Note 2 — Chapter VI · THE AUDIENCIA AND THE GOVERNOR: GENERAL RELATIONS
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See Moses, Establishment of Spanish rule in America, 70–71.
Philip III ordered the viceroy of New Spain to “give aid to the governor and captain-general of the Philippines in whatever may occur, and above all ... to send him on demand whatever may seem necessary of arms, men, munitions, and money for the conservation of those Islands, salaries, and presidios, and other matters under his care (Recopilación, 3–4–13).” The viceroys also exercised a certain degree of authority over the despatch of the galleons from Acapulco (ibid., 9–45–25 to 31, 47, 74 to 76). Aside from the points indicated, the Philippines were normally as independent of New Spain as the latter was independent of the Philippines.