, his 

 report maybe of much use. Finally, you will report all that occurs, to 

 the President, Don Jose Domas, to whom, by royal order of this date^ 

 instructions are given to favor this enterprise. 



By order of his Majesty, I communicate this to you for its fulfilment; 

 and I desire you to watch the progress of Zavales' project, to report thereon 

 opportunely, and that the King may duly reward his zeal and exertions in 

 the promotion of an object of such importance: adding, that, for the 

 present, his Majesty has granted an absolute freedom of all import duties 

 into Spain on the money and produce returned by this expedition or ship- 

 ment. AranjueZ; March 27^ 1796. 



GUARDOQUL 



No. 6. ^ 



Memoir on the projected capiat through the isthmus of. Nicaragua j hy 

 Juan Aycinena, Minister General of Guatemala, Paris ^ 184.4. 



Since reason has taught uS; and experience has practically demon- 

 strated; thjat public prosperity cannot exist without commerce; the spirit 



