Civil Archives 465 
PRINCIPAL ItEms NOTED. 
Tomo 1. Mainly correspondence of the commandant-general, governor-in- 
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tendant, and viceroy concerning the general administration. 
Administration of the bienes de comunidad of the missions. 1770- 
1783 and later. 
3. Abuses committed by the curates. 1792. 
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Appearance of sixteen war vessels at the port of San Miguel, Sinaloa. 
1797. 
Complaints against authorities. Various dates. 
Consulta (opinion) regarding the powers of the intendant. A re- 
port to the viceroy by the governor-intendant. 1772. 
Certificate of the death of Felipe Neve, at Hacienda de N. S. del 
Carmen, Aug. 22, 1784. 
Private accounts of the intendant. 
Campaign against the rebel Pimas with an army of Seris and Ti- 
burones. 
Causas criminales (criminal trials). 
Tomo 2. Correspondence similar to that of tomo 1. 
1. 
Official act creating Arispe capital of the Interior Provinces ; found- 
ing of a casa de moneda and a bishopric at Arispe. Correspond- 
ence. 1780-1785. 
3. Documents relative to the destruction of the signs placed on the 
roads to commemorate murders by the savages. 1783. 
. Expedientes relative to disarming the Yaquis and Mayos, and the 
organization of four companies of Indians. 1792. 
. Order by the bishop expelling negroes and mulattoes from Indian 
villages. 1785. 
. Seri depredations. Proposal to extinguish the tribe by banishing 
the men to Cuba and the women and children to California. 1795. 
. Yaqui troubles. 1795. 
. Apache depredations. 1793-1797. 
. Discovery of the placers of Cieneguilla. 1772. Correspondence of 
Hugo Oconor, from Chihuahua. 
. Division of the bishopric into Alta and Baja Sonora. 1783. 
. Establishment of the Seris near Pitic. 1783. 
. The Aguardiente monopoly (estanco). 1772. 
. Concerning the election of alcaldes ordinarios. 1794. 
. Establishment of missions. 1772, 1797. About 50 folios. 
(Contains references to Garces’s entrada of 1771, circulars to the padres 
asking information, instructions, etc. 
43. Exemption of goods imported from the Californias from the alcabala. 
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Establishment of a caja real at El Rosario. 1783. 
44-46. Receipts of the treasury-general. 1768-1772; 1793. 
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Establishment of an impost on gold and silver of the mines. 
Establishment of estancos (monopolies) of tobacco, powder, playing- 
cards, etc. 
Establishment of tobacco monopoly (estanquillo) in the Californias. 
1783. 
Edhlshment of the national bank of San Carlos. 
Establishment of a general pay office (pagaduria general) at the 
provincial capital. 
