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members, namely, a Frenchman, a Spaniard, a German, 
and an Italian. 
The funds which arrive from Spain are administered 
by the procurator-general, who has under him a vice- 
procurator. These two administrators must be Spaniards. 
The funds which come from other countries are ad- 
ministered by the council. 
According to the constitution, the half of the ex- 
penses of the convents and churches of the Holy Land,, 
ought to be paid out of the Spanish funds, and the other 
half from the funds remitted by other nations; but as, 
at this period, the other nations of Europa furnish- 
ed nothing, every demand was discharged from the 
Spanish funds, which were already in advance for the 
other chests for more than a million of piastres. Unfor- 
tunately three years had elapsed without any remit- 
tances having arrived from Spain, so that the poor 
procurator-general found himself in an embarrassed 
situation, which was increased by the exactions and 
oppression of the Turks. 
The convents send in their accounts certified and 
signed by all the monks of the community every month 
to the procurator. general, who presents his to the coun- 
cil every four months. This system maintains good 
order and purity in their financial administration. 
The monks are well-treated, fed, and clothed. Their 
organization is excellent, their government prudent and 
wise, and their conduct strictly watched. It is on this 
account that they are so well looked upon by the Mus- 
sulmen; but they are abhorred by the Greeks, and the 
other Christian dissenters, because these latter would 
wish to remain sole possessors of the holy places, and 
are incessantly intriguing against the Latins. 
