Concerns granting of Moreno venturas request for military transfer and appointment as Coahuila presidio capitan. Marfi returns to capital due to ill health. Adjustment of Rocha's salary. Concerns shipment of arms for Faxes' compania de Voluntarios and reimbursement. Acknowledgement of receipt of letter on costs and necessary gun powder supplies and cost per pound given at regulated price of three reales. Concerns return of documents of inspection of Piquetes de los regimientos de dragones de Espana y Mexico and request for remission of arms. Refers to king's awareness of Croix's earlier illness and desire not to let Croix fall behind in his duties. Concerns payment for mission synods. Discussion of paper work concerning salary adjustments made under Rubion; discussion of Peon salaries at missions. Concerns transport of canons for Santa Barbara defense. Shipment of religious paraphernalia for California mission chapel decoration and mention that priests have been named for mission administration. Discusses investments of Goya in Santa Barbara factoria. Concerns funds for Rivera's recruitment of troops and expedition with families to Californias. Request for documents on positions for official scribes. Concerns Morfi's employment in Convento San Francisco. Concerns placement of subordinates of Milicia and administrative problems of personnel placed in two divergent jobs. Concerns documents about merits of Barrio Junca y Espriella. (L. L. Woodward, June 1988)

Concerns debt owed to real hacienda by Gallego in Nueva California; sale of Mezcal in Santiago Papasquiaro and hopes to stop illegal sale; request for gun powder for provinces for year concerns when Garibay began receiving his salary for San Bernardino capitancy; order about punishment of soldiers not wearing uniforms. Marini's letter to Mayorga discussing his merits and trip from Havana and virrey's response asking Croix to be of service to Marini. Concerns pension for Martinez' wife and discussion of discounts and Martinez' salary; also concerns Munis' wife's pension and sending salary to Spain. Concerns shipment of canons to Santa Barbara and shipment of money and supplies to California presidios. Mentions importance of ships in providing aid to vast area. Concerns licencias of useless individuals in Faxes' company. Concerns quality of postal service and documents to be provided by administrator. (L. L. Woodward, June 1988)

Concerns mail service in Sonora and Sinaloa. Concerns printing of Neve's reglamiento. Concerns order received about promoting harmony between judges and administrators of Alcavalas and paymaster frauds. Concerns decision that cigar and cigarette factory not be established in Durango. Brief mention of case of Dona Petronila Hurtado de Mendosa against two Sumas and required paperwork. Informing of death and receipt of salary of Cacique Juan Domingo. Concerns lottery establishment in Durango and Chihuahua. Response to letter about payment to troops and gunsmith in Santa Fee. Payment of transport costs for Mule deer. Request for surgeon Davila's retirement. (L. L. Woodward, June 1988)

Concerns shipbuilding in San Blas. Concerns Durango treasury administrator's businesses. Capitan Muniz' wife's receipt of his salary. Concerns deserters and their integration into regimiento de dragones de Espana y Mexico and compania de Voluntarios. Shipment of arms via Veracruz. Naming of Vinolas Mata subteniente to Cataluna company. Merits and new position o Garcia Rebollo. Concerns Jalisco mission orders about dissension concerns retirement of surgeon Davila. Request for funds for recruitment and arms in Querataro. (L. L. Woodward, June 1988)

Concerns Durango treasury accountant's post. Concerns salary increases for 2 tenientes. Acknowledges receipt of letters and order about funds for California mission import of livestock. Naming and salary of interim engraver. Return of funds from Guadalaxara to Alamos treasuries and delivery of royal treasury funds for paymaster. Concerns abuses between Coahuila governor and administration and advice to keep harmony. Concerns receipt of expediente on gold levy in acalavala and applicability of new taxes there. Concerns Lacomba's and Mata binal's military placement. Concerns delivery of arms from Spain. Request for funds for Gregory. Concerns invalid soldier's service record and cedula. Concerns Croix's salary of 10,000 pesos in Pagaduria and orders of its delivery.

Concerns accounting of funds from Chihuahua treasury used for Mule feed and transport and tobacco factoria construction. Discusses letters and expedientes about Aviles. Concerns return of funds from Alamos to Chihuahua treasuries. Recommendation and service record of Alvarez Osario. Concerns treasury of Durango and investigation of Salcedo's post. Discusses use of funds for cattle importation for California missions. Concerns salary provisions for California in Rivera's attempt to receive his salary. Concerns dispute between padres and soldiers following papel bull of Santa crusada (little information). Concerns treasury repayment between Alamos and Guadalajara. Reference to unincluded informe on salt mining in San Blas. (L. L. Woodward, June 1988)

Acknowledgement of receipt of copies of dictamen about serras administration of missions of Nueva California and confirmation Sacrament;request for expediente not answered. Receipt of order about Guadalaxara and Alamos treasury transactions. Request of Chihuahua funds for expenses in transport of Mule deer to New Mexico. Croix thanks Mayorga for promoting Escobar and Corvalan. Letter agreeing to let Goya buy religious paraphernalia for Santa Barbara chapel. Mention of bandos about collection of old coinage. Croix acknowledges receipt of letters from Mayorga. Concerns construction of gun powder trading post in Monclova. Transfer of Garibay and details of his salary. Request for copy of document about soldiers punished for not wearing uniforms. (L. L. Woodward, June 1988)

Concerns new Pagaduria which will operate independently of Alamo treasury. Concerns Vargas' change in post and salary. Discussion of new accountant for Alamos treasury. Gregori's aid thanked. Concerns provision of uniforms and arms for Fages' company. Virrey confirms his awareness of contruction in Chihuahua of house and fabrica. Change in post for Escobar. Congratulation of birth of Asturias son. Croix repeats orders from Mayorga to be careful of English insults on the coast of California and Sonora and forwards order to Hughes. Croix acknowledges receipt of list of discharged soldiers; receipt of expediente about uncollected tribute in Rosario maloy y Copala and Guadalajara mines. Croix requests that 10,000 peso of his salary be sent and letter confirms fulfillment of request concerns mission establishment among Yumas and inquiry into Bucareli's leaving a sum in his will for this. Concerns delivering of Garibay's salary; mention of expediente on west coast pearl search. Concerns Moncada's activities at reenlistment, receipt of mules, horses, and cattle, and trip to new California with families and cattle. (L. L. Woodward, June 1988)

Concerns request for letters about payment from Caja real to missions. Concerns providing gun powder to factorias. Concerns regulations and registering of stores. Request of return of funds to treasury of Alamos from Guadalajara. Recruitment by Fages for his company. Rights to make breastplates conceded to inventor Bentucat by Bucarely (relates to F 86). Receipt of letter about reenlistment in dragones de Espana. Two relaciones about veteran officials of viceroy's army who have reenlisted or are to receive salary abono and includes their service records.

Documents treat military, administrative, fiscal matters of gobernador of Nueva Viscaya. Orders from real tribunal de Mineria on operations and administration. Shipment of five deer to Spain. Military pay, personnel, passports and provisions. Miners and merchants of Alamos petition transfer from Rosario of fiscal operations to establish Casa in Alamos. Petition by Ugarte y Loyola for transfer to Guadalajara or Mexico. Military escort of Seri prisoners for theft, murder and rebellion to Guadalajara (emotional and strong prejudice displayed). Guns for the compania de Opatas. Detailed accounting for approved expenses of payment office. Ff. 361-362 chart of expenditures for firearms in comandancia general, itemized by military group and rank with totals for each and summaries. Request and receipt of reglamentos de California written by Neve. Ff. 363-366 include long direct quote of Croix from 1782 explaining why urgently needed firearms from Spain have not left Chihuahua for distribution where needed (cf. Original, folios 137-192). (J. M. Johnson, August 1988)