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The Florida comisario advised the Crown to authorize a standard set of doctrina supplies for every n

Source: Situado and Sabana #82

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The king's baptismal gift to a new "foundation" was the same for the converts of every order: a 1000-peso ayuda de costa for a start-up set of religious furnishings: vestments, bells, ornaments, and other necessities of the "divine cult." Unquestionably, 1000 pesos multiplied by the total number of mission foundations represented a heavy outlay for the royal treasury, but the same grant-in-aid that aided the natives to become Christians also eased their transition into full-time farming by supplying them with tools for construction and tillage, seeds, domestic animals, and even food and clothing, at least for the duration of the catechumenal state (Bringas 1796).

As early as 1595 the royal officials of Florida were forwarding what appeared to be a routine order for bells, vestments, and chalices for the new conversions (Las Alas and Menendez Marquez, 1595). It would avoid delays, Comisario Juan Gomez de Palma suggested (1637?), if the Crown would simply order that every newly formed doctrina be given a complete set of what was necessary instead of approving the cases one by one.

(Bushnell SS)