above stated, for the present and until such time as his Majesty,
when well informed of the present state of affairs in this land,
which has been mentioned above, shall make suitable provisions in
these and all other matters, according to his pleasure. Upon the
first occasion that offers itself there shall be sent on my part
and that of the encomenderos of this commonwealth, to his Majesty,
a detailed and careful account of what is here decreed and ordered,
as well as what the lord bishop suggests and advises; so that his
Majesty, having examined both sides of this question, may make such
provisions and so direct our course that God and his Majesty may
be best served, and all may have the same object. Done in Manila,
on the twenty-eighth of February in the year 1591.



Letter from the Bishop to the Governor


[Evidently as the result of a dispute between these two dignitaries,
Salazar writes (March 4) a letter to Dasmariñas, deprecating any
hostility between them, defending his own position, ascribing the
differences between them to intermeddlers, and prophesying evil to
the country if Dasmariñas maintains his present purposes in regard
to the tributes. He criticizes the governor's decree in various
points--the permission to collect three-fourths of the amount levied;
the appointment of more officials (in most of whom the bishop has no
confidence); and the importance attached therein to the administration
of justice in the encomiendas, as compared with the provision of
religious instruction.]