En real orden de 10. de noviembre del anterior año se previene al Excmo. señor virrey lo siguiente =
Subtitle: El Rey quiere saber con individualidad y certeza el numero de vasallos, y abitantes que tiene en todos sus bastos dominios de America, y Filipinas
Contributors: Ureta y Peralta, Pedro de; Peru (Viceroyalty). Viceroy (1776-1780 : Guirior); Spain
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1777
Place of publication: Lima
Language: spa
Notes: Title from beginning of text.

Dated: Lima 12. de mayo de 1777.

Viceregal order of May 12, 1777, communicating to governors and intendants the essence of the royal order of Nov. 10, 1776, calling for the realization of an empire wide census of the population.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Special Project Fund.

John Carter Brown Library copy has in ms. at head of title: 10 Nov[iembr]e de 1776. No. 24. Signed in holograph at end: Pedro de Ureta.  Addressed at end in print "Señor" and in ms.: Gobernador de Guancabelica.  Includes an insert in ms. of a model of how the census results were to be tabulated and presented ([1] p. on 2 leaves verso and recto; 42 x 32 cm).  Has added foliation in ms.: 74-76.  Apparently disbound from a contemporary compilation of royal and viceregal decrees and orders.