With regards to the economy, collection of taxes was more efficient under the intendancy system.

After a two years of experimentation with the new office, an intendancy was introduced in Louisiana (1764).

So the intendancy system did not accomplish its aim of eliminating political autonomy at the provincial level.

The intendancy took control of government and military finances and had broad powers to promote the local economy.

During the Peninsular War of 1809-1811 he held an intendancy in the patriot army.

It created an intendancy system, giving extensive powers to highly qualified officials who were directly responsible to the king.

The intendancy system proved to be efficient in most areas and led to an increase in revenue collection.

At the same time a new institution, which up until now had only been used in Spain, was introduced into Cuba: the intendancy.

An Intendancy was added in 1786.

Therefore, Hocquart found himself in a very favorable place for a promotion to a colonial intendancy.

In 1787, an intendancy was established in Durango to promote economic and population growth.

One of the drawbacks of holding the intendancy was the need to always be on one's guard for ambitious underlings.

Another intendancy was also set up at Arizpe, Sonora.

His political career began when he was member of the Board of Municipal Intendancy Support in 1890.

As a result of the Seven Years' War an intendancy was set up in Cuba in 1764.

Yet the territorial reorganization of the viceroyalty would not be fully carried out until eight years later, when the intendancy system was established.

In the end, the intendancy system did not attain centralized authority for the monarchy at either the viceroyalty level or the imperial one.

In 1730, administration of the Littoral was unified under the Intendancy in Trieste.

Yet the introduction of the intendancy system did not in fact contribute to reinforcing the monarch's authority in regard to local and provincial interests.

Each intendancy was further subdivided into subdélégations (districts):

In early 1875, he was appointed Secretary General of the intendancy of the Royal House and property.

In 1998, the government approved a Resolution establishing the Water Intendancy as the authority for granting water user rights.

Despite the efforts of the insurrectionists, the cause of independence was not shared by the city councils of the Intendancy .

The Intendancy of Trujillo was divided into the following 7 parts, called "Partidos":

In any given area at any given time, the duties of the intendant would have been specified by the laws that established that particular intendancy.