Letters and relaciones sent from Monterrey concerning expenses incurred in presidio including those caused by fire, in previous folios (332-337) a specific fire in Monterrey is mentioned. Letter concerning administrative affairs of factories in Alta California and the production of tobacco, letters about increasing population of the area. Document listing artesans, their location and wages. Death certificate of Sangrador. Letters and documents certifying money supply for Monterrey. (T. Kahana September 1989)

Lopez de Toledo describes inventory of Loreto warehouse and lack of sufficient supplies for California missions and presidios. Purchases ordered by superiors, transportation schedules. Stresses need for more money to provision expeditions to Monterrey and San Diego, refers to Galvez 1768 recommendations to remedy scarcity of supply; improve agricultural production and sheep production for meat and wool for clothing. Information Sonora (Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe); Canoas Santa Rita, San Ignacio, San Xavier, Guadalupe and San Francisco Solano; paquebots el Principe, Lauretana, Concepcion, San Antonio and San transhipment to California, pay for craftsmen and Mule drivers. Ff. 196-197 and 211-212 roster list of officers and soldiers with salaries for compania de Cuera. Ff. 209 reports shipwreck off Sonora, sailors lost, plans for other ship to take survivors and cargo to California. (J. M. Johnson, June 1989)

Bodega, comandante de San Blas requests that virrey determine salary to be payed workers from Arsenal de San Blas who took part in expedicion de limites. Virrey determines that workers be payed 56 pesos per month's time spent aboard ships of expedition (ff. 188-134). Rios, Campuzano and Moreno, capataces at Arsenal de San Blas petition virrey for salary of 20 reales per day. Virrey denies request (ff. 135-151). Rios, Naval carpenter requests fixed monthly salary. Castro, maestro mayor de Calafates requests customary salary of position (ff. 152-174). Documents concerning nomination of Castro as maestro mayor; standardizing shipyard workers' salaries; disposition of post of casillero (ff. 175-189). (J. H. Ochs, August 1988)