Note XXVII‑16 — Chapter XXVII · PANAMÁ, PORTOBELLO, AND PIRACY. 1601-1670.
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The office of corredor de lonja was farmed out for 1,000 pesos, those of corredor devinos and auctioneer for 75 pesos each per annum. Panamá, Descrip., in Pacheco and Cárdenas, Col. Doc., ix. 90. In fact the king prohibited monopolies in which he did not participate. On the 29th of March 1621, Felipe III. decreed that as flour must be brought from Peru, and the corregidores had a monopoly of the trade, the viceroys must abolish that system so that dealers might purchase without restriction for the Panamá market. Recop. de Ind., ii. 64.