Royal decree regulating trade in the Philippines. It summarises how it was ordered up to that time and establishes the new orders: the trade between the islands and New Spain is preserved; the merchandise will not exceed a value of 250,000 pesos, and the return of them will not exceed 500,000; only 4 ships of the King of no more than 200 tons are allowed; the crew they must carry and the necessary controls to avoid losses and fraud are regulated, both in Manila and in Acapulco. Printed. Royal Decree of 23rd May 1620 to Alonso Fajardo de Tenza, Governor of the Philippines, ordering him to observe the provisions of the distribution of tons of the ships in the trade of those islands.
Collection: Texts
Chronology: XVII
Scope: Baccalaureate, University
Link: http://pares.mcu.es/ParesBusquedas20/catalogo/show/423220
Resource type: Historical source
Format: Unknown
Source: Archivo General de Indias. Sección Gobierno. Audiencia de Filipinas. Instalación Cartas, peticiones y expedientes de personas seculares
Language: Spanish
Date: 31/12/1604
Owner: Álvaro Chaparro Sainz (Modernalia)
Identifier: ES.41091.AGI/24//FILIPINAS,43,N.1
Copyright: © MECD. Archivos Estatales (España)
Abstract: Royal Decrees on trade and tonnage in the Philippines
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