Informe of his *visita* to the Southern (Baja California) department: visited missions San José del Cabo, Santiago, Todos Santos, Real de Sta Ana etc.; sale of *azogue* (mercury) at the presidio *habilitación* aided the miners; *reales de minas* so destitute nobody risks goods, all on credit (only $1,250 traded in 1784); ordered ranchers to register brands (*fierros y marcas*, $6/título) & show land titles; Viceroy Gálvez ruled mission lands only provisional; ceded 2 sitios at Todos Santos to Crisóstomo Castro; Todos Santos mission debt $2,081 paid 1784; '4 yrs since a grain of maize grew'; urged an Indian *Gobernador* so neophytes get justice ('los jueces del departamento no hacían caso de los indios'); mission cattle to supply the 3 *reales de minas* at $3/toro (disputed)
| Date | 1785-02-15 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Arrillaga (Loreto) |
| To | Fages |
| Series | State Papers, Missions |
| Tomo | I–V (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.i.1–17 |
| Savage copy page | 2–5 |
| Scan leaf | n1 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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