The matter in the present volume comes from many widely different
sources. They are as follows:
1. Commerce of the Philippines.--See bibliographical data of VOL. XLIV,
no. 6.
2. Letter from ecclesiastical cabildo.--MS. from Archivo general
de Indias, Sevilla, bearing pressmark, "Simancas-Eclesiastico;
Audiencia de Filipinas; Cartas y espedientes del cabildo eclesiastico
de Filipinas vistos en el consejo, años 1586 á 1670; estante 68,
cajón I, legajo 35."
3. The College of San José.--I, from Colin's Labor evangelica (Madrid,
1663), book iii, part of chapter xviii, pp. 414-418; from a copy
of the original work belonging to Edward E. Ayer. II, compiled from
various sources, fully credited in footnotes.
4. The college and university of Santo Tomás.--I, from Baltasar
de Santa Cruz's Historia (Zaragoza, 1693), book i, chapter xxxvi,
pp. 168-172; from a copy of the original work belonging to Edward
E. Ayer. II, from Algunos documentos relativos á la universidad de
Manila (Madrid, 1892), pp. 35-37. III, from Census of the Philippines
(Washington, 1905), iii, pp. 622-626.
5. Royal college of San Felipe de Austria.--I, from Casimiro Diaz's
Conquistas (Valladolid, 1890), book ii, portion of chapter xxxv,
pp. 446, 447. II, from notes of Pablo Pastells, S.J., in his edition of
Colin's Labor evangélica (Barcelona, 1904), ii, pp. 261-268, 493, 494.
6. Secular priests in the Philippines.--From Ventura del Arco
MSS. (Ayer library), iii, pp. 9, 10.
7. Royal decree concerning native schools.--From Vicente Barrantes's
Instrucción primaria (Madrid, 1869), pp. 74-76; from copy belonging
to the Library of Congress.
8. College-seminary of San Felipe.--I, from MS. in Archivo-histórico
Nacional, Madrid, where it is found in legajo 10 of the Jesuit
papers. II, from Juan de la Concepción's Historia general (Sampaloc,
1788-1792), viii, parts of chapters xiii and xiv, pp. 315-338; from
a copy of the original work in the possession of the Editors.
9. College of San Juan de Letran.--From Vicente Salazar's Historia
(Manila, 1742), book i, chapter ii, pp. 7-12; from a copy belonging
to Edward E. Ayer.
10. Law regulating marriages of students.--From Colección de autos
acordados (Manila, 1861-1866), i, pp. 149, 150; from a copy belonging
to Edward E. Ayer.
11. Royal decree ordering the teaching of Spanish in native
schools.--From Barrantes's Instrucción primaria, pp. 80-82.
12. Conciliar seminaries.--I, from Colección de autos acordados,
v, pp. 15-17. II, from Archipiélago filipino (Washington, 1900), i,
pp. 343, 344; and Doctrina y reglas constitucionales de la iglesia
filipina independiente (Manila, 1904), pp. 14, 15, 42, 43, and 67, 68.
13. Nautical school.--I, from Colección de autos acordados, i, pp. 318,
319. II, from Archipiélago filipino, i, p. 349; and Census of Phil.,
iii, p. 613.