to a considerable sum, we must perforce send, each year, to the said
treasury of Mexico for the means to pay it all when due.


_The navigation to España_

154. The giving of positions on the trading ships of the Nueva España
route is a great detriment to the country. In the first place this
advantage is enjoyed by those who have not served in this land,
thus depriving of it those who have served.

155. As persons who have no compassion on the citizens of this country,
they busy themselves only for their own interests, and not for the
good of the country.

156. Many of those in the naval and military service come here who
are useless and troublesome. This is a great expense to the king,
and all to no purpose.

157. The soldiers come naked, unarmed, and starving, because their
captains have only tried to cheat them.

158. The ships return loaded with the investments of the officers
of the ships. Besides their own goods, they have been entrusted with
large commissions and trusts in Mexico, which they execute and fulfil
to the great deprivation of this country. They receive excessive
salaries all the time until their return to España, which might be
dispensed with if they were officials of these islands.

159. After they depart for Nueva España with their vessels, then for