Note 11 — Spanish Insular Government

There was also a tenth class gratis for the clergy, army and navy forces, and convicts, and a “privileged” class gratis for petty-governors and their wives, Barangay chiefs and their wives, and Barangay chiefsʼ assistants, called “primogénito” (primogénito means first born—perhaps it was anticipated that he Would “assist” his father in his gratuitous government service).