In 1634, before this happened, Accountant Nicolas Ponce de Leon summarized what the tithes had been amounting to. The tithes of maize collected between 1631 and 1633 had come to 2,691.5 arrobas, or about 897 arrobas a year. Of this, 406,5 had been sold at 5.5 reales the arroba and the rest at 5 reales, making a 3-year total of 1,707.5 pesos in tithes of maize, which averaged to 569 pesos a year. For the tithes from miscellaneous sources the accountant gave yearly figures, which totaled 468 pesos for the same period. Total tithes averaged 725 pesos a year, indicating a titheable production of around 29,000 pesos a year between 1631 and 1633, less than in 1600. [Note 9: Nicolas Ponce de Leon 12/12/1634] (Bushnell KC)