Baja California pearl-fishery (*buceo de perlas*) report (R. Tribunal de Cuentas, 28 May / 21 Sep 1795): remit to San Blas the 23 oz 10 adarmes of pearls at Loreto for the royal *quinto*; Borica's plan to resume the fishery (1-yr quinto exemption); *armadores* Martínez, Valdés, Mesa, Munguía of Mulegé (1791–93); 5 canoes in 1794; the fishery's conduct (armador + 20–30 divers; shell/pearl shares); Indian-diver protections under the Laws of the Indies (libs. 4 tít. 25; freedom, no death-penalty coercion); + a comparative essay on world pearling (Ceylon, Persian Gulf/Bahrain, Japan via Goa/Lisbon, Bengal, Madagascar) & the pearl 'La Peregrina' — Bourbon political-economy applied to Cal. Ratified Bonilla 26 Nov
| Date | 1795-10-24 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Branciforte (México) |
| To | Gov. of Cal. |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | XIII |
| Original tomo page | xiii.106–116 |
| Savage copy page | (46)–(52) |
| Scan leaf | n264–n270 |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Branciforte (México) to Gov. of Cal., 1795-10-24, Provincial State Papers, xiii.106–116, Archives of California, C-A 7, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.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/ca7/ca7-d367.html