 In 1799 he wrote to King Charles IV a report entitled "Representación al rey, sobre immunidades del clero" ("Description to the King, of the Immunities of the Clergy").In this document he outlined the social and political situation in New Spain and explained the symptoms of discontent.He proposed the general abolition of tribute levied on the indigenous; the free distribution of royal lands; agrarian land reform in Mexico that would permit poor people to obtain 20- or 30-year "leases" on uncultivated land belonging to the large landowners, but without paying rent; and the right to establish cotton and woolen mills.