Note X‑28 — Chapter X · ADMINISTRATION OF AFFAIRS IN NICARAGUA. 1531-1550.
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He held office for eleven years as treasurer, and during all that time it is said that he put nothing into the treasury. Squier's MSS., xxii. 144, 149. It may be remarked, on the other hand, that the affairs of the province were in such a condition that little or no revenue could be collected. There is no evidence that Rios was related to his namesake, the former governor of Castilla del Oro.