THE 1790 ROYAL OTTER-PELT TARIFF & monopoly regulation — '*Tarifa por donde se han de satisfacer las pieles de Nutrias que se reciban de cuenta de S.M. en las Misiones de ambas Californias*': 3 classes by size/color — negras ≥1¼ vara 7 p / de color 5 p; ½–1¼ vara 6 p / color 4 p; ¾–1 vara 3 p / color 2 p. *Prevenciones:* pelts must be sound & ≥¾ vara; no wolf/skunk/wildcat skins until valued; ⭐⭐ the 'Antiguo método' of the Habilitados intervening in the otter-*acopio* is ABOLISHED — the friars receive & deliver the pelts to the Buque (→ San Blas → Acapulco), managing the Indians' hunting with the otter value entering el fondo común de la Misión; a México Real-Hacienda 'ramo de Nutrias' accounts all pelt-payments/curtido/freights; anti-moth curing; the tariff governs 'las Nutrias que se remitan desde el 1º del corriente año.' — a keystone document (the Vasadre-era Spanish otter monopoly, complete) / (the sea-otter economy that drew the foreigners)
| Date | 1790-05-18 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Pedro Fages (México) — 'dice ser copia de su original' |
| Series | Departmental State Papers, San José |
| Tomo | I–III (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.31–34 |
| Savage copy page | 33–36 |
| Scan leaf | n32–35 |
| Document type | abstract (decree) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Pedro Fages (México) — 'dice ser copia de su original', 1790-05-18, Departmental State Papers, San José, I–III, p.31–34, Archives of California, C-A 44, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [the tomo is given as the volume’s full range: this entry has not been resolved to a single tomo within I–III]Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca44/ca44-d34.html