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Table IV:

Distribution of Funds Turned Over to the Caja de Consolidación

Secular church  
 Juzgado de Testamentos  
  capellanías 342,408 
  obras pías 66,223 
  testamentarias y concursos 42,771 
 Religious brotherhoods 97,306 
 Parishes 78,058 
 Aniversarios 35,030 
 Colegios 21,746 
 Third orders 18,800 
Fábricas espirituales 14,280 
 Undetermined 8,020 
Regular church  
 Male religious orders 159,826 
 Female religious orders 120,508 
Obras pías a cargo de los conventos 30,620 
Total 1,035,596 
Secular church  
 Juzgado de Testamentos  
  capellanías 342,408 
  obras pías 66,223 
  testamentarias y concursos 42,771 
 Religious brotherhoods 97,306 
 Parishes 78,058 
 Aniversarios 35,030 
 Colegios 21,746 
 Third orders 18,800 
Fábricas espirituales 14,280 
 Undetermined 8,020 
Regular church  
 Male religious orders 159,826 
 Female religious orders 120,508 
Obras pías a cargo de los conventos 30,620 
Total 1,035,596 

Note: Not included here are funds from the Indian community treasuries (67,279 pesos), the nuevo noveno (54,856 pesos), and the anualidades eclesiásticas (14,520 pesos). These three added to the funds belonging to the regulars and seculars as above give a total of 1,172,251 pesos which were turned over to the Caja de Consolidación in Michoacán.

Sources: “Cuenta general . . . 1805” and “Cuenta general . . . 1806,” AGN, Consolidación, vol. 5, exp. 1; “Cuaderno 2 . . . de 1807” and “Cuaderno 3 . . . de 1808,” AHMCR, Negocios Diversos, Consolidación, 1807.

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