Section 10
SEC. 10. In a case coming under the last preceding section, as well as in the absence of an agreement, the i reward for salvage or assistance shall be fixed by the Court of First Instance of the province where the things salvaged are found, taking into account principally the expenditures made to recover or save the vessel or the cargo or both, the zeal demonstrated, trie time employed, the services rendered, the excessive expenses occasioned, the number of persons who aided, the danger to which they and their vessels were exposed, as well as that which menaced the things recovered or salvaged, and the value of such things after deducting the expenses.