Condition: In fair condition; Readable; with only two small holes
on page 3; Torn along edges; Fold and crease marks with stains;
none of which detract from its legibility.

Provenance:
Don Pedro Alejandro Paterno (1857– 1911) and
Doña Luisa Piñeyro de Lugo y Merino (Sra. de Paterno, d. 1897)

ABOUT THE WORK

Gaceta de Manila served as the official bulletin of the colonial government in the Philippines. Established by virtue of a royal order, each pueblo in the colony were obligatory subscribers to this gazette. Every issue of the Gaceta carried the following: royal orders, decrees (issued by the Gobierno General de Filipinas, Audiencia, Arzobispo, Intendencia, Alcaldes, and Corregidores), military and naval reports, official announcements (court, Sociedad Economica, auctions, etc.), judicial dispositions, statistics, and semi-official announcements. During the Spanish colonial period, Gaceta de Manila was the foremost legal reference and the text it publishes is the recognized authoritative version. This particular number dated August 21, 1889 carries a reglamento (regulation) concerning the imposition and administration of personal tax on the Chinese residents of the colony. The regulation was enacted on August 16, 1889 and promulgated by Governor General Valeriano Weyler. Weyler was governor general from 1888 to 1891 and best remembered in Philippine history as the one who authorized the opening of a night school that the prominent women of Malolos, Bulacan had requested.