List of salary payments; decrees regarding other payments for establishment of missions, presidios, haciendas, and settlements; repetitive countersignatures; list of supplies sent to San Blas, destined for California; request for return of salary paid after job finished. (p. Coyle January 1990)

Echaverte placed in charge of distributing funds associated with establishment of missions in California, previous personal investment cited; fairly detailed fiscal regulations for missions, haciendas, and shipping; includes names of ships. (p. Coyle January 1990)

New administrator Montoya Garay seeks to liquidate debts from time of Jesuit administration of mission haciendas (p. Coyle January 1990)

Tax collector of Charcas asks that a debt be paid from the sale of fruit from the hacienda of Reynera (p. Coyle January 1990)

Detailed list of missionaries destined for missions in Baja California, San Diego, Monterrey, Santa Clara, San Francisco; seeks sea and land transport for missionaries; orders and certifications concerning equipment and furnishings for missions; requests for return of money loaned for establishment of new missions; response that money spent on other missions; decree that debts be taken out of synod payments. (p. Coyle January 1990)

Debt of deceased Elizalde for books and furnishings satisfied with payment of only 600 pesos as debt seen to be in large part personal. (p. Coyle January 1990)

Correspondence concerning sheperd Resende under whose charge many heads of livestock were lost; defense of Resende that loss beyond his control, occurred when Hacendado fired him over disgust with his wife; Resende jailed for debt; Resende plea for mercy; lists of livestock; decision that Resende pay for lost stock over time from wages as sheperd (p. Coyle January 1990)

Informe concerning monetary malpractices in Missiones. Describes overpricing of articles by Jesuits in order to obtain 150% more money than Baja California, and thus be able to attract a larger population by means of a higher pay, changing servant status into muleteer status in some presidios in order to be included in military payroll, a number of mistakes in previous calculation explain how a round figure of four thousand pesos per presidio is requested by Monterrey, and three thousand by San Francisco and San Diego while they really should get 1600 and 1200 respectively, and futile efforts to bridge the differences. Detailed description of difficulties in every day life in Alta California, trying to justify a raise in pay. Letters granting a total of five thousand two hundred pesos for the four presidios and a raise of four hundred pesos for clothing. Letter describing living conditions and architecture of presidios in Alta California, arguing that it will be cheaper to rebuild than to repair. Letter from Monterrey complaining about difficulty in finding Indians to repair the presidio due to the cold winter. Letter requesting revision of final figures to presidios in Alta California, since Fages (who had the decree) passed away. Description of Californias demography. Letters informing payment to Santa Barbara's presidio. (T. Kahana, sept.1989)

Documents concerning the secularization of mission hacienda de Cienega. Records of rents paid. Record of taxes paid on Cienega. Letters concerning taxes paid on new theater located on Calle vergana. Letters concerning sale of hacienda del Arroyo. Lists rents and dates paid. Letters concerning debts owed to the contaduria. 1829 mayordomo wages. Lastiri placed in charge of real estate administration. Letters of contest. (K. Mccaston, may 1990)

Lists of workers hired and wages paid. Autos documenting payments received by contaduria and requests for loans. Documents stating amount and conditions of loans made to individuals. Documents recording payments made in response to decree April 16, 1834. Itemized lists of debts and holdings. Letters concerning houses #11 & 12 on Calle vergana. Contaduria wanted to regain full control of houses. (K. Mccaston, may 1990)