For to the latter no attention is to be given, since it is certain that every one is working for his own interest and profit.

Whenever these reductions have been made in armies and militia, they are resented at the beginning.

Everything is assured, as is advisable, with good management and the execution of what is ordered.

Hence I again charge you most earnestly that, inasmuch as this matter of the expenses and revenues of those islands is paramount and cannot be overlooked, you shall endeavor to preserve whatever is possible, paying heed that the expense of what you shall take upon yourself does not prove of greater harm than what you are trying to remedy thereby."] 33d.

I shall endeavor to have the same done in all the expenses that should be increased, when their utility and necessity should not be clear and evident, if they are not approved and confirmed by your Majesty.