Presidio

First two letters in this Series barely legible; followed by an index of correspondence that centers around military fiscal affairs for the year 1801; commentary on the decisions of the junta Superior on matters related to accounts for military finances, index continues into March of 1803, speaks of matters such as the percentage to be Charged on bills of exchange, the reestablishment of the rescate de oroy plata , military communications, transportation costs; beginning with ff. 0268 sequence of folios was photographed on top of folio 0279; real tribunal answering questions as to whether or not the percentage being Charged on bills of exchange was producing some benefit to the real hacienda in light of the administrative costs associated with it, answers that there have occurred some controversies associated with payments of salaries in the presidios. There has been limited implementation of the percentage mentioned in order not to jeopardize the integrity of the general funds, the percentage has been changed to 12 percent (from 1 12 percent) in light of its deleterious effects, ff. 0268-0278 not decipherable due to half pages being copied, upside down and reversed placement etc.; index mentioned earlier resumes on ff. 0279 with basically the same type of abstracts (tracing the correspondence related to the accounts and their submission to periodically to the real tribunal de Cuentas); letter from Nava informing Berenguer de Marquina that the estados de ingreso, salidas, y existencia de Caudales de la real caxa of Arispe was sent to him by Guebara; index mentioned above ends with February 3, 1810. (O. Velez, October 1989)