Index of letters corresponding to this sequence; mentions a roya announcement and decree involving last wills and testaments; instituted a manda forzosa from last will and testaments that has produced income that will be sent to Spain; sums in question collected by Cabildo de la Santa Iglesia de Monterrey advises against sending them through Tampico, also that intendente of Veracruz should register their shipment on first war ship in order to avoid freight charges; letter from virrey acknowledging the above information; Arredondo used the sums mentioned for his troops instead of sending them to Spain. He justifies this by citing high port and shipping costs, virrey has made arrangements to have sum from another source sent instead. (O. Velez, September 1989)