In May, 1741, the Council of the Indies set down the responsibilities of the Havana Company toward Florida. It required that the entire subsidy from Puebla to be sent to Havana in hard money on the ships of the Windward Squadron (Armada de Barlovento). With these funds officials of the company were to buy supplies and food for Florida. In order to determine the price and amount of the goods needed, a company agent was to consult with the governor and his junta in Saint Augustine. Together they would draw up a contract. Officials of the company would then shop the necessary supplies and remaining specie to the Florida capital. If the governor and his junta could prove that the colony was in “dire necessity,” the company had to furnish food and other articles one year in advance, in lieu of the arrival of the situado from New Spain. The principal source for the subsidy remained the Puebla sales taxes, but since income from the alcabalas had diminished since 1702, the viceroy was ordered to make up the difference between the income produced in Puebla and the amount requested by the governor in Florida. It was left to the governor in Saint Augustine to submit a certified statement of this amount to the viceroy. [Note 86: Consejo 5/27/1741] (Tepaske GSF)