in general, the govern- ment, direction, or management of affairs, and particu- larly the exercise of distributive justice. Among eccle- siastics, it is often used to express the giving or dispens- ing the sacraments, &c.

is also the name given by the Spaniards in Peru to the staple magazine, or warehouse, established at Callao, a small town on the South sea, which is the port of Lima, the capital of that part of South America, and particularly of Peru. The foreign ships which have leave to trade along that coast are obliged to unload here, paying 13 per cent. of the price they sell for, if the cargo be entire, and even 16 per cent. if otherwise; besides which, they pay 3 per 1000, duty, for customship and some other small royal rights and claims.