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Apr 7, 2011 · 25 Jose Basco y Vargas (July 1778-November 1787) a naval officer from an illustrious Granada family, was resented by the majority of the Manila Audiencia for being without royal titles and decoration. Their petition to have him recalled having failed, they set about obstructing his rule.
José Basco y Vargas, 1st Count of the Conquest of Batanes Islands. Career. He was one of the most economic minded governor-generals that served in Spanish ruled Philippines.
The company together with Sociedad Económica de Amigos del Pais (Economic Societies of Friends of the Country) established in 1781, were two of the most important events during the coming of Governor General José de Basco y Vargas which marked a new era in the economic history of the country.
Those interventions would come in the form of the innovative Basque Governor-General Jose Basco y Vargas, the Real Compania de Filipinas (Royal Company of the Philippines) and the few but...
After Spanish rule was restored, José Basco y Vargas one of the ablest of Spanish administrators, was the governor from 1778 to 1787, and he implemented a series of reforms designed to promote the economic development of the islands and make them independent of the subsidy from New Spain.
So under the governorship in the Philippines of Don Jose Basco y Vargas, two Dominicans and an assortment of government officials and functionaries headed by a governor were sent to Batanes.
After Spanish rule was restored, José Basco y Vargas one of the ablest of Spanish administrators, was the governor from 1778 to 1787, and he implemented a series of reforms designed to promote the economic development of the islands and make them independent of the subsidy from New Spain.
