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1591–1593]
FORTIFICATION OF MANILA
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three per cent] on the appraisals amounts in this present year to thirteen thousand two hundred and fourteen pesos and six tomins. xiii U. ccxiiii pesos.

Hence, in proportion to the three per cent duty, the duty now imposed for the building of the wall comes to eight thousand eight hundred and nine pesos and six tomins. viii U. dccc ix pesos.

This is without having finished the clearing of the vessels, although there is little left now to be shipped.

[Marginal note: "Everything that has been done in regard to the walls is approved; let this impost and the others be continued until the fortification is completed."]