 Anda, being the highest member of the Audiencia not captive by the British, assumed all powers and demanded the royal seal.Rojo declined to surrender it and refused to recognise Anda as Governor-General.The surrender agreement between Archbishop Rojo and the British military guaranteed the Roman Catholic religion and its episcopal government, secured private property, and granted the citizens of the former Spanish colony the rights of peaceful travel and of trade 'as British subjects'.